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Continuing and Professional Programs

Explore a wide variety of continuing education programs, including evening or part-time degree programs, certifications, professional development and short courses. 

Northwestern offers a range of certificate programs, including those that incorporate graduate-level coursework applicable toward a degree, as well as options for executive education, continuing education for licensure, and short-format courses. Many programs are offered fully or partially online, while others are delivered on-campus. For a variety of full-time and part-time graduate degree programs, visit the Graduate Degrees webpage. 

Browse programs, courses and trainings by type, interest or affiliated Northwestern school. Use the program links to view more detailed information.

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Academic ProgramSchoolDegree TypeDegree filterModality filterSchool filter
Accelerated MS in Education for NW UndergradsSESPMSEDMasters DegreeOn CampusEducation and Social Policy
Advanced Data ScienceSPSPost-Graduate CertificateGraduate CertificateOn CampusProfessional Studies
AI for the Design of Learning CertificateSESPCertificateGraduate CertificateBlendedEducation and Social Policy
Analytics and ModelingSPSGraduate CertificateGraduate CertificateOn CampusProfessional Studies
Analytics ManagementSPSGraduate CertificateGraduate CertificateOn CampusProfessional Studies
Artificial IntelligenceMcCormickMSMasters DegreeOn CampusEngineering
Artificial Intelligence CertificateSPSPost-Graduate CertificateGraduate CertificateOn CampusProfessional Studies
BiotechnologyMcCormickMSMasters DegreeOn CampusEngineering
College Sports ManagementSPSGraduate CertificateGraduate CertificateOn CampusProfessional Studies
Communication with DataSPSGraduate CertificateGraduate CertificateOn CampusProfessional Studies
Content StrategySPSGraduate CertificateGraduate CertificateOn CampusProfessional Studies
Counseling (On Campus)TGSMAMasters DegreeOn CampusGraduate School
Counseling (Online)TGSMAMasters DegreeOnlineGraduate School
Creative Writing CertificateSPSGraduate CertificateGraduate CertificateBlended, On Campus, OnlineProfessional Studies
Database & Internet TechnologiesSPSGraduate CertificateGraduate CertificateOn CampusProfessional Studies
Data EngineeringSPSGraduate CertificateGraduate CertificateOn CampusProfessional Studies
Data ScienceSPSMSMasters DegreeBlended, OnlineProfessional Studies
Designing for Organizational Effectiveness CertificateSESPCertificateGraduate CertificateOn CampusEducation and Social Policy
Dual MS in Applied Economics and Social and Economic PolicySESPMSMasters DegreeOn CampusEducation and Social Policy
Energy and SustainabilityMcCormickMSMasters DegreeOn CampusEngineering
Engineering Design InnovationMcCormick, TGSMSMasters DegreeOn CampusEngineering, Graduate School
Engineering ManagementMcCormickMEMMasters DegreeOn CampusEngineering
EsportsSPSGraduate CertificateGraduate CertificateOn CampusProfessional Studies
Executive Management for Design and ConstructionMcCormickMSMasters DegreeBlendedEngineering
Global Health LeadershipSPSGraduate CertificateGraduate CertificateOn CampusProfessional Studies
Global PolicySPSPost-Graduate CertificateGraduate CertificateOn CampusProfessional Studies
Graduate Certificate in Technology, People, and PolicySESPCertificateGraduate CertificateBlendedEducation and Social Policy
Health Analytics CertificateSPSPost-Graduate CertificateGraduate CertificateOn CampusProfessional Studies
Health Analytics MSFeinberg, SPSMSMasters DegreeOnlineMedicine, Professional Studies
Healthcare AdministrationFeinberg, SPSMSMasters DegreeOnlineMedicine, Professional Studies
Healthcare IndustrySPSGraduate CertificateGraduate CertificateOn CampusProfessional Studies
Health Data ScienceSPSGraduate CertificateGraduate CertificateOn CampusProfessional Studies
Health Informatics Interdisciplinary StudiesSPSPost-Graduate CertificateGraduate CertificateOn CampusProfessional Studies
Health Informatics MSFeinberg, SPSMSMasters DegreeOnlineMedicine, Professional Studies
