Certificate Programs
Programs have various options when developing specialized studies for post-baccalaureate, graduate, and professional students. The Graduate School encourages programs to review the Options for Specialized Study before beginning their proposal.
A Certificate Program is a formal program of courses and other related experiences in a field of specialization. In some disciplines, a Certificate is akin to a professional credential, while in others, a Certificate is recognition of competence in a given skill, practice, or field of study.
Like an academic degree, a Certificate Program is offered by a host academic school, department, or curriculum and is related to an academic area of study. It carries academic credit. The campus encourages interdisciplinary and inter-institutional Certificate Programs where appropriate.
All Certificate Programs that award academic credit, regardless of intended audience, are governed within the Graduate School.
Guidelines for Certificate Programs
Proposals to create a Certificate Program should use the Certificate Program Application Form.
Prior to beginning any formal planning, programs should consult with the Graduate School to discuss the proper procedures and documentation necessary for a successful academic planning process. Please contact the Associate Dean for Academics for further information.
Last update: April 2024
Name of Certificate | Sponsoring Program | Eligibility/Status | |
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1 | Graduate Certificate in African Studies | CA&S, Department of African and Afro-American Studies, African Studies Center | Graduate students |
2 | Graduate Certificate in Digital Humanities | CA&S, Department of American Studies and Carolina Digital Humanities Initiative | Graduate/professional students; non-degree-seeking students (via Friday Center) |
3 | Graduate Certificate in Participatory Research | CA&S, Department of Anthropology | Graduate students |
4 | Pre-Health Post-Baccalaureate Certificate | CA&S, Department of Biology, Friday Center for Continuing Education | Post-bacc program for non-degree-seeking students only |
5 | Graduate Certificate in Chemical Biology | CA&S, Department of Chemistry, School of Pharmacy, Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Natural Products | Graduate students |
6 | Graduate Certificate in Natural Hazards Resilience | CA&S, Department of City and Regional Planning, UNC Coastal Hazards Center | Graduate students and non-degree-seeking students |
7 | Classics | CA&S, Department of Classics | Post-bacc program for non-degree-seeking students only |
8 | Graduate Certificate in Cultural Studies | CA&S, Department of Communication Studies, University Program in Cultural Studies | Graduate students |
9 | Graduate Certificate in Literature, Medicine, and Culture | CA&S, Department of English and Comparative Literature | Graduate students |
10 | Graduate Certificate in Film Studies | CA&S, Department of English and Comparative Literature | Graduate students |
11 | Graduate Certificate in Computational Linguistics | CA&S, Department of Linguistics | Graduate students and non-degree-seeking students |
12 | Graduate Certificate in Geographic Information Sciences | CA&S, Department of Geography | Graduate students and non-degree-seeking students |
13 | Graduate Certificate in Developmental Psychology | CA&S, Department of Psychology (UNC/Duke) | Graduate students |
14 | Graduate Certificate in Biomedical Imaging Science | CA&S, Department of Psychology, School of Medicine and CA&S, Department of Biomedical Engineering, School of Information and Library Science | Graduate students |
15 | Graduate Certificate in Innovation for the Public Good | CA&S, Department of Public Policy, School of Public Health, Department of Health Behavior, School of Education | Graduate students and non-degree-seeking students |
16 | Graduate Certificate in Middle East Studies | CA&S, Department of Religious Studies | Graduate students |
17 | Graduate Certificate in Jewish Studies | CA&S, Department of Religious Studies | Graduate students |
18 | Graduate Certificate in Russian and East European Studies | CA&S, Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures, Center for Slavic, Eurasian, and East European Studies | Graduate students |
19 | Graduate Certificate in Women's and Gender Studies | CA&S, Department of Women's and Gender Studies | Graduate students and non-degree-seeking students (via Friday Center) |
20 | Graduate Certificate in Latin American Studies | CA&S, Institute of Latin American Studies | Graduate students |
21 | Graduate Certificate in Bioinformatics and Computational Biology | Carolina Center for Genome Sciences | Graduate Students |
22 | Graduate Certificate in Developmental Biology | Carolina Center for Genome Sciences | Graduate students, postdoctoral trainees |
23 | Graduate Certificate in Nanomedicine | Carolina Center of Cancer Nanotechnology Excellence | Graduate students |
24 | Graduate Certificate in International Peace and Conflict Transformation | Duke-UNC Rotary Peace Center | Graduate students |
25 | Graduate Certificate in Cardiovascular Science | Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, UNC McAllister Heart Institute | Graduate students |
26 | Graduate Certificate in Technology Commercialization and Entrepreneurship | Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise | Graduate students, faculty, staff, postdoctoral fellows |
27 | Graduate Certificates in Leadership Development, Data Analytics and Decision- Making, Finance, and Entrepreneurship and Strategy | Kenan-Flagler School of Business | Non-degree-seeking students only |
28 | Graduate Certificate in Languages Across the Curriculum | LAC Program, Center for European Studies | Graduate students, non-degree-seeking students |
29 | Survey Science | Odom Institute for Research in Social Science | Graduate students, non-degree-seeking students |
30 | Graduate Certificate in Innovation, Leadership and Management | The Graduate School | Graduate students, non-degree-seeking students |
31 | Postdoctoral Dental Specialty Foundation Certificate | School of Dentistry | Non-degree-seeking students only |
