The Certificate of Advanced Study in Management offers you a unique opportunity to advance your professional skills while earning graduate level certification and credits. The program allows you to tailor a course of study that best meets your specific needs.
Who should participate
By providing exposure to the latest business thinking and practice, the program offers professionals the opportunity to update and sharpen skills from a general management perspective or within a specific discipline. The program is available to qualified candidates who have already earned a bachelors degree, but who may or may not already hold an advanced degree.
Objectives
Because of the programs flexibility and the ability to customize, you may create a course of study that best meets your specific needs. You may pursue a general course of study across disciplines or specialize in area such as, but not limited to: Corporate Finance, Innovation & Entrepreneurship, Leadership, Accounting, Corporate Renewal, Investments, Marketing, and International Business.
Curriculum
The program consists of completing four courses over a one- to three-year period selected from regularly scheduled courses within the College's MBA program. Program advisors are available to assist in making course selections that will best meet your specific needs.
Location
Courses are conveniently located on our main Boston campus.
Quick Facts
- You may begin the Graduate Certificate of Advanced Study in the fall, spring, or summer semester.
- Courses are offered on the main Boston campus and at the downtown campus in the financial district. Most courses meet in the evening; some courses meet on Saturdays.
- To earn the certificate, you must complete four graduate business courses (for a total of 12 credits) and maintain a minimum cumulative grade point average of 3.00.
- The Graduate Certificate must be completed within three years.
- Graduate credit earned through this program may be applied towards graduate degree programs within the College of Business.
Application Information
Every applicant must hold at least a bachelor's degree. We encourage you to begin your application online as soon as possible or if you choose to submit your application through the mail, please include the following items:
- Signed, completed application form ( a downloadable pdf is available here )
- Non-refundable $50.00 application fee (make check payable to Northeastern University)
- Minimum of one letter of professional recommendation mailed directly from the writer
- Up-to-date resume
- Official transcripts from all colleges/universities attended, mailed directly from the institution
- Official TOEFL score if neither undergraduate nor graduate school instruction was in English
For more information, contact Hillary Dostal at gradcertificates@neu.edu or 617-373-3282.