How it works
Learn at your pace.
Prove it with a number.
From choosing a program to holding a certificate anyone can verify, here is the whole journey.
The journey
Four steps from decision to certificate
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Choose a program
Pick a field and start with a Certificate. Not sure which? Email us with your background and goal.
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Enrol
Send the enrolment form. We confirm by email and set up your access.
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Learn and practise
Study online at your own pace. Modules are short and practical.
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Earn and verify
Complete the assessments. Your certificate carries a unique serial number listed on our verification page.
Assessment
Competency-based, not time-based
You are assessed directly against defined competencies. That means quizzes after each module, a final assessment, and practical tasks where the field needs them.
Where you already have experience, a documented skills review can shorten your path. You do not repeat what you can already prove.
Hours and credits
How study hours are counted
Clock hours
Instructional time with content, guided practice and assessment.
Study hours
Total learning time including independent study. About twice the clock hours.
Credit terms
For information only: one semester credit hour is about 37.5 clock hours, one quarter credit hour about 25. We make no promise of transfer.
Levels
Five rungs, stackable
Luminary levels follow Luminary’s own hour standards for vocational and professional certification: a Certificate is 60 or more training hours, a Diploma 150 or more, and a Vocational Bachelor pathway 300 or more plus a capstone project and required English. Training hours are the instructional hours stated in each training kit. They are not academic credit hours.
Certificate
60 or more training hours
A focused, job-ready credential built from several short modules in one skill area. The best first step if you are changing field or formalising what you already do.
Diploma
150 or more training hours
Several Certificate-level groups of modules stacked into one broader credential. Hours you have already completed count towards it.
Vocational Bachelor
300 or more training hours, a capstone project and required English
A deeper vocational and professional pathway that adds management, planning and quality modules, a capstone project and English as a required subject. It is not an academic degree.
Executive Master
By application
By application. Open to Vocational Bachelor holders from any field with at least 4 years of work experience. Assessed by an applied project. Not an academic degree.
Executive Master and PhD
Advanced routes, by application
Executive Master and Executive PhD routes are open to experienced professionals and are not self-enrolled courses. Applications are reviewed individually.
Executive Master
By application. Open to Vocational Bachelor holders from any field with at least 4 years of work experience. Assessed by an applied project. Not an academic degree.
Executive PhD
By application. For Master-level holders with further professional experience. Assessed by a practice portfolio and review. Not an academic degree.
FAQ
Practical questions
Pick your first program
Start small. Stack up as you go.