Microcredentials are four week intensive online courses designed for professionals
who are looking to expand their skill set and do their jobs better.
The Skills You Need in Four Weeks, Not Four Years
In-Demand Skills on Your Schedule and in Your Budget
Penn State’s College of Engineering microcredential courses offer:
A combination of asynchronous learning on your own time and synchronous live teaching with Penn State faculty and industry experts.
Relevant and immediately impactful skills in just one month.
Flexible learning from anywhere in just three to five hours a week.
Affordable pricing that makes as much sense for an individual learner as it does for an entire organization.
Go Beyond what you expect from online training.
Check out our course catalog for microcredential courses that you put to work right away.
What makes Microcredentials different?
Microcredentials
Microcredentials are hyper-focused on a single topic or skill and can be taken individually or as part of a series. You’ll gain skills immediately applicable to your job duties.
Microcredentials are more agile and able to adapt more quickly to new or developing technologies. They teach what you need to know now.
Microcredentials typically take about a month to complete while spending only 3-5 hours a week. You can finish them while working a full-time job.
Traditional Degree
Traditional degrees have generalized credit requirements that aren’t immediately relevant to your job duties.
Traditional degrees offer a foundation for learning, which can make courses slower to adapt. You learn how to learn, but not necessarily how to do your job.
Traditional degrees are finished most efficiently as a full-time student, making it difficult to achieve while working full time.
Driving Innovation: Matching the Unprecedented Growth of Technology through Microcredentials
Microcredentialing allows the agility necessary to keep pace with innovation in modern engineering.
Who’s It For?
Learners
Start with any course and progress at your own pace keeping your professional goals at the forefront.
Managers
Prioritize on-the-job training to sharpen your workers’ skills without sacrficing too much productivity or breaking the budget.
Manufacturers
Keep your organization competitive with manufacturing-focused short courses designed to reskill and upskill your employees.
Course Catalog
Live Faculty – Industry Experts – Valuable Skills
These courses Go Beyond what you would expect from month-long courses that only require 3-5 hours of study each week. Not only will you gain skills you can put to work immediately, you’ll learn in live sessions with Penn State faculty members and interact with industry professionals.
Leading
Technical Teams
This course explores the essential components of effective leadership in the technical field. Emphasis is on several key elements such as self-awareness, team performance, project management, and…
Business Fundamentals for Technical Leaders
In today’s competitive business landscape, your success as a technical professional hinges on your ability to articulate innovative concepts convincingly to upper management through financial fluency and…
CFD for
Multiphase Flows
Multiphase flow computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulations are becoming a critical capability for engineering of electronics thermal management solutions, aerospace power and propulsion systems, nuclear…
How Microcredentials Work
Choose a Focus
The College of Engineering offers microcredentials designed to meet diverse learning goals. You can focus on a specific skill or stack credentials to develop a broader skill set. And unlike a four-year degree, you choose the order in which you take the short courses.
Whether you concentrate or diversify, these short courses provide the flexibility to fit your needs and schedule.
Enroll and Pay
Our microcredentials cost about $1,500, meaning they’re inexpensive enough you can submit them to your organization or pay for them out of pocket. Either way, they count as Continuing Education Units (CEUs).
Enjoy the Course
Follow the instructions to enter the course, then get ready to hone your skills in just one month and spending only 3-5 hours per week. Learn from the best of Penn State faculty and industry leaders without sacrificing your productivity at work or time at home.
Earn the Credential
When you finish the course successfully, you’ll receive a digital badge to commemorate your new skills. You can display it in your LinkedIn profile or in other digital spaces to demonstrate your newly acquired proficiency.
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Interested in Learning More?
Contact Us
If you still have questions about the Penn State College of Engineering Microcredentialing
program, please don’t hesitate to contact us.
We’re excited to hear from any potential new learner.