Systems Engineering Certificate | University of Houston-Clear Lake

Advance Your Career in Engineering

Do you already have a master’s degree in an engineering field, but you don’t have the time to pursue an additional degree? Enhance and strengthen your engineering skills with a Systems Engineering Certificate from the University of Houston-Clear Lake. This four-course sequence which will broaden your engineering skills, increasing your ability to design, analyze, and implement complex systems. You will, working with your faculty adviser, select four systems engineering graduate courses that best meet your career plans. If you decide to continue graduate studies to pursue an MS in systems engineering, the courses you take in the certificate program will count towards the MS degree.

Become an In-demand Engineer

This certificate from our College of Science and Engineering augments your ability to be an effective primary interface between management, customers, suppliers and specialty engineers in your company’s systems development process. Learn to deliver a particular perspective to the engineering process that serves to better systematize and complement other engineering activities.
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Admission Requirements

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Degree Requirements

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Cost Information

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Deadlines for Applying

Graduate Deadlines
Spring 2019

Final - January 22
Summer 2019

New Degree-Seeking Students - May 1
Former UHCL Students - May 28
Fall 2019

New Degree-Seeking Students - August 1
Former UHCL Students - August 12
Spring 2020

New Degree-Seeking Students - December 1
Former UHCL Students - TBA(Early January 2020)

Please note, some graduate programs have special requirements and different deadlines from those above. For more information visit How to Apply.

Former UHCL Students and non-degree seeking students applying after the deadlines above may be considered for admission on a case-by-case basis. Please contact the appropriate graduate enrollment counselor for more information.

International Deadlines
Fall

Priority – March 1
Final – June 1
Spring

Priority – August 1
Final – November 1
Summer*

Priority – February 1
Final – April 20

Students interested in qualifying for scholarships &/or applying for visas outside the U.S. should apply and submit the application documents/test scores by the priority deadline

*International freshmen applicants will not be accepted for Summer semester.

Locations

University of Houston-Clear Lake

2700 Bay Area Blvd
Houston, TX 77058
Phone: 281-283-7600

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Accreditations and Distinctions

UHCL is one of only 10 U.S. universities with computing programs accredited under three different curriculum guidelines of ABET. The College of Science and Engineering’s undergraduate degree program in computer engineering is accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET, while its computer science and computer information systems undergraduate programs are accredited by the Computing Accreditation Commission of ABET. The undergraduate environmental science sub-plans for safety and industrial hygiene are accredited by the Applied and Natural Science Accreditation Commission of ABET, http://www.abet.org. Our chemistry degree program is accredited by the American Chemical Society.