Certificate in Engineering Leadership

If you are driven to lead, there's a place for you here. We explore the moral and political challenges posed by technological progress and impart the leadership skills required to meet them.

The undergraduate certificate in engineering leadership puts applied science in conversation with the liberal arts to develop leadership potential. Designed for students who are deeply curious about leadership, the program fosters the intellectual agility, personal grit and freedom of mind necessary for successful leadership. Students become leaders who seek to complement their technical expertise with moral, political and humanistic literacy to address society’s most pressing scientific and technological problems.

  • Study the scientific, political and humanistic leadership
  • Enrich your technical skills with judgment, emotional complexity and moral character
  • Complement your undergraduate studies with a certificate

The engineering leadership program partners with the engineering management program to offer education in engineering project management, engineering entrepreneurship and engineering economics

Top 20 public U.S. university for engineering

(U.S. News & World Report, 2020)

Expand your network and connect with established industry leaders through guest lectures, interview sessions and informal program lunches

Be successful.

The engineering leadership certificate allows you to enter the workforce with additional skills and knowledge alongside your major area of study.

 
$97,200

Annual median salary of engineers

(U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2017)

 

Lockheed Martin, Seagate Technology, Ball Aerospace and Boeing employ graduates from the College of Engineering and Applied Science

 

Broaden your employment possibilities with additional knowledge and skills gained from the certificate

Academic Plan & Requirements

To earn the certificate in engineering leadership, students must complete a minimum of 12 credit hours. Courses offered by the engineering leadership program are open to all students in the College of Engineering and Applied Science.

Core course topics include:

  • Leadership, Fame and Failure
  • Intelligent Leadership
  • Complex Leadership Challenges
  • The Empire of Modern Science

Community & Involvement

We offer students many opportunities to network with peers and faculty, further their studies, and get the most out of their undergraduate experience.