Expand your expertise through either academic certificates (at the graduate and undergraduate levels) that follow the U's academic calendar or professional development certificates composed of short courses.
Undergraduate Certificates
Experience an interdisciplinary curriculum that blends accounting principles with key business knowledge to give you the well-rounded education employers seek.
Enhance your ability to compete in the marketplace with a credential that gives you the know-how to make business decisions in an effective, innovative, and ethical way.
Gain an in-depth understanding of the design, technology, communication, and management skills required for career advancement in construction.
This certificate is a multidisciplinary program with coursework that covers real-world knowledge of the complete building life cycle.
Improve your chances of moving into a position where you could make an immediate, valuable impact on the delivery and management of care.
Advance your career with a credential from a world-class university and gain access to the latest digital language technology.
Develop the knowledge and skills to design, implement, and maintain the IT infrastructure that organizations need to manage daily business practices.
The Manufacturing Operations Management Certificate is for anyone who wishes to build on their existing academic background and work experience to develop professionally in the dynamic global manufacturing sector.
Graduate Certificate
A graduate-level certificate aimed at clinical, occupational, educational, and research-involved professionals nationally and internationally who want to broaden their knowledge of human sexuality.
Professional Development Certificates
Gain a solid understanding of Agile philosophy and the supporting methodologies such as Scrum, Lean, eXtreme Programming, and Kanban.
Hone your skills as the main liaison between business and IT departments. As a business analyst, you will gather and document business requirements and translate them into functional design specifications that can be executed by IT development teams.
Hone your skills as the main liaison between business and IT departments. As a business analyst, you will gather and document business requirements and translate them into functional design specifications that can be executed by IT development teams.
Business process improvement is the key skill set managers and professionals need to reduce costs, shorten service/cycle time, enhance customer value, and maintain high quality.
Enhance this core competency of all professional interactions in a way that avoids misunderstandings and conveys information in an appropriate manner and tone, while gaining support for your positions.
This certificate will equip you with the top skills employers are seeking: exceptional writing, speaking, teamwork, customer service, critical thinking, and business communications.
More data has been created in the past two years than in the entire history of the human race. Learn to analyze that data like a pro, and bring it to life through interactive data visualization. Students will build a robust portfolio of work to show potential employers and receive career planning services such as one-on-one career coaching.
Be part of the digital revolution! The University of Minnesota Coding Boot Camp is a Full Stack Flex curriculum that will equip you with the fundamental skills needed for all stages of web development, whether you choose the full time (12 weeks) or part time (24 weeks) program.
Get up-to-date human resource practices at the technical, operational, and strategic management levels. Whether you have HR experience or just want to build your career, our Human Resource Generalist Certificate is designed to prepare you for success.
This certificate is ideal for managers who want to achieve team success and drive bottom line performance. Improve critical thinking, communication and leadership in addition to managerial skills in this dynamic program.
Organization Development is geared toward improving both performance and people in the workplace. This certificate program will spotlight your role as a leader and change agent and help you achieve organizational results.
In today’s market, a highly skilled and well-educated workforce is vital for an organization’s economic survival. Your role as a training professional requires a thoughtful analysis of training needs, skill gaps, and goals of the organization to determine the best way to improve performance.
Being an in-demand, successful project manager requires a combination of process and human interaction skills. With this certificate you'll lay a strong foundation of knowledge and the interpersonal aspects of being an effective project manager.
This program will focus on the management of local public works organizations and operations. The Public Works Certificate is offered in collaboration with the American Public Works Association—Minnesota Chapter.
This certificate program will help you enhance the productivity and progress of those who report directly to you, ensuring that the group works efficiently and effectively to reach its goals, and resolve problems as they arise.