Graduate Diploma 

Postgraduate Certificate 

Postgraduate Diploma 

Taught Masters 

Research Masters 

Maximum APL 

Up to 30 credits 

Up to 60 credits 

Up to 60 credits 

Up to 20 credits 

Up to 40 credits 

Up to 30 credits 

Up to 60 credits 

Up to 90 credits 

Up to 90 credits 

4.  Applicants who have already completed a Qualification may only use those credits to apply for 

advanced entry to a UCL Programme where the original Qualification is surrendered, unless 
the previous Qualification is a constituent part of a student’s professional accreditation (e.g. 
Qualified Teacher Status).  

5.  Where the surrender of the previous Qualification would result in forfeiture of professional 

accreditation students may be permitted to retain their previous Qualification in addition to their 
UCL Qualification, at the discretion of UCL. The UCL transcript must clearly demonstrate 
which credits have been awarded directly by UCL.
UCL Academic Manual