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Postgraduate Certificate in Humanities at The Open University

The Open University, United Kingdom

Programme overview

A postgraduate certificate for graduates with a passion for the arts, extending undergraduate knowledge and skills. Students choose between deepening understanding of a particular area of the humanities through one of two modules.

Duration: 1 year part-time (60 credits)  |  Intake: October 2027  |  Study mode: part-time distance learning  |  Location: Milton Keynes, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

A 60-credit certificate that enables focus on a subject of interest and develops critical thinking skills.

Career pathways

Builds on undergraduate skills and develops critical thinking skills valued by employers.

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Application information

Entry requirements

An honours degree. The degree need not be in humanities, but the basic graduate skills of the area are needed: writing clear, concise, accurate prose, reading large quantities of text quickly and critically, classifying evidence and assessing its reliability, and arguing logically.

Domestic applicants: GBP 2,850 for the whole programme (2026/27). Fee shown is the total for the qualification at current prices for students in England; fees are paid module by module. Source

Intake: October 2027

Duration: 1 year part-time (60 credits)

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