Certificate in Manufacturing Engineering

The certificate program is administered by the Graduate and Professional Studies. It is intended to benefit individuals who are: seeking career advancement in the fields of automation, quality, processes, controls, or technical sales; involved in the management of manufacturing processes; interested in pursuing a career in manufacturing management; considering graduate school. To earn the Certificate in Manufacturing Engineering, students must successfully complete four of the following courses for credit:

• One required course: ME 125;
• either ME 182 or ME 184;
• and two from the following list: ME 108, ME 120, ME 123, ME 126, ME 129, ME 180, ME 185, CE 102 and CE 188.

Course credits taken for the certificate may generally be applied to the MS program in Mechanical Engineering at Tufts University. Students in the Master’s degree programs can receive the Certificate in Manufacturing Engineering be petitioning to the Office of Graduate and Professional Studies before taking the fourth certificate course. For details about the transferring process, please refer to the Graduate Student Handbook or consult the department. For more information about the Certificate program, inquiries should be directed to Graduate and Professional Studies at (617) 627-3562 or Prof. Anil Saigal, Department of Mechanical Engineering, at (617) 627- 2549.


Certificate Programs in Human Factors

The Office of Graduate and Professional Studies in collaboration with faculty, has developed a certificate program related to Human Factors called Human-Computer Interaction. For more information about these two programs, please contact the Graduate and Professional Studies office or visit the website.