Postgraduate Diploma in Asian Art (Online) offered as part of the SOAS-Alphawood Postgraduate Diploma in Asian Art programme, the Online Postgraduate Diploma in Asian Art brings our esteemed programme to you, wherever you are in the world, for flexible, full-time study via an entirely online/distance learning programme.

The SOAS-Alphawood Postgraduate Diploma in Asian Art at SOAS University of London offers a unique programme renowned for its excellence. We lead you on a journey of object-based study through lectures and contributions from a wide range of leading scholars, curators, and art market professionals.

This distance-learning EU Competition Law course is particularly suited for practising lawyers, regulators, academics or if you have a specific need for knowledge in this area. Through the course you will gain an understanding of the substantive rules of EU Competition Law and the procedural framework in which they operate.

The Postgraduate Diploma in Finance and Financial Law is ideal for those who already have some experience in either law or finance. The ability to weigh the choice of modules towards law or finance will mean that students can tailor their learning according to their needs, interests and pre-existing expertise.

Postgraduate Diploma in International Business Administration has a growing need for senior personnel with high-quality management skills and specialist regional knowledge. As the regions of Asia and Africa take roles as leading and emerging economies in the world, this Postgraduate Diploma in International Business Administration responds to this need. Students will study the interplay between global and local factors that influence management decisions in business.

Our postgraduate Diploma in Banking enables people with specialised skills to develop an understanding of a broader range of subjects involved in modern banking. The Diploma in Banking is especially valuable for people holding a professional qualification (including a qualification in accounting, finance, or related professions) who are employed in banks or other financial firms.

The Postgraduate Diploma in Public Management is preparation for managing and advising public sector organisations. There is an emphasis on managing people, managing change and designing and using information systems. Public sector organisations need good managers.

The Postgraduate Diploma in Economic Policy is designed principally for postgraduates working on economic policy in government, central banks, other public organisations, international institutions and consultancy. It enables you to deepen your understanding of the principles, applications, and context underlying economic policy with a focus on the policy's financial aspects.

The Postgraduate Diploma in Quantitative Finance is designed principally for postgraduates whose work in banks and other financial institutions requires knowledge of statistical (particularly econometric) and quantitative approaches to risk and derivatives. The program can also provide a suitable route towards entering the MSc Finance (Quantitative Finance). Graduates with strong previous quantitative training (such as engineers) and graduates with lower levels of previous training can both benefit from the programme by choosing appropriate modules.

In Postgraduate Diploma in Public Financial Management (Online)Organisations need managers with a thorough understanding of public finance so that they can make financial decisions and design and operate financial systems for collecting, spending and accounting for public expenditure. Depending on which options you choose, this programme will enable you to make decisions about investment projects, when and how to use privatisation and public-private partnerships, and how to manage the financial relationships between national and sub-national governments.

This award builds on the knowledge gained from Module 1 and further aims to ensure a student can identify the different Transfer Pricing methods for controlled transactions, identify a comparability analysis and determine an arm’s length charge for Intra-Group Services. The learning explores the working, application and calculations required for each method. The module also covers the documentation requirements per the OECD guidelines and specific points relating to the BEPS Action list, risk management and dispute resolution.

Our Economics for Competition Law course is suitable for practising lawyers, regulators, academics and those with a specific need for knowledge of Economics for Competition Law. On completion of the course, you will have a firm understanding of the increasingly important role that economics plays in competition law and an understanding of when economic analysis is needed for a particular competition law case.  Our course has been specifically designed for economists and lawyers in private practice, in-house legal advisers and representatives from the national competition authorities.

International tax is the study and practice that centres on the application of taxes and tax law in the international community as it relates to individuals, businesses and government agencies conducting cross-border commerce. The myriad of tax treaties, territorial tax laws and their effect on extraterritorial income requires the interpretive expertise of scholars and practitioners who specialise in International Taxation.

PGDip/PGCert in Policy Studies (Online) formulated for people working in policy-making and advisory capacities, the Postgraduate Diploma in Policy Studies / PG Cert in Public Policy provides an overview of the variety of approaches to public policy and management from a historical and comparative perspective.

The Centre of European Law at King’s College London is pleased to announce details of its 2019-2020 Distance Learning Programme leading to a Postgraduate Diploma/Masters in European Union Law. Now in its 27th successful year, it has been attended by students drawn from the UK and other parts of the European Union, the European Economic Area, Central and Eastern Europe, the Far East and the USA.