Course options
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Qualification
Postgraduate Certificate
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Location
Online/Distance Learning
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Study mode
Distance / Online
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Start date
26-JAN-26
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Duration
1 Year
Course summary
This programme will help you develop a range of skills to strengthen your potential to address injustices that harm human and non-human populations and the environment.
It will build your ability to explore, manage, analyse, interpret, visualise, and communicate data to a range of audiences, from lay publics to academics and policymakers.
The programme is ideal for:
professionals seeking to enhance their data literacy and science communication skills, who currently work in the public or private sector on issues of social justice or environmental degradation
those looking to move into a career in social justice or environmental advocacy, policy, or education
recent graduates seeking additional training before entering or re-entering the workforce.
Course details
Highlights
•You can start at the beginning if you don't have a background in statistics, or you can take a more advanced class to enhance your existing skills.
•Boost your impact potential by diversifying your science communications and data visualisation toolboxes.
•Maximum flexibility through asynchronous, adaptive learning with optional synchronous engagement.
•Come to a one or two-week summer residential stay (first opportunity is summer 2025) to network with other Data for Justice students, staff, and guests working on issues of social or environmental justice.
After your degree
Careers
The University of St Andrews’ global reputation makes its graduates highly valued by employers. The programme provides subject knowledge and applied skills relevant to a range of career paths in government and public bodies, non-governmental organisations and charities, and the private sector.
Examples include:
•non-Governmental organisations, such as Oxfam, WWF, Amnesty International, Norwegian Refugee Council, Norad, Red Cross Climate Center, Wildlife Conservation Society, The Nature Conservancy
•the public sector, such as the Centre for Climate and Health Security, Public Health Scotland, UK MET Office
•government, such as UK Government Departments like DEFRA
international organisations, such as UNOCHA, UNHRC, UNEP, WHO.
Application deadline
09/01/2026
Modules
Tuition fees
- United States
- Afghanistan
- Albania
- Algeria
- Andorra
- Angola
- Antigua & Barbuda
- Argentina
- Armenia
- Australia
- Austria
- Azerbaijan
- Bahamas
- Bahrain
- Bangladesh
- Barbados
- Belarus
- Belgium
- Belize
- Benin
- Bhutan
- Bolivia
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Botswana
- Brazil
- Brunei
- Bulgaria
- Burkina Faso
- Burma
- Burundi
- Cabo Verde
- Cambodia
- Cameroon
- Canada
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- Chile
- China
- Colombia
- Comoros
- Congo
- Congo (Democratic Republic)
- Costa Rica
- Croatia
- Cuba
- Curacao
- Cyprus
- Czech Republic
- Denmark
- Djibouti
- Dominica
- Dominican Republic
- East Timor
- Ecuador
- Egypt
- El Salvador
- England
- Equatorial Guinea
- Eritrea
- Estonia
- Ethiopia
- Fiji
- Finland
- France
- Gabon
- Gambia
- Georgia
- Germany
- Ghana
- Greece
- Grenada
- Guatemala
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Guyana
- Haiti
- Honduras
- Hong Kong
- Hungary
- Iceland
- India
- Indonesia
- Iran
- Iraq
- Israel
- Italy
- Ivory Coast
- Jamaica
- Japan
- Jordan
- Kazakhstan
- Kenya
- Kiribati
- Korea DPR (North Korea)
- Kosovo
- Kuwait
- Kyrgyzstan
- Laos
- Latvia
- Lebanon
- Lesotho
- Liberia
- Libya
- Liechtenstein
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Macedonia
- Madagascar
- Malawi
- Malaysia
- Maldives
- Mali
- Malta
- Marshall Islands
- Mauritania
- Mauritius
- Mexico
- Micronesia
- Moldova
- Monaco
- Mongolia
- Montenegro
- Morocco
- Mozambique
- Namibia
- Nauru
- Nepal
- Netherlands
- New Zealand
- Nicaragua
- Niger
- Nigeria
- Northern Ireland
- Norway
- Oman
- Pakistan
- Palau
- Palestinian Authority
- Panama
- Papua New Guinea
- Paraguay
- Peru
- Philippines
- Poland
- Portugal
- Puerto Rico
- Qatar
- Republic of Ireland
- Romania
- Russia
- Rwanda
- San Marino
- Sao Tome and Principe
- Saudi Arabia
- Scotland
- Senegal
- Serbia
- Seychelles
- Sierra Leone
- Singapore
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- Solomon Islands
- Somalia
- South Africa
- South Korea
- South Sudan
- Spain
- Sri Lanka
- St Vincent
- St. Kitts & Nevis
- St. Lucia
- Sudan
- Suriname
- Swaziland
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Syria
- Taiwan
- Tajikistan
- Tanzania
- Thailand
- Togo
- Tonga
- Trinidad & Tobago
- Tunisia
- Turkey
- Turkmenistan
- Tuvalu
- UAE
- Uganda
- Ukraine
- United Kingdom
- Uruguay
- Uzbekistan
- Vanuatu
- Vatican City
- Venezuela
- Vietnam
- Wales
- Western Samoa
- Yemen
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
£ 6,000per year
Tuition fees shown are for indicative purposes and may vary. Please check with the institution for most up to date details.
University information
University of St Andrews
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University League Table
4th
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Campus address
University of St Andrews, College Gate, St. Andrews, Fife, KY16 9AJ, United Kingdom
Subject rankings
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Subject ranking
4th out of 72 1
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Entry standards
/ Max 210210 100%1st
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Graduate prospects
/ Max 10083.0 83%13th
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Student satisfaction
/ Max 43.26 82%21st
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