Graduate diploma is generally a qualification taken after completion of a first degree, although the level of study varies in different countries from being at the same level as the final year of a bachelor's degree to being at a level between a master's degree and a doctorate.
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Graduate diploma is normally taken following a bachelor's degree, and some master's degree programs have graduate diploma as a nested award.
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The higher Graduate diploma is an award at level 8, the same level as an honours bachelor's degree.
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Graduate diploma is offered by University College Dublin, the Dublin Institute of Technology, Dublin City University, HETAC and the University of Limerick.
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In New Zealand, a graduate diploma is an advanced undergraduate qualification normally completed after a bachelor's degree or done at the same time as the bachelors study, and can be used as a bridging qualification to prove a student's ability to undertake postgraduate studies for a completely different field.
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In universities and learning institutes, a graduate diploma is commonly studied by students who have already graduated in a different field and allows them to pursue a new profession.
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Graduate diploma is an academic or vocational qualification; as an academic qualification it is often taken after a bachelor's degree although sometimes only a foundation degree is required.
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Graduate diploma is generally a professional conversion qualification to reskill a graduate with new specialised skills, for instance the GDipPsy - Graduate Diploma in Psychology is aimed at offering specialised skills in psychology.
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Graduate diploma is offered at different levels by different institutions.
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WSQ Graduate Diploma is the highest qualification in Singapore's vocational Workforce Skills Qualifications framework, administered by the Singapore Workforce Development Agency.
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Graduate diploma should not be confused with a postgraduate diploma, which is a master's degree-level qualification in the UK.
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