PGCE

The Post Graduate Certificate of Education (PCGE) is a one-year course in the UK for existing degree holders leading to qualification teacher status (QTS), which is needed to teach in state schools. It is rather poorly named, as a standard post-graduacte certificate (PGCert) is the lowest level of post-graduate qualification, requiring about half the work of a post-graduate diploma (PGDip), which is similar to the taught element of most master's degrees. However, the name is now firmly established and unlikely to be changed.

Technically, the PGCE is a non-degree qualification that does not grant any postnominals, however this is often ignored.