Take a step up in your career, whether you’re looking for a change of direction or to develop your skills further.
Kent offers a range of conversion programmes such as business, economics and computing courses for students from an entirely different background, while our Master's degrees in law or journalism develop your academic and professional skills in new areas.
Subject areas include these career pathways:
The list below includes some of our most popular conversion programmes but is not exhaustive; you can find more opportunities on the full online prospectus.
Innovative, forward-thinking courses made for career progressors and career changers.
Gain the skills for a lucrative career on our Institute & Faculty of Actuaries accredited MSc.
Develop your knowledge and analytic skills with no previous academic experience in the subject.
Join a 'triple crown' accredited business school and benefit from industrial placements.
Get stuck in with real-time market data in our state-of-the-art Bloomberg Lab.
A career focused Master’s at Kent Business School. Gain an employability edge and thrive.
Prepare for a career in healthcare management or for doctoral research with this accredited MSc.
Accredited by CILT and CIPS, this MSc equips you for a career in a vital area of the modern economy.
Build the skills you need to become an inspirational project manager, strategist or consultant.
Sharpen your focus and specialise in this fast-moving industry.
NEW for 2023-24
The School of Computing is delighted to offer a new £10,000 scholarship for the Computer Science (Artificial Intelligence) conversion Master's. Find out more.
Open up exciting new career paths by taking our conversion Master's. No prior computing knowledge is required.
Ideal for problem-solvers, this course sets you up for a career in leading software, technology and commercially global companies.
Accredited by the UK government's National Cyber Security Centre, work with a virtual machine server that supports computer security experiments.
The world is full of data, from global banks to Formula 1 teams, supermarkets and the United Nations. Data scientists ask and answer questions like what happened, why it happened, what will happen, and what can be done with the results. Develop the technical, practical and transferrable skills that you need to be a successful data scientist.
Follow your passion and make an impact on contemporary culture.
Make your way in the world as a writer and discover your creative potential. Spend the spring term in Paris and turn the city into your muse.
Experience our impressive facilities and campus-based film culture as you learn from award-winning filmmakers and leading scholars.
Get connected with individuals and communities alike, achieve your career goals.
Get connected with individuals and communities alike, achieve your career goals.
If you find yourself with a passion for better understanding human behaviour but didn't take a degree in Psychology, this course is for you. Now is your time to convert with our MSc Psychology Conversion course. On successful competition move onto one of our specialist MSc courses, fast tracking you into your dream Psychology career.
Make a difference and change society for the better.
Enhance your professional practice and career prospects on these flexible courses.
This programme gives Higher Education professionals to deepen their understanding of principles, theoretical concepts and the policy context of HE.
A part-time, work-related learning programme designed for participants from private, public and third sector settings.
A part-time, work-based programme for qualified teachers who want to develop and enhance their working practice at Master's level.
Social Work, Healthcare and Society
Step up, stand out and specialise in areas where highly skilled practitioners are in demand.
Advanced Child Protection - PCert, PDip, MA
Get a 360-degree perspective on child protection on this fully accredited distance learning course.
Advanced and Specialist Healthcare - MSc
This MSc is a flexible, part-time, work-related programme for registered dental care professionals.
Social Work - MA
Study with qualified social workers, this is your route into professional practice.