Postgraduate certificate

A postgraduate certificate (abbreviated as PGCert, PgCert, PG Cert, PGC, or PgC) generally is the credential awarded to an individual upon completion of a higher education postgraduate program designed to provide students with specialized knowledge that is at the master's level but less extensive than a postgraduate diploma or master's degree.

Although requirements vary depending on the program, a certificate program represents a focused collection of courses that, when completed, affords the student a record of academic accomplishment in a given discipline or set of related disciplines. The standard entry requirement is a UK honours degree or an equivalent foreign qualification.

Like a postgraduate diploma, it is standard practice to use 'PgCert' or 'PgC' as a post-nominal designation after completing the certificate course.

When awarded for teaching it is known as either a professional graduate certificate (level 6) OR a postgraduate certificate in education (level 7) abbreviated to PGCE or PgCE respectively.

Certificate of Postgraduate Studies

The Certificate of Postgraduate Studies (CPGS, also called Certificate in Postgraduate Studies or Certificate in Postgraduate Study) is a postgraduate certificate offered by a variety of British universities. It is typically taken as the first year exam of a PhD-course and aims at making sure that the student has learnt the necessary knowledge for successfully working on their PhD.