Peace Operations Specialized Training (POST) Certificate

The Institute’s Peace Operations Specialized Training (POST) Certificate programme allows students to specialize in one or more professional areas by successfully passing a prescribed set of courses and a Comprehensive Examination. Students demonstrate their professional competency and earn one or more of the five certificates available.

Peace Operations Specialized Training (POST) Certificate Chart

First, select 3 common core courses.

Select 2 courses.

  • An Introduction to the UN System and Its Role in International Peace and Security
  • Ethics in Peace Operations

Select 1 course.

  • Implementation of the UN Security Council Resolutions on the Women, Peace, and Security Agenda in Latin America and the Caribbean
  • Implementation of the UN Security Council Resolutions on the Women, Peace, and Security Agenda in Africa
  • Implementation of the UN Security Council Resolutions on the Women, Peace, and Security Agenda in Asia and the Pacific

Next, select 2 elective courses.

  • Leading Within United Nations Peace Operations
  • Protection of Cultural Property: Online Course for the Military, Police, and Law Enforcement
  • The History of United Nations Peacekeeping Operations from 2000–2020
  • Health of Peace Operations Personnel

Finally, choose an area of specialization and select 3 courses.

Gender
Awareness

  • Humanitarian Relief Operations
  • Preventing Violence Against Women and Promoting Gender Equality in Peace Operations
  • UN Military Specialised Training Materials on Child Protection
  • Comprehensive Protection of Civilians Training Materials for United Nations Peace Operations: Police Version
  • Comprehensive Protection of Civilians Training Materials for United Nations Peace Operations: Military Version
  • Sexual and Gender-Based Violence and International Peace and Security

Civilian
Service

  • Civil-Military Coordination in Peace Operations
  • Humanitarian Relief Operations
  • Disarmament, Demobilization, and Reintegration (DDR): A Practical Overview
  • International Humanitarian Law and the Law of Armed Conflict
  • Preventing Violence Against Women and Promoting Gender Equality in Peace Operations

Human
Rights

  • Humanitarian Relief Operations
  • International Humanitarian Law and the Law of Armed Conflict
  • Peacekeeping and International Conflict Resolution
  • Preventing Violence Against Women and Promoting Gender Equality in Peace Operations
  • Human Rights

Police
Studies

  • Disarmament, Demobilization, and Reintegration (DDR): A Practical Overview
  • International Humanitarian Law and the Law of Armed Conflict
  • Preventing Violence Against Women and Promoting Gender Equality in Peace Operations
  • Comprehensive Protection of Civilians Training Materials for United Nations Peace Operations: Police Version
  • United Nations Specialised Training Materials on United Nations Police

Military
Studies

  • Civil-Military Coordination in Peace Operations
  • Disarmament, Demobilization, and Reintegration (DDR): A Practical Overview
  • International Humanitarian Law and the Law of Armed Conflict
  • UN Specialised Training Materials on United Nations Military Observers
  • Comprehensive Protection of Civilians Training Materials for United Nations Peace Operations: Military Version

Demonstrate your skills and advance your career by earning a POST Certificate

For each of the five areas of specialty, students are required to complete eight courses by passing each End-of-Course Examination with a minimum score of 75%. These include three common core courses, two electives, and three courses specific to their own POST area of specialization.

In addition, to earn the POST Certificate, students must pass a Comprehensive Examination. Each student's Comprehensive Examination will consist of 80 questions pertaining equally to each of the eight courses completed. Students have two attempts to pass the Comprehensive Examination.

Once the student has passed all eight courses and the Comprehensive Examination, the student receives a POST Certificate along with a transcript listing all completed courses and an official congratulatory letter.

Students may obtain their courses through any POTI programme for which they are eligible. There is a fee of $70.00 USD for each POST Certificate to review and verify that the student has completed all requirements prior to issuing the POST Certificate. If you have any questions not addressed on the website, please contact the Institute through the Help Desk.

Summary

  • Five areas of specialty
  • Eight courses for each specialty
  • Students who complete a POST Certificate earn:
    • A Certificate-of-Completion for each course
    • An official letter of congratulations
    • An official transcript
    • A POST Certificate for each specialty
  • The administrative fee for each POST Certificate is $70.00 USD

Course fees are not included.

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