Micro-credentials
Upskill at home with SRUC. Our micro-credentials can help you gain new knowledge and develop new skills. They have been designed to work around your working and home lives: study anytime, anywhere.


Micro-credentials are a new and exciting academic offering from SRUC. They are short, accredited learning experiences that facilitate flexible and innovative professional development and lifelong learning.
SRUC micro-credentials offer bite-sized accredited learning for continuing or professional development. They are all delivered by SRUC lecturers, who are experts in their field, and specifically designed to support learners wishing to keep pace with the fast-changing needs of society and industry.
Importantly, our micro-credentials are 100% online, meaning that as long as you can access the internet, you can study anywhere, anytime. They're self-paced too, so you can fit your learning in around your working and home lives.
And every micro-credential course offered is accredited, earning you 10-20 Scottish Credit and Qualification Framework (SCQF) credits upon completion.
A full list of all the micro-credential courses we offer - by subject area, are listed below.
Agriculture, agricultural sciences, and food systems:
Animal, biological, and veterinary sciences:
Environment and conservation:
Horticulture & plant and soil sciences:
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