Conversion courses
Find out how to change direction and explore a new subject with a postgraduate degree.
What are they?
Postgraduate study could be your opportunity to change direction and explore a new subject, or gain the qualifications you need to pursue a professional career you might not have considered before.
Conversion courses are designed to prepare you for a career unrelated to your undergraduate degree, and are available in a range of subject areas, including law, management, marketing, property, IT, journalism, psychology and teaching.
Shawn Manning-Dalby, MA Fashion Communications
I was doing Sport Science and working at Urban Outfitters. I realised I had this underlying passion for clothing and fashion, so I decided to take the risk and study fashion, which I'm glad I ended up doing.
Find a conversion course
Many of our academic schools offer courses which don't require a specific undergraduate degree, which means you can change direction. See a list of courses below:
Nottingham Business School
School of Architecture, Design and the Built Environment
School of Social Sciences
Teacher Training (School of Social Sciences)
- Primary education for students from any undergraduate discipline. There are opportunities to specialise depending on undergraduate discipline (English, Maths, Science, Engineering, Technology)
- Secondary education for students looking to teach a subject related to their undergraduate degree (Biology, Business, Chemistry, Computer Science, Design Technology, Physics, Maths, English)