Postgraduate Certificate in Education International PGCEi

Find out more about our Postgraduate Certificate in Education International (PGCEi) degree at Warwick

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P-X35J Primary;
P-X35K Secondary*

PGCEi

1 year full-time

August 2025

Centre for Teacher Education (CTE)

Distance Learning

This one year teaching qualification is specially designed to prepare you for teaching in international settings, developing you into a highly reflective practitioner, equipped with the skills and knowledge to be a successful teacher. With a 3 day virtual induction, led by experts from Warwick and Assessed Teaching against International Teachers’ Standards. You will have ‘Live’ interactive online lectures throughout the course and support from international school leaders and experts.

*Course codes also differ by assessment method, please visit the Centre for Teacher Education websiteLink opens in a new windowLink opens in a new window for more information.

This one-year postgraduate course is specifically designed to prepare you for teaching in international settings. It will equip you to be a reflective, competent and professionally aware educator through a unique blended learning programme that includes:

• An intensive three day virtual induction led by Associate Professors from Warwick.
• A minimum of 20 ‘Live’ online sessions in Subject Studies, Professional Enquiry and Professional Practice modules throughout the year. These will take place at 11am (GMT) and are 2.5 hours in length.
• Completion of a Professional Digital Portfolio (PDP), two 1000 word reflective pieces at Master's level and final assessment guided by the International Teachers’ Standards.
• The completion of two Master’s level assignments, one based on a phase-related issue and one on a comparative international theme.
• Teaching practice with assessment points and a summative lesson observation from a Warwick tutor (either online or in person).
• Three personal tutorials led by staff at Warwick and on-going mentor support provided by schools throughout the year.

The University of Warwick is consistently ranked as one of the top ten in the United Kingdom. The Centre for Teacher Education is the University’s global-service provider for high quality training and professional education. It has been awarded “Outstanding” provider status by the British government standard (OFSTED). Our iQTS International programme was one of five inspected as part of the DfE iQTS pilot inspections and has been awarded grade 1.

Qualified Teacher Status in England and Wales

Qualified Teacher Status in England and Wales is conferred by the Teaching Agency on behalf of the Secretary of State for Education (England) and the Minister for Education and Skills (Wales) and not by universities. The PGCE international programme does not, therefore, offer a licence to teach in the UK or elsewhere.

We have PGCE iQTS options should you wish to gain Qualified Teacher Status.

Further information on our PGCE iQTS programmes can be found on the Centre for Teacher Education websiteLink opens in a new window.

Regular tutorials and a tailored seminar programme ensure that you are treated as an individual from the outset and are supported to progress according to your ability, taking account of your professional and personal development needs.

Class Size

Contact Hours

You will be assessed through a range of Master’s level assignments, which are aimed at assessing your professional and subject specific learning. You will also be assessed on whether you have made appropriate progress towards the International Teachers’ Standards.

Reading lists

If you would like to view reading lists for current or previous cohorts of students, most departments have reading lists available through Warwick Library on the Talis Aspire platform.

You can search for reading lists by module title, code or convenor. Please see the modules tab of this page or the module catalogue. 

Please note that some reading lists may have restricted access or be unavailable at certain times of year due to not yet being published. If you cannot access the reading list for a particular module, please check again later or contact the module’s host department.

Your timetable

Your personalised timetable will be complete when you are registered for all modules and you have been allocated to your lectures, seminars and other small group classes. Your compulsory modules will be registered for you when you join us.

You must hold an approved Bachelor’s degree with Honours at 2:2 or above, (or) equivalent level.

Primary trainees: At least Grade C or 4 in GCSE Maths or equivalent.

Your spoken and written English must be of an adequate standard for postgraduate study. If English is not your first language, you will need a minimum score of 6.5 or equivalent under the International English Language Testing System (IELTS), with no less than 6.0 in any element. Please see their website for details.

To ensure you have the appropriate computer requirements to enable you to study online, please check our computer specification guidance notes (PDF)Link opens in a new window.

• Band A
• IELTS overall score of 6.5, minimum component scores not below 6.0

Two supportive references.

Optional modules

There are no optional modules for this course.

There are no optional modules for this course.