Higher Education Foundations CertificateSESPCertificateGraduate CertificateOn CampusEducation and Social Policy
Higher Education Organization Management CertificateSESPCertificateGraduate CertificateOn CampusEducation and Social Policy
Higher Education Student Access & Success CertificateSESPCertificateGraduate CertificateOn CampusEducation and Social Policy
HistorySPSPost-Graduate CertificateGraduate CertificateOn CampusProfessional Studies
Information Design and StrategySPSMSMasters DegreeOnlineProfessional Studies
Information SystemsSPSMSMasters DegreeOnlineProfessional Studies
Information Systems Management SPSGraduate CertificateGraduate CertificateOn CampusProfessional Studies
Information Systems SecuritySPSGraduate CertificateGraduate CertificateOn CampusProfessional Studies
Information TechnologyMcCormickMSMasters DegreeOn CampusEngineering
Integrated Marketing Communications Professional (MS)MedillMSMasters DegreeBlended, OnlineJournalism and Marketing
Law (LL.M/MSL)PritzkerLL.M & MSLGraduate CertificateOnlineLaw
Law (MS)PritzkerMSLGraduate CertificateOn Campus, OnlineLaw
Leading AI-Powered Organizational Change CertificateSESPCertificateGraduate CertificateBlendedEducation and Social Policy
Leading Equity & Inclusion in Organizations CertificateSESPCertificateGraduate CertificateOn CampusEducation and Social Policy
Learning and Organizational Change CertificateSESPCertificateGraduate CertificateOn CampusEducation and Social Policy
Learning DesignSPSGraduate CertificateGraduate CertificateOn CampusProfessional Studies
Liberal StudiesSPSPost-Graduate CertificateGraduate CertificateOn CampusProfessional Studies
Literature Graduate CertificateSPSGraduate CertificateGraduate CertificateOn CampusProfessional Studies
Literature MASPSMAMasters DegreeOnlineProfessional Studies
Literature Post-Graduate CertificateSPSPost-Graduate CertificateGraduate CertificateOn CampusProfessional Studies
Machine Learning and Data ScienceMcCormickMSMasters DegreeOn CampusEngineering
Marriage and Family Therapy (On Campus)Weinberg, TGSMSMasters DegreeOn CampusArts and Sciences, Graduate School
Marriage and Family Therapy (Online)Weinberg, TGSMSMasters DegreeOnlineArts and Sciences, Graduate School
MBAiKellogg, McCormickMBAMasters DegreeOn CampusBusiness and Management, Engineering
MMM Program (MBA + MS Design Innovation)Kellogg, McCormickMBA, MSGraduate CertificateOn CampusBusiness and Management, Engineering
MSED in Elementary TeachingSESPMSEDMasters DegreeOn CampusEducation and Social Policy
MSED in Learning SciencesSESPMSEDMasters DegreeOn CampusEducation and Social Policy
MSED in Secondary TeachingSESPMSEDMasters DegreeOn CampusEducation and Social Policy
MS in Educational StudiesSESPMSEDMasters DegreeOn CampusEducation and Social Policy
MS in Higher Education Administration and PolicySESPMSMasters DegreeOn CampusEducation and Social Policy
MS in Learning and Organizational ChangeSESPMSMasters DegreeBlendedEducation and Social Policy
MS in Technology, People, and PolicySESPMSMasters DegreeBlendedEducation and Social Policy
Organizational & Leadership Coaching CertificateSESPCertificateGraduate CertificateOn CampusEducation and Social Policy
Policy AnalysisSPSGraduate CertificateGraduate CertificateOn CampusProfessional Studies
Product Design and Development ManagementMcCormickMSMasters DegreeOn CampusEngineering
Project Management Graduate CertificateSPSGraduate CertificateGraduate CertificateOnlineProfessional Studies
Project Management MSMcCormickMSMasters DegreeOn CampusEngineering
Prose and PoetrySPSMFAMasters DegreeOn Campus, OnlineProfessional Studies
Public Administration CertificateSPSPost-Graduate CertificateGraduate CertificateOn CampusProfessional Studies
Public PolicySPSPost-Graduate CertificateGraduate CertificateOn CampusProfessional Studies
Public Policy and AdministrationSPSMAMasters DegreeOn Campus, OnlineProfessional Studies
Public Policy and AdministrationSPSGraduate CertificateGraduate CertificateOn CampusProfessional Studies
Publishing and Professional Development in WritingSPSPost-Graduate CertificateGraduate CertificateOn CampusProfessional Studies
Regulatory Compliance SPSHealth and MedicineGraduate CertificateOn CampusProfessional Studies
