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Shortcoursesportal helps you find and compare short courses, certificates, and online training from top institutions worldwide. Explore 15,000+ English-taught programmes from 570+ universities using filters for subject, country, tuition fees, study format, and more.
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What is Shortcoursesportal
Shortcoursesportal is a global search platform that helps students find a short course abroad and compare graduate degrees from universities worldwide. Designed for anyone interested to continue their studies, the platform brings together one of the world’s largest databases of English-taught short course programmes in virtually all fields.
Students can search and compare study options using filters such as field of study, country, tuition fees, duration, study format, language requirements, and university rankings. They can also explore university reviews, admissions requirements, and career-related insights.
Why students use Shortcoursesportal
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Check ratings, reviews, course content, duration, and certification details.
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Why you can trust Shortcoursesportal
Programme information from credible data sources
We make sure that all the information on Shortcoursesportal is verified and matches the information on official university websites. All the programmes that we currently publish are English-taught. You’ll see there are over 570 universities listed on our website. These are all verified, real universities. We’ve made sure this includes the top universities in the world, according to international rankings.
Transparent, student-first guidance
Shortcoursesportal is free for students to use for students. You can search, compare, and explore degrees, universities, and study destinations worldwide without paying to access the platform.Our data analysts also monitor worldwide higher education trends to provide valuable advice to universities, as well as students. They draw their conclusions by interpreting data from our portals and from other credible, official data sets. We sometimes create reports (alone, or together with partners) that explain how international higher education is evolving.
Student reviews that go beyond rankings
GLOBAL STUDENT SATISFACTION AWARDS (GSSA)
The Global Student Satisfaction Awards (GSSA) collect feedback from thousands of students about their study experience across seven key dimensions. These reviews help future students understand what life is really like at a university beyond rankings and marketing materials.
- 100,000+ Student reviews collected
- 1,200+ Participating universities
- 4 Editions since 2022 and growing
Overall Satisfaction
How would you rate your overall study experience?
Online Classroom Experience
How was your students' experience with online courses?
Student Diversity
How diverse was the atmosphere at your university?
Admission Process
How simple was it to apply to your programme?
Quality of Student Life
How was your students' everyday life?
Student-Teacher Interaction
How helpful were your teachers to your students?
Career Development
Did the university provide support for your students' career development?
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Part of Studyportals
Shortcoursesportal is part of the wider Studyportals family, a global education platform that helps students at different stages of their education journey, from Bachelor's and Master's degrees to PhDs or short courses.
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