Online degrees and awards
22 results
Study part-time, and pay-per-term to spread the cost.

Applied Health Sciences
Earn a Masters, Postgraduate Diploma, or Postgraduate Certificate in Applied Health Sciences with our flexible online and on-campus courses. 10% NHS staff discount.
- Blended learning
- September or January

Clinical Nutrition
Join an online Nutrition degree accredited by the Association for Nutrition. Study the link between diet and health, and how issues of over and undernutrition affect populations today. 10% NHS staff discount.
- Online learning
- September or January

Data Science
Go beyond statistics and big data and set yourself apart with additional skills in computational thinking and programming. Join our 100% online Data Science degree.
- Online learning
- September or January

Dispute Resolution
Enhance your non-court dispute resolution skills with this online Masters accredited by the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators.
- Online learning
- September or January

Energy Economics and Finance
Learn to analyse and understand world energy markets. From oil and gas to renewables, prepare for career success with our expert economists on this flexible degree you can study part-time.
- Online learning
- September or January

Geographical Information Systems
Prepare for a career in the innovative field of Geographical Information Systems (GIS). Build your skills in this essential area of the world’s information infrastructure.
- Online learning
- September or January

International Trade Law
Develop the knowledge to practise trade law or work for governments, international businesses and NGOs. Join this flexible online LLM you can study part-time, with optional Professional Skills training in treaty negotiation.
- Online learning
- September or January

Leadership in Professional Contexts
Fast-track your career in the public or third sector. Train with experts and join a part-time online MSc you can study while you work.
- Online learning
- September or January

Master of Public Health (MPH)
Join a flexible online Master of Public Health (MPH) you can study part-time and tailor to you. Choose from a wide range of courses to focus your training. 10% NHS staff discount.
- Online learning
- September or January

Offshore Engineering
Join our accredited online MSc and gain the skills you need to work in a wide variety of roles in the offshore engineering sector, including marine renewables.
- Online learning
- September or January

Oil and Gas Engineering
Join an accredited online Masters degree delivered from the Energy Capital of Europe. Master the skills and technologies you need to pursue a career in the upstream and downstream oil and gas industry.
- Online learning
- September or January

Oil and Gas Law
Our LLM in Oil and Gas Law has been producing outstanding energy lawyers for over a decade. Join the flexible, online version of this LLM and earn your Masters part-time, without taking a career break.
- Online learning
- September or January

Petroleum Engineering
Become a world-class petroleum engineer, ready to take up roles in the upstream oil and gas industry. Join our accredited online MSc in Petroleum Engineering, designed in partnership with industry.
- Online learning
- September or January

Process Safety
Become a qualified process safety engineer, ready to work in any chemical processing sector. Join an IChemE-accredited online degree you can fit around full-time work.
- Online learning
- September or January

Project Management
Learn to lead projects to success in any industry. Gain a fully APM-accredited qualification in project management, studying part-time online.
- Online learning
- September or January

Psychology in the Workplace
Explore occupational psychology online with UK university psychologists. Choose from a range of online workplace psychology courses and build a graduate qualification tailored to you. 10% discount for NHS staff.
- Online learning
- September or January

Renewable Energy Engineering
Become an engineer in the renewable energy sector with our triple-accredited online MSc. Train online with internationally experienced engineers and learn direct from industry.
- Online learning
- September or January

Research Methods for Health
Learn to design and carry out healthcare research projects. Study part-time with active health researchers at an award-winning health sciences university. 10% NHS staff discount.
- Online learning
- September or January

Safety and Reliability Engineering
Become a world-class safety engineer, anywhere, with our accredited online MSc. Train online with internationally experienced safety engineers and learn direct from industry.
- Online learning
- September or January

Scottish Heritage
Explore the rich history, art and philosophy of Scotland and its people. Access rare archive treasures and award-winning online teaching, with this flexible online Masters.
- Online learning
- September or January
Online short courses
48 results
Build your CV with courses that fit around full-time work.

