The second form is the Graduate Diploma within the adult further education system, which is worth 60 ECTS credits and is taught part-time.
Diplomas (in Danish: HD) are studied in business-related fields such as Business Administration and Innovation Management.
Certain institutes provide master's level programs with increased number lower credit courses for two years.
These programmes generally consist of one year of full-time study and are usually taken after, and/or in a different subject from, an earlier bachelor's degree.
The higher diploma (HDip) is offered by HETAC, NUI institutions, and Trinity College, Dublin.
The graduate diploma forms part of the lifelong education pathway on the Malaysian Qualifications Framework.
A Graduate Diploma offered by Singapore's autonomous universities is a postgraduate qualification that generally requires a Bachelor's degree for entry.
It is designed to provide specialised knowledge and skills in a specific field of study, often to enhance professional expertise or prepare for further academic pursuits.
These diplomas are typically offered through bite-sized training modules, allowing individuals to learn at their own pace.
[30] As WSQ Graduate Diplomas are not postgraduate qualifications offered by Singapore's autonomous universities, they do not include academic units that can be stackable towards a Master's degree.
When a number of conservatoires became affiliated to or constituent colleges of universities, the graduate diplomas were gradually replaced by the award of the BMus degree to all successful students.