POSTGRADUATE DEGREE THROUGH OPEN DISTANCE LEARNING AT UTP UTP offers you the flexibility to get a Masters Degree without having to quit your job or put your career on hold Do you want to obtain a postgraduate degree without having to put your career on hold? Are you in middle management and have set your sights on a promotion but lack the requisite postgraduate qualification? Are you a petroleum engineer in Sudan but would like to deepen your knowledge at a university overseas recognised by the oil and gas industry? In any of these instances, open distance learning could just be the ticket to knowledge enhancement, career improvement and all-round personal accomplishment. Open distance learning or ODL, which combines aspects of open learning where the teaching and learning activities are enhanced beyond conventional classroom boundaries and distance learning, which refers to geographical distance between learners and teachers. It appeals to working professionals because this route takes them to a postgraduate qualification without having to quit their jobs.