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Project Management Certificate

Learn proven strategies to stay on track, meet deadlines, and drive impactful results.
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Term

Summer 2025 and Fall 2025

Duration

6 months, three courses

Price

Non-Refundable Application Fee: US$90
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Total tuition is $11,133. Reduced tuition available for military, veterans, spouses, dependents, and Washington State Government employees.

Admission

Apply online via EngineeringCAS. Priority application deadlines by term: November 15 (Spring); July 15 (Fall); March 15 (Summer)

Six-Month Project Management Certificate Opportunity

The ETM Project Management certificate is currently able to be completed in just six months by taking just three courses. This option is available for students starting May 2025. All courses are offered online on Tuesdays and Thursdays after business hours.

Additionally, the ETM program offers two options for our Six Month Project Management Certificate. Option one offers E M 564: Project Management. Option two offers E M 595: Advanced Topics in Engineering Management – Construction Project Management as a replacement for E M 564: Project Management.

Courses

Students must successfully complete three courses (9 credit hours).

Project Management Track

Construction Project Management Track

Certificate Overview

There are always significant challenges when required to deliver a unique product, service, or other result in a given time and with limited resources. The application of project management techniques provides the best chance for success in such endeavors. Project management courses will equip students with the technical skills and leadership competencies needed to successfully plan, execute, and deliver complex projects in various domains. The courses introduce data analysis tools, risk management techniques and communication strategies in order to lead teams and stakeholders toward project goals. Course work provides opportunities to develop critical thinking, problem-solving and decision-making skills to overcome challenges and adapt to changing environments.

Skills that Matter Most:

  • Communication
  • Problem Solving
  • Organization
  • Negotiation
  • Technical Expertise
  • Leadership

Read more about Project Management at the Project Management Institute website.

Benefits of Project Management

Applying a project management methodology can provide value to both you and your employer.

Achieving project management skills, you will:

  • Boost knowledge and skill for how aligning project outcomes and deliverables to organizational strategies, making sure project benefits are realized.
  • Increase your knowledge and understanding of key project management concepts and theories, providing confidence in managing complex projects.
  • Enhanced your leadership skills, that will enable you to build trusting relationships with project stakeholders.
  • Improve analytical and project control competencies, so that your projects stay on track without exceeding budgets or missing deadlines.

Your organization will also benefit as they will:

  • Infuse their organization’s culture with a projectized mindset, enabling the business to achieve goals by implementing new ideas, products, services, or technology, in order to deliver exceptional value to the customers, while sustaining a competitive edge.
  • Employ trained and experienced professionals, capable of managing projects in response to fast changing global demands.
  • Practice project governance for selecting project that result in measurable benefits that deliver greater value to the organization.
  • Maintain a robust understanding and increased visibility into the work and resources required of each project, thus being able to make high level organizational decisions in a timely manner.

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