Certificate Programs

A number of departments/programs offer graduate certificates. These are open to students already enrolled in a Vanderbilt University post-baccalaureate degree program. Each certificate requires at least 12 credit/semester hours of interrelated graduate-level coursework supporting a specified theme. No more than 50% of coursework may be transferred for a graduate certificate program. The courses form an intellectually cohesive whole. The certificate programs that are currently approved are listed below by school. If interested in one of these certificate programs, a student should contact the director of the program to be sure that the appropriate requirements have been met, and if so, then submit an Intent to Enroll in the certificate program to the Graduate School. After coursework is completed, submit the Graduation Checklist for Graduate Certificate Program to the Graduate School.

College of Arts & Science:

• African American and Diaspora Studies, Gilman W. Whiting, Director
• American Studies, Vanessa B. Beasley, Director
• Asian Studies, Gerald Figal, Director
• Jewish Studies, Julia Cohen, Director
• Latino and Latina Studies, Gretchen Selcke, Director
• Medicine, Health and Society, JuLeigh Petty, Assistant Director
• Gender and Sexuality Studies, Elizabeth Covington, Interim Director

School of Engineering:

• Mobile Cloud Computing, Douglas Schmidt, Director 
• Neurodiversity Inspired Science & Engineering , Julianne Vernon
• Surgical and Interventional Engineering, Robert Webster, Director
• Technology Entrepreneurship, Yiorgos Kostovlas, Director

Divinity School:

• Carpenter Certificate in Religion, Gender and Sexuality, Ellen T. Armour, Director; Lyndsey Godwin, Assistant Director

Owen Graduate School of Management

• Executive Education , Jon Lehman, Faculty Director
• Vanderbilt Business Management Certificate
• Vanderbilt Healthcare Management Certificate

School of Medicine:

Visit the graduate certificate program page on the School of Medicine website for additional details on these certificate programs:

• Global Health, Marie H. Martin, Director