Online distance learning is a popular mode of study for many of our students. You have full access to our academic staff and student support services in a format that is flexible and available when you need it.
Learning from home
Our online master's degrees can be completed entirely from home. This lets you advance your career while juggling other responsibilities.
Online study is flexible, so you learn when and where it suits you. As an online learner, you will earn a postgraduate degree that is recognised worldwide and has the same value as a degree studied on campus.
You will also have full access to our staff and student services, including:
Academic tutoring
Online library resources
Wellbeing and personal support
Career advice
English language support
Financial guidance
FAQs
Distance Learning
Listen to Peter Wallace, Programme Leader for Applied Data Science in Engineering, who tells us about the benefits of Distance Learning.
Embark on a career in a rapidly growing field and become a data scientist with an engineering background equipped with a skill set that's valued in a range of industry sectors.
Go further with instrumentation, control systems, data analysis and system health management, using existing skills in engineering and physical science. Progress your career in the oil and gas, renewables, utilities or manufacturing sectors.
Choose a professionally-focused alternative to the PhD and develop industry-relevant research around your career. The ideal qualification to enhance your career trajectory, allowing you to combine employment with studying for a flagship degree.
Take existing skills in public health and apply them to theoretical insight, data analysis, research and practical application. Develop into roles such as public health advisor, researcher, epidemiologist or policy advisor.
Join the increasingly important world of risk studying data acquisition, organisational risk analysis and impact-assessing insight. Progress to a career in a wide range of industries with employers such as Turner & Townsend and Barclays.
View 3 other study options arrow_forward
Award
Mode of study
Duration
Start date
Location
MSc (IRM Fast-track)
Distance learning
18 months
Sep 26
Distance learning
Award
Mode of study
Duration
Start date
Location
MSc (IRM Fast-track)
Distance learning
18 months
Jan 27
Distance learning
Award
Mode of study
Duration
Start date
Location
MSc
Distance learning
2 - 3 years
Jan 27
Distance learning
Fees and funding support
We believe in the power of education to change the world and that everyone can be part of that. Find out what support we can offer you.
Whether you’re applying from within the UK or from further afield, we aim to make the application process as straightforward as
possible and consider every application individually.
Glasgow Caledonian University (GCU) is the University for the Common Good. Our ambitious Vision is that, by 2030, Glasgow Caledonian University will be recognised as a world-leading University for social innovation.
