Postgraduate certificate

A postgraduate certificate is general a postgraduate qualification and aims to provide graduate students with specialized knowledge that is less comprehensive than a postgraduate diploma or Master's degree.

The postgraduate certificate qualification may vary from country to another and is normally a three to six months full time program in most British and Australian universities while it could take up to a full academic year in Canadian universities. The postgraduate certificate course abbreviation on title is: PGCert, PG Cert, PgCert, or PGC.