32 | Graduate Certificate in Qualitative Studies | School of Education | Graduate/professional students, non-degree-seeking students |
33 | Interprofessional Graduate Certificate in Improvement Science and Implementation | School of Education | Graduate/professional students, Non-degree-seeking Students |
34 | Business Communication | School of Media and Journalism | Considered special programs of study, undergraduates |
35 | Sports Communication | School of Media and Journalism | Undergraduate Students; Graduate students |
36 | Latino Media and Journalism Studies | School of Media and Journalism | Considered special programs of study, undergraduates |
37 | Health Communication and Marketing | School of Media and Journalism | Considered special programs of study, undergraduates |
38 | Digital Communication | School of Media and Journalism | Non-degree-seeking students only |
39 | Political Communication | School of Media and Journalism | Considered special programs of study, undergraduates |
40 | Fashion Communication and Marketing | School of Media and Journalism | Considered special programs of study, undergraduates |
41 | Certificate Program in Medical Education | School of Medicine | Graduate/professional students |
42 | Graduate Certificate in Translational Medicine | School of Medicine, via the UNC Med-into-Grad Initiative in the Program in Translational Medicine | Graduate students |
43 | Radiography | School of Medicine, Department of Allied Health Sciences | Post-bac program for non-degree-seeking students only |
44 | Molecular and Cellular Biophysics | School of Medicine, Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics | Graduate students |
45 | Chromatin and Epigenetics | School of Medicine, Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics | Graduate students |
46 | Graduate Certificate in Medical Devices | School of Medicine, Department of Biomedical Engineering (UNC/NCSU) | Graduate students |
47 | Graduate Certificate in Nanobiotechnology | School of Medicine, Department of Biomedical Engineering (UNC/NCSU) | Graduate students |
48 | Graduate Certificate in Developmental Disabilities | School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, Carolina Institute for Developmental Disabilities | Graduate students |
49 | Graduate Certificate in College Science Teaching | School of Medicine-OGE, CA&S, Department of Biology | Graduate students |
50 | Acute Care Nurse Practitioner | School of Nursing | Post-Master's Advanced practice area designed to meet professional licensure requirements |
51 | Adult/Gerontology Nurse Practitioner (and Oncology) | School of Nursing | Post-Master's Advanced practice area designed to meet professional licensure requirements |
52 | Pediatric Nurse Practitioner | School of Nursing | Post-Master's Advanced practice area designed to meet professional licensure requirements |
53 | Family Nurse Practitioner | School of Nursing | Post-Master's Advanced practice area designed to meet professional licensure requirements |
54 | Health Care Systems (Areas: Administration, Clinical Nurse Leader, Informatics, Nurse Educator, Outcomes) | School of Nursing | Post-Master's Advanced practice area designed to meet professional licensure requirements |
55 | Psychiatric/Mental Health | School of Nursing | Post-Master's Advanced practice area designed to meet professional licensure requirements |
56 | Family/Women's Health Nurse Practioner | School of Nursing | Post-Master's Advanced practice area designed to meet professional licensure requirements |
57 | Nursing Education | School of Nursing | Graduate students |
58 | Certificate in Rural Pharmacy Health | School of Pharmacy | PharmD students |
59 | Ambulatory Care Scholars Certificate Program | School of Pharmacy | PharmD students |
60 | Business of Healthcare | School of Pharmacy | PharmD students |
61 | Health System Pharmacy Administration and Leadership Certificate Program | School of Pharmacy | Non-degree-seeking Students Only |
62 | Community Preparedness and Disaster Management | School of Public Health | Degree seeking graduate and UG students, non-degree-seeking students |
63 | Core Public Health Concepts | School of Public Health | Non-degree-seeking students only |
64 | Field Epidemiology | School of Public Health | Non-degree-seeking students only |
65 | Healthcare Management | School of Public Health/Department of Health Policy and Management | Graduate Students, Non-degree-seeking Students |
66 | Public Health Leadership | School of Public Health | Non-degree-seeking students only |
67 | Biomedical Big Data to Knowledge | School of Public Health, Department of Biostatistics, CA&S, Department of Mathematics | Graduate students |
68 | Graduate Certificate in Total Worker Health | School of Public Health, Department of Health Behavior | Graduate students, non-degree-seeking students |
69 | Maternal and Child Health Leadership | School of Public Health, Department of Maternal and Child Health | Non-degree-seeking students |
70 | Graduate Certificate in Impact Evaluation | School of Public Health, Department of Maternal and Child Health, CA&S, Department of Public Policy | Graduate students |
71 | Graduate Certificate in Global Health | School of Public Health, Office of Global Health | Graduate students |
72 | Global Health (Online) | School of Public Health, Public Health Leadership Program | Non-degree-seeking students only |
73 | Graduate Certificate in Public Health Informatics | School of Public Health, SILS | Graduate students |
74 | Interdisciplinary Health Disparities | School of Public Health, UNC Program of Ethnicity, Culture and Health Outcomes | Graduate students, non-degree-seeking students |
75 | Applied Data Science | SILS | Undergraduate students, graduate students, non-degree-seeking students |
76 | Graduate Certificate in Digital Curation | SILS | Graduate students |
77 | Information and Library Science Post-Master's Certificate | SILS | Post-master's students |
78 | Graduate Certificate of Specialization in Bioinformatics | SILS | Graduate students |
- Collge of Arts and Sciences (CA&S)
- School of Information and Library Science (SILS)
- Languages Across the Curriculum (LAC)
- Office of Graduate Education (OGE)
- North Carolina State University (NCSU)
Download the current Official Listing of Certificate Programs