An Introduction to Ethnographic Research Methods
Ethnography is a fascinating way to study people and cultures. Learn the methods ethnographers use to research, analyse and help us understand cultures around the world.
- Online learning
- September or January

Applied Statistics
Join our expert statisticians online and learn to use statistics in your health research or professional practice. 10% NHS staff discount.
- Online learning
- January

Challenges in Global Nutrition
Join our part-time online nutrition course and learn about nutrition challenges around the world. 10% NHS staff discount.
- Online learning
- January

Clinical Nutrition for Disease Prevention
Join our nutrition researchers online to explore the link between diet and disease. 10% NHS staff discount for this advanced nutrition course.
- Online learning
- January

Core Principles of World Trade Organisation Law
Ready yourself for a career in international trade law, in a rapidly changing landscape. Study WTO law online and earn credits towards an LLM with this part-time online law course.
- Online learning
- September or January

Data Science: From Data to Insight
Join our online data science course and train in the latest data science techniques. Learn to use big data to make better business decisions with this flexible short course.
- Online learning
- January

Decommissioning of Offshore Installations: Commercial Aspects
Develop your expertise in the commercial aspects of decommissioning. Study flexibly online with a pioneering energy law university, and earn credits towards an MSc or LLM.
- Online learning
- January

Delivering Successful Projects
Learn what it takes to deliver project success, time after time. Join this online short course and earn credits towards an MSc in Project Management.
- Online learning
- January

Digital Museum Practice
Join our online digital skills course for museum professionals. Build your digital expertise and learn to cultivate digitally confident museum, heritage and cultural spaces.
- Online learning
- January

Energy Conversion and Storage
Study energy conversion and storage online. Learn how we’re taking on the challenge of storing and delivering renewable energy efficiently to communities and businesses.
- Online learning
- January

Engineering Risk and Reliability Analysis
Gain a clear and advanced understanding of risk and reliability analysis, studying online with a team of internationally experienced engineers.
- Online learning
- January

Epidemiology
Learn to understand, measure and tackle disease with this flexible online Epidemiology course you can fit around full-time work. 10% NHS staff discount.
- Online learning
- January

Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) Management
Join our ECMO course at Scotland’s only respiratory adult ECMO training centre. Gain ECMO certification and learn from practising clinicians and ECMO specialists.
- Blended learning
- September or January

Flow Assurance
Gain a thorough grounding in the fundamentals of fluid flow, vital for pipeline engineers and highly relevant across many sectors of industry.
- Online learning
- January

Governance and Petroleum Developments
Learn how we can develop effective governance in new petroleum provinces across the world. Earn credits towards an LLM with this online course that fits around work.
- Online learning
- January

Health Economics
Boost your skills as a health professional or researcher. Learn about the key concepts in health economics with our online course that fits round full-time work. 10% NHS staff discount.
- Online learning
- January

Health Informatics
Are you ready for Big Data? Learn to handle the growing volume of data in healthcare, and how we can use it to improve health and wellbeing for all. 10% NHS staff discount.
- Online learning
- January

Human Factors Engineering
Gain a thorough grounding in Human Factors Engineering, learn to design safer systems for all – and earn credits towards an MSc.
- Online learning
- January

International Sale of Goods
Study a key area of international trade – when buyer and seller are located in different legal systems. Earn credits towards an LLM with this flexible course that fits around work.
- Online learning
- September or January

Introduction to Data Visualisation with Python
Join our flexible online Python course. Study flexibly and learn to program and visualise data with a university ranked 4th in the UK for Computer Science.
- Online learning
- September or January

Introduction to GIS Tools, Techniques, Cartography and Geovisualisation
Learn about the tools and techniques geoscientists use to collect, analyse, map, and visualise spatial data. Join our online GIS short course and earn credits towards an MSc.
- Online learning
- September or January

Introduction to Global Mental Health
Join our online Global Mental Health course to explore mental health issues, attitudes to mental health, and mental health service provision around the world. 10% discount for NHS staff.
- Online learning
- September or January

Legal Principles
Study the basic legal principles of the UK legal system with this accredited online short course, designed for non-lawyers. Earn credits towards an LLM while you study flexibly, part-time.
- Online learning
- September or January

Legislation, Economics and Safety
Advance your career in renewables. Study the legislation, economics and safety issues that impact how the industry works, and earn credits towards a Masters degree.
- Online learning
- January

