Hello All,

Iam in a different situation i joined masters in pharmacy in scotland which is totally 180 credits thesis is 60 so i failed in my thesis so they gave me pg diploma so i want to finish my masters in uk, or any other country so can any one tell is it possible to transfer my pg diploma credits to any other univ and finish my thesis to get my masters? Not only in uk but if you know any other countries like canada or usa plz let me know:)

Regards,
Mahesh

hi Mahesh
sorry to hear about your thesis. What you can do is to select a couple of universities where you may want to continue your education, and then make your enquiry directly, ask them, and see if they have a credit transfer system so you can use your pg diploma credits. Alternatively, go to your university Student Services and ask them if your university has any credit transfer agreement with other universities. They'll be able to tell you.

keep going!
good luck
love satchi

Hi Mahesh,

In Australia (which has a system in many ways similar to UK-possibly also Canada), you can apply for credit for advanced degrees but what you often have to do is actually apply for entry into a Masters program, and wait for acceptance, then apply for accreditation of units undertaken in the PGDip, on a unit by unit basis, once you have commenced the course. You can establish with the university ahead of time that this is what you will be doing, but they usually still follow set processes for these sorts of applications.

If you received a Postgraduate Diploma based on a thesis, it might be difficult to establish exactly what area of study your thesis was equivalent to as your thesis would not necessarily correspond to any units. If the Masters was a program that included a couple of research methods units with the thesis, you could possibly apply for advanced credit for these, claiming work you have done as similar to the course load in a Research Methods 1 and 2 course (courses usually based around creating draft lit reviews, proposals and methods outlines for your research). That might equal around 25 percent of your course 'loading' or you may be able to establish around 50 percent of the course based on what you can establish you have already done which matches the universities criteria.

You also might be able to just apply for the Masters and then use your thesis study to accelerate the whole Masters process-so you do it in one year rather than two say but you might need to make your topic a little different from what it was in the Post grad dip-and review the reasons why you were not awarded a Masters for this-so that you could address these issues in your next attempt.

I think in all cases, as Satchi has indicated, you would need to contact the universities of your choice and discuss your case with the course advisor in your area, to get an idea of exactly what options are available to you-there may be more than one option that is suitable for you and your particular circumstances.

Good luck with it all.