Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Hardware Systems Engineering

Certificate Level: Graduate
Certificate Type: Post-Baccalaureate
Number of Credits to Completion: 9.0
Classification of Instructional Program (CIP) Code: 14.2701
Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) Code: 11-9041

About the Program

The hardware systems engineering (HSE) graduate certificate provides a fundamental understanding of systems engineering principles and practices as applied to hardware and product design and development. It also provides knowledge for managing the systems engineering process for development of complex systems. This includes systems design, implementation, integration and validation of hardware development.

This graduate certificate will enhance the skills of engineers who work in areas of product design and development related to a variety of industries, but most relevant to Department of Defense (DoD) and related industries. In today’s environment, managing the complexity of hardware product development requires technical knowledge and know-how, as well as system engineering approaches with a focus on the product development lifecycle process. This graduate certificate program will leverage this competency to provide systems engineering thinking paired with technical depth in product development and design. This pairing will enhance the skill set and talent of engineers who work in the field of hardware product design and development.

Courses completed in this certificate program can be applied to earning the Master of Science degree in Systems Engineering and / or most other master’s degree programs within the School of Engineering.

The hardware systems engineering graduate certificate is affiliated with our nationally ranked systems engineering master’s degree program that prepares students for any systems engineering challenge.

The Drexel program has the following discriminators:

• The program is offered face to face and in asynchronous online modalities. 
• The strength of our program is our faculty as all our instructors have extensive experience in industry. 
• In addition to an experienced faculty, we have a strong Advisory Board that consist of Experienced personnel in industry that are functioning in various systems engineering positions. Through this advisory board, we have a strong connection to industry. 
• Drexel's MS in Systems Engineering is certified by the International Council on Systems Engineering (INCOSE). As such, graduates qualify for a Systems Engineering Professional (SEP) Certification from INCOSE in addition to earning an MS degree.

Admissions Requirements

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Program Requirements

Additional Information

For more information about this program, please contact the School of Engineering