Online graduate certificates for Northeastern alumni.
Your degree was the start. When your goals outpace your current credentials, a Northeastern Online graduate certificate adds focused expertise in as few as four courses, taught by Northeastern faculty and recorded on your official Northeastern transcript. The total cost is $5,250. Several certificates are Double Husky eligible, a 25% tuition scholarship for returning Northeastern graduates.
Build on your Northeastern foundation.
You already know what a Northeastern credential carries into the room. A graduate certificate is the focused way to add depth to it, without stepping away from your career.
The same academic rigor
Certificates are taught by faculty who are active practitioners in their fields. You'll experience the same high academic standards that defined your Northeastern degree.
Connected to career outcomes
In-demand skills and industry-relevant knowledge are built into every course, so the work applies directly to the roles you are moving toward.
$5,250 total, by design
Tuition is aligned with the IRS Section 127 limit for employer-provided education assistance. For many professionals, that means the full cost may be covered through employer tuition benefits.
A credential on the same transcript
You receive an official Northeastern University certificate and a transcript notation, with no reference to "online" or "distance" anywhere on it.
The Double Husky Scholarship.
A 25% tuition scholarship for Northeastern alumni returning for an eligible graduate certificate or degree. It is the university's way of recognizing graduates who continue with Northeastern.
A 25% discount applied to the full program list price for alumni enrolling in an eligible certificate or degree program.
Northeastern graduates are automatically considered upon admission, no additional steps required.
Explore the certificate portfolio.
Every certificate is industry-aligned, built around the skills and roles employers are hiring for right now, with input from industry and Northeastern faculty.
AI Applications
Apply AI in your industry through strategy, ethics, and human-centered design, with no coding background required. Choose a business or health sciences track.
Double Husky Eligible- Online MBA
- Online MPS in Applied AI – Connect
AI-Powered Project Management
Lead projects through planning, scheduling, cost, risk, and quality. The coursework is infused with AI to reflect how projects are planned and delivered today.
Double Husky Eligible- Online MS in Project Management
- Online MBA
Applied Psychology in Context
Build trauma-informed, culturally aware communication skills for non-clinical roles in HR, education, healthcare, and social services.
Double Husky Eligible- Online MS in Applied Psychology
Business Administration
Build broad business skills by selecting any 12 credits from D'Amore-McKim's Online MBA catalog, spanning finance, marketing, management, and more.
Double Husky Eligible- Online MBA
- Online MS in Management
Cyber & Information Systems
Develop technical and strategic security skills like threat analysis, risk management, and security architecture, drawn from the MS in Information Systems.
- Online MS in Information Systems
- Online MS in Engineering Management
Data Analytics Engineering
Turn data into insight with applied statistics, visualization, Python and R, and data mining for engineering, healthcare, and manufacturing.
- Online MS in Data Analytics Engineering
- Online MS in Business Analytics
- Online MS in Health Data Analytics
- Online MS in Engineering Management
- Online MBA
Engineering Management
Make the decisions that shape how teams, systems, and products succeed — blending project and systems management with organizational leadership and business fundamentals.
- Online MS in Engineering Management
Generative AI
Design, deploy, and optimize generative AI systems across engineering and technical applications, from deep generative methods and NLP to automation and data infrastructure.
- Online MS in Engineering Management
- Online MS in Data Analytics Engineering
Software Product Management
Step into product roles with product strategy, agile and DevOps delivery, and cross-functional leadership.
- Online MS in Information Systems
- Online MS in Engineering Management
No traditional application materials needed to start.
No resume, references, essays, or test scores to gather. Submit the Northeastern Online Certificate Fast App and get access to enroll in up to two courses from your certificate in less than 2 hours.
Submit the Fast App
A short form with no application fee, test scores, or essays required.
Enroll in up to two courses
Select your courses, upload your unofficial transcripts, and pay a $49 deposit, credited toward your first tuition bill. Once you enroll, your place in the program is secured. Courses begin at the start of the next academic term.
Send your transcripts
Submit official undergraduate transcripts within 30 days of starting your program. (If you earned your undergraduate degree at Northeastern, we'll pull them for you.)
Build it into a master's with Stack Track.
Earn a B or better in your certificate courses and your credits apply directly toward an eligible Northeastern master's, so a certificate now becomes a head start later, with thousands saved on the degree.
Start with a certificate
Enroll through the Fast App. No GRE, no essays, no application fee.
Earn your credential
Finish in as few as four to six months and add it to your résumé.
Tell us you want to stack
As you near completion, we guide you through the Stack Track process.
Stack and save
Apply 12–16 earned credits toward your master's and save thousands.
Looking for a degree right away? Explore our online master's degrees →
Lessons designed for the screen.
Every Northeastern Online course is filmed in a dedicated production studio, by the same faculty who teach on campus. Not retrofitted Zoom recordings. Not rebroadcast lectures. Real lessons, built for how you actually learn online.
Ready to learn more, or ready to enroll?
Share a few details to get more information and connect with an enrollment counselor who can answer your questions and walk you through your options.
If you're ready to enroll, select Yes at the end to turn it into your Fast App and enroll in minutes. No GRE, no essays, no application fee.