Graduate Certificate in Sustainability Engineering

Northeastern University

The Graduate Certificate in Sustainability Engineering is geared at providing those who have computational literacy but do not have an engineering background with knowledge and skills to collaborate effectively with engineers. The challenges posed in building a sustainable relationship between civilization and the earth system are inherently complex and multidisciplinary. These challenges are expected to demand action from nearly every economic sector in the coming decades. Training a workforce capable of collaborating across interdisciplinary teams is critical, and this requires some foundational familiarity with the methods and vocabulary of other disciplines.Society is increasingly facing highly complex interdisciplinary challenges, resulting in evolving industry needs. Skills that bridge multiple disciplines and a perspective that enables design, implementation, and communication of solutions to complex interdisciplinary challenges is in demand by employers as varied as local and regional governments, environmentally related nongovernmental organizations, and consulting firms, among others.

College of Engineering