Upskill with short courses

Our upskilling courses provide opportunities for skills development for both individuals and businesses in light of the current climate and skills gaps in Scotland. These courses build key skills, develop confidence and support people to enhance their career prospects, retrain and develop new skills.

Explore our current courses

Displacement and Humanitarian Intervention Short Course

A 2-week intensive and bespoke professional development course on humanitarian intervention and displacement, delivered by an interdisciplinary network of leading University of St Andrews experts.

Undergraduate evening courses

Undergraduate upskilling courses at the University of St Andrews allow you to study on a short-term basis in the evening without committing to a degree. Upskilling courses run in a hybrid format, which means that students have the option to either join online or in-person.

Find out more about our previous courses

Explore some of our previous Upskilling courses:

Global Challenges - Leadership in Global Health

Leading University of St Andrews academics explore what global health challenges have taught us and how these lessons can be applied to leadership practice in the future.

Knowledge Discovery and Datamining

Understand and build key skills in using large-scale data sets with this short course.