Earn this prestigious professional credential by completing 16 or more days of qualifying Short Programs courses within a 36-month period. Start by submitting your application, along with a non-refundable $325 application fee.
Start the certificate application process today.
About MIT Professional Education
For 70 years, MIT Professional Education has been providing technical professionals worldwide a gateway to renowned MIT research, knowledge, and expertise, through advanced education programs designed specifically for them. In addition to industry-focused, two-to-five-day live virtual and on-campus courses through Short Programs, MIT Professional Education offers professionals the opportunity to take online and blended learning courses through Digital Plus Programs, attend courses abroad through International Programs, enroll in regular MIT academic courses through the Advanced Study Program, or attend Custom Programs designed specifically for their companies. For more information, please visit professional.mit.edu.
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Industrial Practice is Evolving. Adapt or Fall Behind.
As new technology and materials are developed, businesses are pressured to incorporate the latest innovations in their manufacturing processes—or risk being left behind. In the MIT Professional Certificate Program in Design & Manufacturing, you’ll acquire the knowledge, skills, and strategies you need to eliminate inefficiencies in your current design and production workflows and drive new product development.
Designed for research scientists, engineers, designers, product development and manufacturing executives, and technology strategists, our Professional Certificate Program will empower you to transform your organization’s innovation, design, and manufacturing processes.
Hands-On Simulations. Individualized Instruction. Case Studies.
Going far beyond lectures and discussions, this program is designed for immediate results, and will empower you with the actionable knowledge you need to integrate new technologies into your workplace.
MIT Professional Certificate Program in Design & Manufacturing
Transform your business processes, reduce time to market, and adapt the latest materials and technologies.
In this program, you will learn to:
- Adopt computational tools and other advanced methods for improving design and manufacturing workflows
- Increase production speed and efficiency and enhance your ability to customize your products and services
- Harness the power of design processes to facilitate innovation and enable thoughtful, inspired leadership
Certificate Teaching Team
Certificate Program Details
The professional certificate is awarded upon successful completion of at least 16 days of qualifying courses, which may include one elective. You can customize your learning experience by selecting the courses that are most relevant to you and your organization. The program must be completed within 36 months of finishing the first qualifying course.
How to Apply
To apply, submit an application for the program using the link below, along with a non-refundable $325 application fee. Upon acceptance into the program, you can apply for specific courses.
Upcoming Programs
Tribology: Friction, Wear, and Lubrication
June 21 – 25, 2021
Course fee: $3,300
Faculty: Nam Pyo Suh, Nannaji Saka
Explore the latest innovations in the study of friction, wear, and lubrication, while acquiring the frameworks you need to solve practical manufacturing challenges.
AI for Computational Design and Manufacturing
July 12 – 16, 2021
Course fee: $5,500
Faculty: Wojciech Matusik
Learn to develop end-to-end, AI-based design and manufacturing workflows, and explore how AI methods are advancing digital manufacturing and the entire design ecosystem.
Solving Complex Problems: Structured Thinking, Design Principles, and AI
August 9 – 13, 2021
Course fee: $4,800
Faculty: Sang-Gook Kim
Nanoscience and Nanotech: Industrial Application and Transformation
August 2 – 4, 2021
Course fee: $2,000
Faculty: Brian Anthony, Vladimir Bulović
Metal Additive Manufacturing: Fundamentals, Design, and Industrialization
July 26 – 30, 2021
Course fee: $5,500
Faculty: John Hart
Predictive Multiscale Materials Design
June 21 – 25, 2021
Course fee: $4,500
Faculty: Markus J. Buehler
Brian Anthony is the Co-Director of MIT’s Medical Electronic Device Realization Center and Associate Director of MIT.nano.
Dr. James W. Bales is Associate Director and Instructor at the MIT Edgerton Center.
Markus J. Buehler is the McAfee Professor of Engineering at MIT.
Vladimir Bulović is a Professor of Electrical Engineering at MIT, holding the Fairborz Maseeh Chair in Emerging Technology.
John Hart is an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering and the Mitsui Career Development Professor of Contemporary Technology at MIT.
Sang-Gook Kim is a Professor and the Micro/Nano Area Head in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at MIT.
James L. Kirtley Jr. is a Professor of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science at MIT.
Matthew S. Kressy is the founding director of the MIT Integrated Design & Management master’s degree program and an expert in product design and development.
Steven B. Leeb is a Professor in the departments of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and Mechanical Engineering at MIT.
Wojciech Matusik is an Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory at MIT, where he leads the Computational Fabrication Group.
Jennifer L.M. Rupp is the Thomas Lord Assistant Professor of Electrochemical Materials at the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, and Assistant Professor at the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at MIT.
Nannaji Saka is a former Research Affiliate and Principal Research Scientist in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and the Laboratory for Manufacturing and Productivity at MIT.
Nam Pyo Suh is the Cross Professor Emeritus at MIT.
Transform your business processes, reduce time to market, and adapt the latest materials and technologies.
In this program, you will learn to:
- Adopt computational tools and other advanced methods for improving design and manufacturing workflows
- Increase production speed and efficiency and enhance your ability to customize your products and services
- Harness the power of design processes to facilitate innovation and enable thoughtful, inspired leadership