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PG DIP ULT

Postgraduate Diploma in University
Learning and Teaching (PG Dip ULT)

Outline and Structure

Duration and Timing

The Postgraduate Diploma represents two thirds of a full Master’s
(90 ECTS) course. Our programme divides the full Master’s
into three equal 30 ECTS stages, completing the PG Cert (or an
equivalent qualification elsewhere) gives you 30 ECTS units worth
of ‘credit’. The PG Dip year adds a further 30 ECTS units worth
of study bringing the ECTS unit ‘credit’ up to the 60 ECTS units
required for a Diploma. Should you decide to continue to the full
Master’s a further 30 ECTS worth of study is required, bringing the
total to the prerequisite 90 ECTS credits.

The PG Dip year comprises 30 ECTS units worth of Provision for Accrediting Prior
study, where each unit represents a notional 25 hours Learning or Qualification in
study time. The PG Dip is therefore 750 hours of Education
study, made up of face-to-face contact in workshops,
seminars and supervision and also as self-study and Students joining Imperial from other Institutions
preparation of assignments etc. who may have completed a PG Cert in education or
teaching and learning in their previous employment
This is a significant commitment, especially given and who wish to take the EDU PG Diploma are
that you will be engaging with a new academic field encouraged to contact the Programme Director, Kate
and a different literature than you may be used to in Ippolito (k.ippolito@imperial.ac.uk), to discuss their
your own primary discipline. This also requires some transfer.
continuity and therefore the PG Dip would normally
be completed within 12 months with two taught The Programme Director and one other course tutors
weeks, each with assignments, and a significant will consider AP(E)L for appropriate M-level PG Cert
supervised library project.

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