There are 2 types of postgraduate study : Research - Masters courses are usually one year full-time and PhD usually 3 years full-time. These involve in-depth study of an aspect of your first degree or a closely allied subject. Vocational - Masters, Diploma and Certificate courses, mostly of one year duration, prepare you for entry to a professional area.
Reasons to do postgraduate study:
- to specialise further in your degree subject;
- to add new skills, for example IT or business;
- to gain a professional qualification.
Funding:
- the Student Awards Agency for Scotland for funding information and advice for vocational courses
- comprehensive information on funding from Prospects and www.postgraduatestudentships.co.uk
- Strathclyde University's postgraduate "Money Guide"
- details of scholarships currently being advertised - simply enter your username and password, click 'jobs after graduating' then 'education'.
- Funder Finder resource (first on page) - Can be used in Glasgow Council libraries, or at home by registered library users
- information about specific scholarships programmes.
- information about scholarships and other sources of funding (for UK and international students).
- Professional and Career Development Loans
Useful resources:
- Postgraduate study at Strathclyde
- Prospects database to help you to find a postgraduate course or area of research to match your study interest.
- Targetcourses - postgraduate course search, with course comparison facility
- Prospects introduction to what's involved in studying and researching abroad.
- The Fulbright Commission website for information on postgraduate study in the USA. Additional information is available in Careers Service's Resource Centre
- Premia provides helpful advice to research students with a disability.
Things to do:
- attend our postgraduate study seminar on getting in and what's involved.
- make direct contact if you already know the course you want to follow or the institution you want to study at. Their postgraduate prospectus or website will provide you with course information and, in many cases, the name of someone from whom you can find out more.
- get individual advice from a Careers Adviser