Regulatory Compliance MSSPSMSMasters DegreeOnlineProfessional Studies
Regulatory Policy and Health SystemsSPSGraduate CertificateGraduate CertificateOn CampusProfessional Studies
Robotics MSMcCormickMSMasters DegreeOn CampusEngineering
Sports AdministrationSPSMAMasters DegreeOn Campus, OnlineProfessional Studies
Sports AnalyticsSPSGraduate CertificateGraduate CertificateOn CampusProfessional Studies
Sports CommunicationSPSGraduate CertificateGraduate CertificateOn CampusProfessional Studies
Sports ManagementSPSGraduate CertificateGraduate CertificateOn CampusProfessional Studies
Strategic Change Management CertificateSESPCertificateGraduate CertificateOn CampusEducation and Social Policy
Technology EntrepreneurshipSPSGraduate CertificateGraduate CertificateOn CampusProfessional Studies
WritingSPSPost-Graduate CertificateGraduate CertificateOn CampusProfessional Studies
Writing MASPSMAMasters DegreeOn Campus, OnlineProfessional Studies
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Advanced AccountingSPSPost-Baccalaureate CertificateOnlineBusiness / Finance, MathematicsProfessional Studies
Advanced Biology for the Health ProfessionsSPSPost-Baccalaureate CertificateOn CampusHealth and Medicine, SciencesProfessional Studies
Advanced Studies in PsychologySPSPost-Baccalaureate CertificateOn CampusHealth and Medicine, Sciences, Social SciencesProfessional Studies
Business Writing & CommunicationSPSPost-Baccalaureate CertificateOn CampusBusiness / Finance, CommunicationProfessional Studies
Change ManagementSPSPost-Baccalaureate CertificateOnlineBusiness / Finance, TechnologyProfessional Studies
CPA AccountingSPSPost-Baccalaureate CertificateOnlineBusiness / FinanceProfessional Studies
Creative WritingSPSPost-Baccalaureate CertificateOn CampusCommunication, Literature / LanguagesProfessional Studies
Digital Content ManagementSPSPost-Baccalaureate CertificateOn CampusCommunication, TechnologyProfessional Studies
Fundamentals of AccountingSPSPost-Baccalaureate CertificateOn CampusBusiness / Finance, MathematicsProfessional Studies
Math for Data ScienceSPSPost-Baccalaureate CertificateOn CampusMathematics, TechnologyProfessional Studies
Postbaccalaureate Research Education Program (NU PREP)FeinbergPost-Baccalaureate CertificateOn CampusEngineering, Health and Medicine, Sciences, TechnologyMedicine
Preclinical PsychologySPSPost-Baccalaureate CertificateOn CampusHealth and Medicine, SciencesProfessional Studies
Pregraduate Business AdministrationSPSPost-Baccalaureate CertificateOnlineBusiness / FinanceProfessional Studies
Pregraduate Concentrations and Specialized StudiesSPSPost-Baccalaureate CertificateOn CampusBusiness / Finance, Environment, History, Literature / Languages, Mathematics, Philosophy / Religion, Public Policy, Sciences, Social Sciences, TechnologyProfessional Studies
Pre-MedicineSPSPost-Baccalaureate CertificateOn CampusHealth and Medicine, SciencesProfessional Studies
Premedicine Completion ProgramSPSPost-Baccalaureate CertificateOn CampusHealth and Medicine, SciencesProfessional Studies
Pre-Physical TherapySPSPost-Baccalaureate CertificateOn CampusHealth and Medicine, SciencesProfessional Studies
Pre Physical Therapy Completion SPSPost-Baccalaureate CertificateOn CampusHealth and Medicine, SciencesProfessional Studies
Prephysician AssistantSPSPost-Baccalaureate CertificateOn CampusHealth and Medicine, SciencesProfessional Studies
Pre Physician Assistant CompletionSPSPost-Baccalaureate CertificateOn CampusHealth and Medicine, SciencesProfessional Studies
Prespeech PathologySPSPost-Baccalaureate CertificateOnlineCommunication, Health and Medicine, SciencesProfessional Studies
Specialized Studies for Career AdvancementSPSPost-Baccalaureate CertificateOn CampusArts, Business / Finance, Communication, History, International, Literature / Languages, Mathematics, Sciences, Social SciencesProfessional Studies
Strategic MarketingSPSPost-Baccalaureate CertificateOn CampusBusiness / Finance, CommunicationProfessional Studies
Writing for Print and Digital MediaSPSPost-Baccalaureate CertificateOn CampusCommunication, Literature / Languages, TechnologyProfessional Studies