Study a Masters online with Birmingham
Find out more about our range of flexible online Masters and PhD courses.
Study at a time and place that suits you with an online course from the University of Birmingham. Online learning provides you with the flexibility to study from wherever you are in the world and at your own pace, allowing you to fit your learning around your other commitments.
As one of the largest providers of distance learning in the UK, we offer you a prestigious online education that matches our on-campus experience, taught by the same expert professors and lecturers.
Accessible across multiple devices wherever you are, our online learning platform allows you to study while maintaining control over daily schedules in a way that goes beyond that of an on-campus degree programme.
Modern and Flexible Learning
Online learning, sometimes called Distance Learning, is a flexible approach to studying at the University of Birmingham. If you have commitments that don't allow you to study via the standard on-campus mode, or if you simply prefer online learning, then an online course may be for you.
We offer a range of online programmes including Masters, PhD's and Short Courses.
Studying online gives me the benefit of developing my career without having to leave my responsibilities of managing my own company. It has helped me as a person and it has helped my business. For every module I have studied, I have done something to improve my business.
Florence Britton, Online MBA Graduate
A leader in distance learning
The University of Birmingham is one of the UK's leading research and teaching universities, with more than 20 years’ experience of offering diverse, high quality distance learning courses. We offer more than 100 online courses at postgraduate level, including a range of short courses.
The University of Birmingham offers interactive seminars and videos, peer interaction across the world, and collaborative group work. You’ll be led by the same leading lecturers and faculty experts who teach on campus.
Work hard, study smarter
Online learning presents a modern and more flexible learning alternative for career professionals around the world. Learn wherever, whenever it’s convenient, and graduate poised to step into your desired role with new knowledge and skills.
We’ll even support you in your job search with our Careers Network, linking you to global opportunities to launch or elevate your career.
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The best advice about postgraduate study comes from our students. Chat to our students online through Unibuddy, including some of our current online students.
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