Additional Opportunities for Graduate and Professional Study

Certificate Programs

UIC offers a range of graduate certificate programs for individuals interested in furthering their education after their bachelor’s degree. These programs are offered in a variety of instructional modalities to meet the needs of students for professional advancement, career change, continuing education requirements, or new information acquisition. UIC’s certificate programs are campus-approved and meet the same rigorous standards of quality as all degree programs at UIC. Students who successfully complete a UIC IBHE-Approved or Campus Certificate Program receive appropriate documentation testifying to their achievement, and all student transcripts will reflect credit hours/certificates earned. UIC’s certificate programs may be offered in a variety of instructional formats—online, blended, or classroom.

Campus Certificates are listed below. Refer to the Degree Programs section for a list of IBHE-Approved Certificates.

Certificate Program College/School Program Code
Applied Startup Knowledge Business Administration 20FL5482NDEG
Assistive Technology Applied Health Sciences 20FS5022NDEG
Basic Community Public Health Practicea Public Health 20FY5108NDEU
Bioinformatics Engineering 20FQ5001NDEU
Clinical Rehabilitation and Technology Research Applied Health Sciences 20FS5509NDEG
Clinical Research Methodsa Public Health 2PFS5189NDEU
Disability Ethics Applied Health Sciences 20FS5558NDEG
Disability Legal Studies Applied Health Sciences 20FS5994NDEG
Disaster Management Engineering 20FQ5557NDEU
e-Governmenta Urban Planning and Public Affairs 20FS5211NDEU
Electromagnetics Technology Engineering 20FQ4076NDEU
Emergency Management and Resilience Planning (EMRP) Business Administration and Public Health 2PFY5021NDEU
Energy Efficient Building Design Engineering 20FS5682NDEG
Engineering Law and Management Engineering 20FQ4077NDEU
Essentials in Healthcare Safety and Quality Medicine 2PFS6045NDEU
Fellowship in Orthopedic Manual Physical Therapy Applied Health Sciences 20FS5493NDEG
Foundations of College Instruction Graduate College 20FS5531NDEG
Geospatial Analysis and Visualization Urban Planning and Affairs 20FS5209NDEG
Global Health Public Health TBD
Global Health Nursing Nursing 20FS6040NDEG
Health Data Science Informatics Applied Health Sciences 20FS5718NDEU
Health Disparities Research Public Health 2PFY5447NDEU
Health Informatics Fundamentals Applied Health Sciences 20FS5716NDEU
Healthy Living Practitioner Applied Health Sciences 20FS5615NDEG
Health Professions Educationb Medicine 2PFS5672NDEG
Hospice and Palliative Care Nursing 20FS5988NDEU
Leadership in Health Informatics Applied Health Sciences 20FS5717NDEU
Leadership-Executive Presence Business Administration TBD
Leadership-Inclusion Business Administration TBD
Leadership-Leveraging Talent Business Administration TBD
Leadership-Social Impact Business Administration TBD
Management and Leadership in the Nonprofit Disability Organizationa Applied Health Sciences 20FS5047NDEG
Materials Engineering Engineering 20FS5996NDEG
Measurement, Evaluation, Statistics, and Assesment (MESA) Education 2PFS6110NDEU
Mobile Health Informatics Applied Health Sciences 20FS5719NDEU
Operations and Supply Chain Management Business Administration 20FS5530NDEG
Patient Safety Organization Medicine 2EFS5143NDEU
Pharmacoepidemiology Pharmacy, Public Health 20FX5491NDEU
Post-DNP Certificate: Adult Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner Nursing 20FW5658NDEG
Post-DNP Certificate: Adult-Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioner Nursing 20FW5657NDEG
Post-DNP Certificate: Family Nurse Practitioner Nursing 20FW5656NDEG
Post-DNP Certificate: Neonatal Nurse Practitioner Nursing 20FW5655NDEG
Post-DNP Certificate: Nurse-Midwifery Nursing 20FW5654NDEG
Post-DNP Certificate: Nurse-Midwifery/Women's Health Nurse Practitioner Nursing 20FW5653NDEG
Post-DNP Certificate: Pediatric Nurse Practitioner—Acute Care Program Nursing 20FW5652NDEG
Post-DNP Certificate: Pediatric Nurse Practitioner—Primary Care Program Nursing 20FW5651NDEG
Post-DNP Certificate: Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner Nursing 20FW5650NDEG
Post-DNP Certificate: Women's Health Nurse Practitioner Nursing 20FW5653NDEG
Post-Professional Physical Therapy Residency Applied Health Sciences 20FS5886NDEG
Power Generation Engineering 20FS5681NDEG
Public Health Geographic Information Systems Public Health 2PFY5282NDEU
Public Health Informatics Public Health 2PFY4074NDEU
Public Health Management Public Health 2PFY5212NDEU
Public Transit Planning and Management Urban Planning and Public Affairs 20FS5455NDEG
Rural Nursing Nursing
School Nurse Nursing 20FS5025NDEU
Sleep Health Nursing 20FS5643NDEU
Studies in Special Education Education 20FS5995NDEG
Survey Research Methods Urban Planning and Public Affairs 20FS5249NDEU
Teaching/Learning in Nursing and Health Sciences Nursing 0FS5145NDEU
Teaching of Economics Liberal Arts and Sciences 20FS5026NDEG
Technology-Based Health Communication and Promotion Applied Health Sciences 20FS5522NDEU
Technology Entrepreneurship Business Administration 20FL5483NDEG
Wireless Communications and Technology Engineering 20FQ4078NDEU
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Admission to this program is suspended. Please contact the college for more information.

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Contact the department or college for additional information.

UIC Extended Campus

UIC Extended Campus offers quality, multi-generational programming—credit and noncredit programs, certificates, courses, and workshops—that help children, youth, and adults gain knowledge, build skills, acquire tools, access resources, and develop networks that provide scaffolding to new and self-fulfilling opportunities.

UIC Extended Campus is comprised of the Tutorium in Intensive English and UIC Summer Session. The Tutorium in Intensive English prepares students and professionals for success with English. The Tutorium serves professional faculty, students, community, and aspiring students through a communicative approach to language learning. To view Tutorium offerings can be viewed online. UIC Summer Session offers two flexible sessions in a convenient downtown location, and 300+ courses—including hard-to-find upper-level courses. Current summer offerings can be found online.