When it comes to online learning, we know what we’re doing. We offer over 100 quality assured, cost effective online courses that will develop your professional skills and enhance your career prospects.
Study at a pace that best suits your lifestyle and commitments. We make online learning seamless, we’ve been doing it for over 20 years.
Why RGU?
There are a number of reasons why you should apply to study an online degree at RGU:
Teaching and Learning
- Our academics are leaders in their own field and bring a wealth of experience and practical advice.
- Our online courses are delivered using our virtual learning environment CampusMoodle which enables full and open access to your tutors, relevant industry professionals and other online students across the world, ensuring your student experience is positive and valuable.
Employability
- Supporting you throughout your career journey is our top priority. We are currently ranked 2nd in the UK in the Graduate Employment Rate measure (QS Graduate Employability Rankings 2022) which is higher than institutions such as Harvard, Oxford and Cambridge.
Industry Connections
- 1st in Scotland and in the top 10 in the UK for industry connections and engagement (The Times Higher Education Student Experience Survey 2018). This ensures our degrees are of the highest quality, relevant and tailored to meet the needs of employers.
Student Support
- Our students are at the heart of everything we do and we have heavily invested in our support services. We want to ensure your experience of studying at RGU is the best it can possibly be.
Finance & Funding
We know that funding is a key consideration when deciding to study a Master’s course. Find out more about the scholarships and funding that could be available to you.
You can benefit from our flexible payment plan which enables you to spread the cost of your course fees throughout your duration of study with us.
What our students say
The online delivery appealed to me due to my busy work and home life. I was able to complete my university work in my own time.
I would thoroughly recommend undertaking an online degree, particularly for anyone who may also be juggling a full-time job and/or family life. The flexibility RGU offers is excellent.
The online study experience was engaging, and I felt part of the university throughout my Master’s, not just a working adult living in another country and spending my evenings studying alone for an online course.
Get a real insight and find out what it’s like to be a postgraduate student at RGU by speaking to our current students.
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Our Courses
We offer a range of demand-driven, flexible online degrees.
- Absence Management
- Adjudication Decision Writing
- Advanced Concepts for Leading in Community Nursing
- Advancing Practice in Community Children's Nursing
- An Introduction to Law and Ethics for Decision Making
- Arbitral Award Writing
- BA (Hons) Business Management
- BA (Hons) Digital Marketing for Business
- BA (Hons) Social Work - Distance Learning
- BSc (Hons) Clinical Practice for Pharmacy Technicians
- BSc Healthcare Practice
- BSc Maritime Studies
- BSc Occupational Health
- Building Information Modelling: Application
- Business Accounting for Managers
- Business Opportunities
- Carbon Capture, Utilisation and Storage
- Cataloguing and Classification
- CertHE Paralegal Practice
- CIPR Specialist Diploma - Crisis Communication
- Clinical Assessment and Examination for Advancing Community Children's Nursing
- Clinical Assessment and Examination for Advancing Practice
- Clinical Investigations and Interventions
- Commercial Contracting
- Commercial Filmmaking & Storytelling
- Competence in Intravenous Administration
- Computer Vision for The Energy Sector
- Contemporary Pain Management in Practice
- Contract Learning for Professional Development
- Creative Entrepreneurship
- Data Analytics For Business Decision-Making
- Data Analytics for Healthcare Management
- DBA Doctor of Business Administration
- Design Management
- Digital Libraries
- Digital Literacy in Health and Social Care
- Digital Skills in Health and Social Care
- DInfSc Doctor of Information Science
- DipHE | LLB Law - Online Learning
- DLaw Doctor of Law
- Document Control Foundation
- DPT Doctorate of Physiotherapy
- Economics of Energy Transitions
- Energy Data Management
- Energy Policy, Sustainability and Transitions
- Energy Transition Management
- EngD Doctor of Engineering
- Enterprising Women
- Facial Aesthetics: Advanced Theoretical Perspectives
- Food, Culture and Human Nutrition
- Fundamentals of Radiographic Image Interpretation: Appendicular Skeleton
- Fundamentals of Radiographic Image Interpretation: Chest
- Geothermal Energy and Applications
- Graduate Certificate Energy Data Management with Business Analytics
- Health and Wellbeing of Children, Young People and Families
- Health Promotion and Public Health
- Health Surveillance
- Health Through the Lifespan
- Hydrogen Energy Systems
- IMechE Approved Modules
- Inequalities
- Influencer Marketing
- Influencing Individual Health and Wellbeing
- Information Seeking and Use
- Introduction to Climate Change Law
- Introduction to Data Science with Python
- Introduction to Project Planning, Evaluation and Control
- Introduction to Python Programming
- Introduction to Supply Chain Management
- Knowledge Organisation
- Leadership and Change in Health and Social Care
- Leadership in Health
- Leadership in Health and Social Care
- Leading Improvement in Population Health
- Leading Innovation in Advancing Healthcare Practice
- Lifelong Learning for Effective Clinical Practice
- LLM Law
- LLM Law and Dispute Resolution
- LLM Law and Energy Law
- LLM Law and International Commercial Law
- LLM Law and International Law
- Managing Change
- Managing for Global Sustainability
- Managing Library Services
- Managing Long Term Conditions
- Master of Architecture (Part 2) RIBA/ARB
- MBA Master of Business Administration
- MBA Master of Business Administration - Digital Marketing
- MBA Master of Business Administration - Digital Transformation
- MBA Master of Business Administration - Energy and Transitions
- MBA Master of Business Administration - Healthcare Management
- MBA Master of Business Administration - Sustainability
- Mental Wellbeing in the Workplace
- Minor Illness Management
- MSc | LLM Oil, Gas and Renewable Energy Law
- MSci Advanced Architectural Technology (Top-up route)
- Multi-modal Data Science For Digital Health
- Occupational Health Management
- Online Portfolio Guidance
- Operational Technology and Industrial Control Systems Security