Machine Learning for Healthcare
Develop data science skills and learn to apply them to healthcare. Join our online health data science course and learn the foundations of machine learning and R programming. 10% NHS staff discount.
- Online learning
- January

Marine and Wind Energy
Make the move into renewables and study marine and wind energy online with internationally experienced engineers.
- Online learning
- January

Mental Health and Wellbeing in the Workplace
Investigate how mental health, wellbeing and work are related. Study online with expert psychologists and learn to create a mentally healthy workplace, in the office and remotely. 10% discount for NHS staff.
- Online learning
- September or January

Negotiation Skills
Learn to negotiate better, whatever your work sector. Join our online negotiation course and earn credits towards an LLM as you study part-time.
- Online learning
- January

Nutrition and Health Through the Life Stages
Study the relationship between diet, human development, health and disease at every stage of life. Learn with leaders in nutrition research, part-time online. 10% NHS staff discount.
- Online learning
- January

Organisational Psychology
Explore human behaviour in the workplace. Study online with business psychology experts and earn credits towards a Masters degree. 10% discount for NHS staff.
- Online learning
- September or January

Pipelines and Soil Mechanics
Advance your engineering career with specialist online training in the design and operation of offshore pipelines. Earn credits towards an MSc.
- Online learning
- January

Process Shutdown, Structural Decommissioning and Disposal
Develop the specialist engineering skills you need in the decommissioning sector. Learn to tackle the technical challenges of the process – and earn credits towards an MSc.
- Online learning
- January

Professional and Clinical Development in Critical Care Nursing
Join our blended learning courses for critical care nurses. Earn the credits you need to meet the National Education requirements to work in critical care.
- Blended learning
- September or January

Project Planning and Control
Learn the tools of successful project planners and controllers on this flexible online short course that’s part of our Masters in Project Management.
- Online learning
- January

Renewable Energy Integration to Grid
Join our expert engineers online to study the integration of renewable energy to the electricity grid – and earn credits towards an MSc.
- Online learning
- January

Reservoir Engineering
Develop the specialist skills you need to succeed as a reservoir engineer with this focused and flexible online short course.
- Online learning
- September or January

Riser Systems and Hydrodynamics
Develop the specialist skills you need to succeed as a subsea engineer – and earn credits towards an MSc – with this flexible online short course.
- Online learning
- January

Risk Allocation in Oilfield Service Contracts
Study the challenging interface between the oil and gas industry and English legal system. Earn credits towards an LLM with this online short course that’s part of LLM Oil and Gas Law.
- Online learning
- January

Safety Critical Skills in Industry
Safety critical skills, also known as non-technical skills, make work safer and more efficient. Learn how to identify, assess and improve these skills in your industry and workplace. 10% discount for NHS staff.
- Online learning
- January

Scottish Witch-Hunting and the Rise of a Protestant Culture 1590-1690
Join us online to study the history of witchcraft in Scotland. Discover the facts about Scottish witch hunts, and earn credits towards a Masters degree in Scottish Heritage.
- Online learning
- January

Sustainable Diets and Global Food Systems
Earn credits towards a Masters degree with our online sustainable food systems course. Learn about global food systems with world-leading experts at a UK university. 10% NHS staff discount.
- Online learning
- January

Teaching and Facilitating Learning in Clinical Education
Choose respected training in clinical education with a university ranked 2nd in the UK for Medicine (Guardian University Guide 2023). 10% NHS staff discount.
- Online learning
- January

The Philosophy of the Scottish Enlightenment
Join us online to study Scottish Enlightenment philosophers and the groundbreaking ideas that rocked 18th-century Scotland. Earn credits towards a Masters in Scottish Heritage.
- Online learning
- January

The Psychology of Social Bias
Find out how social bias develops and explore social bias in the workplace. Study part-time online with expert psychologists. 10% discount for NHS staff.
- Online learning
- September or January

The Psychology of Wellbeing
Gain a psychological understanding of emotions and behaviour. Join our online psychology short course and discover new ways to improve mental health and wellbeing. 10% discount for NHS staff.
- Online learning
- September or January

UAV Remote Sensing, Monitoring and Mapping
Add specialist geospatial skills to your CV. Learn about UAV remote sensing, digital mapping, image processing and softcopy photogrammetry online.
- Online learning
- September or January