Graduate Certificates
Certificates are ideal for students and professionals who do not desire a master's or doctoral degree, but who want a basic understanding of techniques and applications within a specific discipline. Certificates can be particularly useful because success in the modern workplace requires knowledge and insights that cross traditional disciplinary bounds. Certificates allow students to concentrate on particular fields of direct relevance to their current careers.
Below are graduate-level offerings. Note: all are subject to change. See catalog for more details.
Graduate Certificate Program List
- Advanced Microelectronics Fabrication
- Advanced Semiconductor Design
- Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI/ML)
- Bioinformatics and Computational Biology
- Climate Change
- Critical Infrastructure Resilience
- Data Science
- Dual Credit Instructor
- Emergency Planning and Management
- Environmental Education and Science Communication
- Fire Ecology, Management and Technology
- Geographic Information Systems
- Human Resource Development
- High-Speed Circuits and Systems
- Certificate in Indigenous Research and Education (CIRE)
- Media Production
- Natural Resources and Environmental Law
- Nuclear Criticality Safety
- Nuclear Decommissioning and Used Fuel Management
- Nuclear Materials Engineering
- Nuclear Safeguards and Security
- Nuclear Technology Management
- Power System Protection and Relaying
- Professional Applications of Data Science
- Remote Sensing of the Environment
- Robotics Engineering
- Scientific Communication and Leadership
- Secure and Dependable Computing Systems
- Smart Grid Cybersecurity
- Statistics
- Strategic Media Management Graduate Certificate
Students must complete the online application for a Graduate Level Academic certificate ($30.00 application fee) and provide evidence of a completed bachelor’s degree (unofficial transcripts will be accepted for graduate certificate applications) in a generally related area with an overall GPA of at least 3.0. Students who have below a 3.0 cumulative GPA on their undergraduate record and wish to enroll in a graduate certificate program are encouraged to apply and may be admitted based on departmental review. Certificate only students will be classified as certificate seeking at the graduate level and are not eligible for financial aid. International graduate certificate applicants must meet the University of Idaho language requirement. Due to the nature of this program, immigration regulations prohibit students requiring an F-1 or J-1 visa admission to this program.
Current graduate degree seeking University of Idaho Students will be required to fill out a Change of Curriculum form adding the graduate certificate as an additional curriculum. Students should obtain the proper signatures from the department and return to the Office of the Registrar for processing.
Current Undergraduate students wishing to earn a Graduate Academic Certificate must be eligible to participate in graduate level courses (minimum requirements — senior standing and a 3.0 U of I overall GPA). If the course is not being used for the undergraduate degree the student should file a Course Level Adjustment form to reserve the course for the GR transcript (maximum of 12 credits may be reserved for the graduate transcript). Once the student earns their bachelor’s degree they may apply as a graduate certificate seeking student and complete the certificate program.
Non-degree students are not admitted to the College of Graduate Studies. They may, however, take graduate courses with permission of the instructor and the Dean of the College of Graduate Studies provided that they have earned a baccalaureate degree with an overall 3.00 GPA. Non-degree students are not eligible for Title IV financial aid. If a non-degree student receives a grade of C, D, or F in a 500-level course, he/she loses the privilege of taking more 500-level courses.