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Graduate Certificate in Engineering Project Management and Leadership

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The Graduate Certificate in Engineering Project Management and Leadership (PML) is designed to equip the STEM professional or current UMass Amherst graduate student in a STEM discipline with the necessary skills and competencies to manage and lead engineering and technology-based projects. Certificate requirements include the following three courses (9 credits):

  • MIE 645: Project Budgeting and Finance for Engineers
  • MIE 664: Engineering Leadership and Entrepreneurship
  • MIE 670: Technical Project Management or Equivalent

For students desiring to further build their technology and engineering management and leadership abilities, the certificate offers a gateway to the Master of Science in Engineering Management, with all 9 credits eligible toward the completion of this MS degree.

Enroll by completing  an Intention to Complete the Graduate Certificate in Engineering Project Management and Leadership. This step is mandatory and should be completed before taking your first PML class. You must be registered at UMass Amherst as a graduate student or a non-degree graduate student before completing this form.

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MIE 645
Project Budgeting and Finance for Engineers

Provides an overview of the fundamental concepts of basic accounting and finance, focusing on their application to managing engineering projects and organizations.

MIE 564
Engineering Leadership & Entrepreneurship

This course prepares engineers to be leaders in organizations of varying size by simulating the planning, decision making, and communication needed to take an idea from germination to execution and delivery, scaling a team from a few people to ~200.

MIE 670
Technical Project Management

Covered topics align with the Project Management Book of Knowledge developed by the Project Management Institute and include the 5 major project project management process groups: initiation, project planning, executing, monitoring, and closing.