Systems Engineering of Cyber-Physical Systems Graduate Certificate

These sophisticated systems blur the boundaries between physical hardware, software, and networked components, creating unique engineering challenges that demand both technical depth and collaborative agility. Traditional development approaches often fall short when confronting the complexity, real-time constraints, and safety-critical nature of embedded systems. Organizations increasingly need professionals who can work effectively in small, cross-functional teams and apply rigorous systems engineering principles throughout the entire development lifecycle of these sophisticated platforms.

The Graduate Certificate in Systems Engineering of Cyber-Physical Systems is an intensive, four-course program that equips you with the specialized systems engineering skills essential for developing complex embedded and cyber-physical systems.

Through an integrated, team-based project experience that spans the entire system lifecycle, you'll gain hands-on proficiency in the tools and methodologies needed for conception, design, implementation, and sustainment of CPS from a holistic systems perspective. The curriculum emphasizes agile team dynamics and real-world application, preparing you to work effectively in fast-paced development environments. You'll build a solid foundation in systems thinking specific to embedded and cyber-physical systems—those that intimately integrate computation, networking, and physical processes—while developing transferable skills applicable across diverse engineering domains.

This certificate positions you to contribute immediately to small, agile teams developing the intelligent, connected systems that power everything from autonomous vehicles to industrial automation and IoT devices.