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Engineering Qualifications at iLearn Engineering®

iLearn Engineering® provide online engineering courses aligned to the following FOUR engineering qualifications:

What Are these qualifications?

The main characteristics common to all of these engineering qualifications are that they are:

  1. designed for online delivery to anyone anywhere in the world
  2. aligned to the the UK Higher Education framework at levels 4, 5 and 6
  3. accredited by UK and international recognised accrediting bodies
  4. open access (meaning no pre-requisite qualifications are required)
  5. aiming to improve employability of learners in an international engineering context
  6. provide a stepping stone to higher qualifications such as post-graduate diplomas and Masters degrees etc

The main differences between these qualifications are their credits and levels and a schematic of this can be seen below:

 

, Qualifications

Comparison of Qualification Credits

The ‘120 Credit’ Benchmark

Credits indicate the amount of study required to complete a qualification. A useful reference point is that, in the UK higher education system, a full year of undergraduate study typically consists of 120 credits.

University-Aligned Courses

The Higher International Certificate and Higher International Diploma have been structured to align with university study. The Higher International Certificate corresponds to the first year of undergraduate study (120 credits), while the Higher International Diploma aligns with the first two years (240 credits).

The International Graduate Diploma is a graduate-level qualification with credits and academic level equivalent to a full three-year Bachelor’s degree programme.

“Seamless Progression to Graduate Level…”

These three qualifications allow for a seamless progression from an open-access course at level 4 to a Bachelors level qualification in the International Graduate Diploma:

Engineering Course Progression

Shorter Diplomas

While the qualifications above follow a multiple-of-120-credit structure to align with university courses, we also offer a range of shorter Engineering Diplomas, each carrying 40 credits. These accredited diplomas also meet the requirements for accredited diploma qualifications at Levels 4, 5, or 6.

Additionally, these shorter diplomas are composed of the same units as the longer qualifications, allowing students to transfer completed units into the longer programmes as standing credit (Recognition of Prior Learning – RPL).

 

Engineering Diplomas Feeding in to Engineering Qualifications

 

Comparison of Qualification Levels

  • The Higher International Certificate is aligned to Level 4, equivalent to the first year of an undergraduate degree.

  • The Higher International Diploma encompasses the first two years of undergraduate study and is benchmarked against qualifications such as Foundation Degrees and Associate Degrees.

  • The International Graduate Diploma is equivalent in both level and credits to a full three-year Bachelor’s degree in Engineering and is accredited as a Bachelor’s degree equivalent by the International Education Accreditation Council.

Qualification Levels Compared