Application for Enrollment for entry in January and April 2025 is now open.
The Department of Meteorology at the University of Reading is offering scheduled online courses with support from internationally-renowned academic staff.
This training is suitable for professional meteorologists, consultants, STEM students, graduates and academics seeking to improve their range of skills and knowledge. The courses may be suitable CPD for chartered meteorologists.
We welcome applications and inquiries from people in the UK and around the world.
What to expect
- Each week, new lecture notes with videos.
- Weekly live online interactive sessions.
- Exercises and assessments.
- The opportunity to ask for help at live online sessions and on class discussion boards.
- To study between four and eight hours per week.
- Individual feedback on your work.
- A certificate when you successfully complete the course.
The courses
- Tropical Meteorology (January to March 2025)
- Climate Services and Climate Impact Modelling (April to May 2025)
- Fundamentals of Meteorology (likely to run again October to December 2025)
- Statistics for Weather and Climate Science (likely to run again October to December 2025)
Fees
- The course fee for the first course that you take with us is £720 for international and UK learners.
- There is a discounted fee of £650 for second or further courses taken with start dates within 18 months of the first course taken with us.
- Royal Meteorological Society members pay the discounted fee of £650 for first and subsequent courses.
- People from least developed countries, low income and lower middle income countries according to the OECD list pay a fee of £250.
Application
- Anyone is welcome to apply for free. Look at the prerequisites before you apply. If in doubt please email onlinemetcourses@reading.ac.uk.
- You should not enroll on more than one course per term.
- There are no university credits associated with these courses.
- In your application, carefully describe how your experience provides you with the prerequisites.
- Apply by 6 January for the January to March course.
- Apply by 7 April for the April-May course.
- Apply by 9 September for the October to December courses.
Payment by Invoice
If your application is successful (based on knowledge of the prerequisites), you will be sent an online card payment link. You will receive a receipts after payment. If it is not possible for your employer to pay through an online portal, then we can issue invoices for large purchases, subject to fulfillment of the necessary due diligence on both sides. The invoice will have to be for at least three people enrolling at the same time at full cost (£720 per person). None of the discounts are available for payment by invoice. To pay by invoice, each person to be enrolled should fill in the usual application form (below). You will need to supply the email address of the person who will arrange payment of the invoice.
