Advancing your career with a masters degree

Progression and possibilities

A masters doesn’t just evidence expert knowledge and advanced, transferable skills – you’ll also benefit from exposure to industry-standard facilities and professional networks that it would be otherwise hard to access. We are connected to hundreds of companies and organisations in Brighton, the ‘leading city in the UK for new economy businesses’ (Centre for Cities, 2025).

Many of our courses include research projects, practical consultancy projects, and placements, giving you the chance to meet with and demonstrate your new skill set to potential clients, partners and employers.

Choice and flexibility

We have 120+ full-time and part-time (with some distance-learning) postgraduate courses so you can decide how you want to balance your studies with your life and career. Many have start dates in January as well as September.

You don’t have to stay in the same field as your undergraduate degree – you can retrain with a conversion degree, graduating with advanced, relevant expertise so you can change your career with confidence.

And you can also choose to study at a pace that suits you, exiting with a PGCert or PGDip, or taking certain modules as stand-alone short courses.

Find out more about flexible study at Brighton

Make your calling your career

You may simply want to deepen your knowledge in a subject that inspires you. But if you're interested in pursuing an academic career, a postgraduate degree is the perfect stepping stone between bachelor's and PhD level.

MRes programmes (as opposed to MA or MSc programmes) are specially designed to improve your research skills in preparation for doctoral study.

If you’re a Brighton graduate already, continuing your journey here allows you to build on that strong foundation, specialise in your field, and enter the job market with a real advantage. And many courses offer an alumni discount of 20%.