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Educational Programs

We provide high-impact educational opportunities in formats
convenient for graduate students and working professionals

AI for Product Innovation Certificate  

Gain AI and Machine Learning skils—4 Duke graduate courses, 100% online

  Online

  15 months

What you will learn:

  • Computing Fundamentals
  • Sourcing Data for Analytics
  • Modeling Processes and Algorithms
  • Building Products Using Deep Learning

AI for Product Innovation Master's Degree  

Become a leader in building products and improving systems using AI and machine learning

  Campus or Online

  1-2 years

Industry-focused electives:

  • Health Care & Biotech
  • Energy & Infrastructure
  • Industrial Products & Systems

AI Product Management Specialization  

3 courses teach AI and Machine Learning skills—Offered through Coursera, 100% online

  Online

  4 Months

What you will learn:

  • When and how machine learning can be applied to solve problems
  • How to apply human-centered design practices to AI product experiences
  • How to lead machine learning projects using the data-science process and industry best practices
  • To identify and mitigate privacy and ethical risks in AI projects

Blockchain Applications Certificate  

3 courses offered through Coursera, 100% online

  Online

  3 months

What you will learn:

  • Foundations of Blockchain
  • Transacting on the Blockchain
  • Solving Problems with Blockchain

Business Foundations for Engineers  

A certificate to superpower your tech expertise with marketing and management skills

  Online

  2 years

What you will learn:

  • Marketing
  • Intellectual Property and Business Law
  • Finance in High-Tech Industries
  • Management in High-Tech Industries

Chief Information Security Officer Executive Certificate Program  

Kicks off with an in-person, four-day CISO immersion program at Duke

  Online

  10 weeks

What you will learn:

  • Providing oversight and governance for a cybersecurity program
  • Developing cybersecurity metrics that align with organizational goals
  • Identifying regulatory or legal risks to an organization
  • Identifying goals for high-performance cybersecurity teams
  • Understanding emerging technologies and potential risks to the organization

Climate & Sustainability Master's Degree  

Become a leader driving mitigation and adaptation solutions

  Campus

  3 Semesters

What you will learn:

  • Design of effective solutions for the real world
  • Exposure to issues of social equity and community engagement
  • Climate finance, lifestyle assessment and the circular economy
  • Data analysis and modeling

A Duke Civil & Environmental Engineering program developed in collaboration with the Institute for Enterprise Engineering.

Cybersecurity Master's Degree  

Learn to secure computing systems, and gain leadership and management skills

  Campus or Online

  3-5 semesters

Career-focused elective tracks:

  • Technology—Software development, machine learning
  • Tech Management—Identity and access management, operations and analysis

Design & Technology Innovation Master’s Degree  

Master design- and technology-driven approaches to lead innovation in tomorrow’s complex challenges today.

  Campus

  3 Semesters

Get prepared to lead innovation by developing:

  • Fluency in a variety of technology prototyping and emerging technology platforms
  • Mastery of design innovation methods, including design thinking and other frameworks
  • Human-centered and systems-sensitive perspectives on business and social impact

Engineering Management Master's Degree  

Ranked a Top 10 online graduate program by U.S. News

  Campus or Online

  1-2 years

Career-focused elective tracks:

  • Customer Experience and Product Design
  • Data Analytics and Machine Learning
  • Operations and Supply Chain Management
  • Product Management
  • Technology Development and Commercialization
  • Entrepreneurship

Excel to MySQL: Analytic Techniques for Business Specialization  

5 courses teach computing fundamentals—Offered through Coursera, 100% online

  Online

  7 months

What you will learn:

  • Business Metrics for Data-Driven Companies
  • Mastering Data Analysis in Excel
  • Data Visualization and Communication With Tableau
  • Managing Big Data with MySQL
  • Increasing Real Estate Management Profits: Harnessing Data Analytics

Financial Technology (FinTech) Master's Degree  

Gain skills in machine learning, blockchain, finance, leadership and management

  Campus or Online

  3-5 semesters

Career-focused elective tracks:

  • Technology—Software development, financial engineering, blockchain
  • Tech Management—FinTech business models, product and innovation management

Game Design, Development & Innovation Master's Degree  

Become a game designer, developer and leader of dynamic production teams

  Campus

  4 Semesters

Duke will empower you with the skills industry leaders look for:

  • Proficiency in programming, including C# and C++, and how to apply these skills to the leading game engines
  • Design principles for gameplay, art, user experience and storytelling
  • How to bring elements of game design to critical areas such as health care, education and training simulations
  • Regardless of your skill set, Duke will help you level up to become a multi-skilled leader and take control of your career in the game industry

Introduction to Programming in C Specialization  

4 courses team programming fundamentals—Offered through Coursera, 100% online

  Online

  3 months

What you will learn:

  • Programming Fundamentals
  • Writing, Running and Fixing Code in C
  • Pointers, Arrays, and Recursion
  • Interacting with the System and Managing Memory