Entry requirements

Minimum 2:1 undergraduate honours degree in any subject.

We may also consider your application if you do not meet the standard academic requirements but you have equivalent professional qualifications and/or professional experience. In such cases, you would need to provide us with evidence of how you meet these requirements and and you may be asked to complete an entry assessment.

Months of entry

September

Course content

Applications close at 5pm on Friday 28 August 2026.

Enhance your professional performance by developing a deeper understanding of planning, teaching and assessment strategies, new technologies and links between practice, theory and research.

Course description

This course will help you develop a deep understanding of planning, teaching and assessment strategies, along with helping you to get the most out of new technologies.

It will help you to develop links between practice, theory and research through reflection on your own teaching, in order to enhance your professional performance.

Although you don’t need to be a practising teacher to apply for the programme, you’ll need to engage actively with current teaching, including planning, conducting and reflecting on a lesson (module 1). If you don’t currently teach, you should be in a position where you have access to an education environment, for example through volunteering in a classroom setting or as a personal tutor.

Qualified Teaching Status

While the iPGCE does not offer Qualified Teacher Status, many international schools recognise the value of our postgraduate education certificate. Please see our explanation of Qualified Teacher Status for more information.

Please see our University website for the most up-to-date course information: https://sheffield.ac.uk/postgraduate/taught/courses/2026/international-postgraduate-certificate-education-ipgce-ipgce