Build the skills employers want now.
Future-proof your career with industry-aligned learning from a top-ranked global research university, built for immediate, career-relevant impact, with credits that carry forward into a master's if you choose to continue.
- $5,250 per certificate
- 100% online
- Stacks into a master's
- No application materials
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Flexible, career-focused, built for what's next.
Each certificate delivers practical, employer-aligned expertise in AI, analytics, business, engineering, technology, and more. Northeastern faculty are accomplished leaders in the fields they teach, bringing real industry experience directly into every course.
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Personalized support
Unlike other online programs, Northeastern pairs you with a dedicated student success team from day one.
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100% online & flexible
Learn from anywhere, on a schedule built for working professionals.
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Skills you can use now
Practical, employer-aligned knowledge with immediate impact in your field.
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A stackable pathway
Credits carry forward into select Northeastern master's programs when you continue.
Explore the certificate portfolio.
Every certificate is industry-aligned and built around the skills and roles employers are hiring for right now, with input from industry and Northeastern faculty. Explore what each one covers, what it stacks into, and how long it takes.
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.
- Online MBA
- Online MPS in Applied AI – Connect
AI-Powered Project Management
Lead projects with an analytical edge: planning, scheduling, cost, and risk, plus AI-augmented analytics that turn uncertainty into decisions.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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 application materials needed.
Skip the standard graduate application. 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. No application fee, test scores, or essays required.
Enroll in up to two courses
Reserve your spot in up to two courses for an upcoming term while you finish admissions.
Send your transcripts
Submit official undergraduate transcripts within 30 days of starting your program.
$5,250 total and your employer may already cover it.
The $5,250 tuition isn't arbitrary. It aligns precisely with the IRS Section 127 annual limit for employer-provided education assistance, the threshold at which most employer tuition reimbursement programs max out. For many professionals, this credential costs nothing out of pocket.
Northeastern Online graduate certificates are also eligible for military education benefits. Payment plans are available for those who need them.
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 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.
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