Sustainability Sciences
Certificate
This certificate provides current Northeastern graduate students enrolled in sustainability programs in other colleges with interdisciplinary skills and experience to enhance their employment opportunities.
Program overview
Learn to master complex challenges
Environmental sustainability challenges are inherently complex and multidisciplinary and will require a workforce capable of collaborating across interdisciplinary teams. Thus, it is critical that the next generation of sustainability scientists and engineers receive broad, interdisciplinary training so that they are better prepared to address these complex challenges. This certificate provides social science, engineering, and health science students with fundamental training in sustainability science.
Environmental sustainability challenges are inherently complex and multidisciplinary and will require a workforce capable of collaborating across interdisciplinary teams. Thus, it is critical that the next generation of sustainability scientists and engineers receive broad, interdisciplinary training so that they are better prepared to address these complex challenges. This certificate provides social science, engineering, and health science students with fundamental training in sustainability science.
- Conversations with our experiential partners over the past five to 10 years have highlighted the need for interdisciplinary training in the sustainability sciences and engineering. This certificate will provide social science, engineering, and health science students with fundamental training in sustainability science.
- There are no similar certificate programs. The curriculum leverages Northeastern’s academic leadership in environmental and sustainability science.
- This certificate will foster the development of an interdisciplinary workforce capable of addressing environmental sustainability challenges. This effort is collaborative across other Northeastern colleges: Colleges of Engineering (Graduate Certificate in Sustainability Engineering), Social Sciences and Humanities (Graduate Certificate in Social Sciences), and Health Sciences (Graduate Certificate in Environmental Health).
Admissions
Apply to the program
A graduate degree or certificate from Northeastern can accelerate your career through rigorous academic coursework and real-world professional experience in your area of interest. Apply to take your career to the next level.
A graduate degree or certificate from Northeastern can accelerate your career through rigorous academic coursework and real-world professional experience in your area of interest. Apply to take your career to the next level.
Fall Term
| Application Deadline: | |
| Domestic applicants | August 15 |
| International applicants | July 1 |
| International applicants currently on a F1 visa in the US | July 15 |
Spring Term
| Application Deadline: | |
| Domestic applicants | December 1 |
| International applicants | November 1 |
| International applicants currently on a F1 visa in the US | November 15 |
Online application
Unofficial transcripts (official transcripts required upon acceptance of admissions)
The Foreign Credential Evaluation (FCE) is a required assessment of all transcripts and documents from non-U.S. accredited post-secondary education institutions. (Review the FCE requirements by country.)
Personal statement
English language proficiency:
Degree earned or in progress at a U.S. institution
Degree earned or in progress at an institution where English is the only medium of instruction
Official exam scores from either the TOEFL iBT (institution code is 3682), IELTS, PTE exam, or Duolingo English Test. Scores are valid for 2 years from the test date.
Program objectives
Prepare for success
This program is designed to foster the development of an interdisciplinary workforce capable of addressing environmental sustainability challenges.
Learn and ideate with students in social science, engineering, and health science programs to strengthen your training in natural sciences and sustainability.
Gain in-demand skills to help differentiate you in the workplace in as little as one year.
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Cost of attendance
Tuition and financial aid
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$30,848Tuition in USD
Estimated Total Tuition
This is an estimate based on the tuition rates for Academic Year 2025-2026 and does not include any fees or other expenses. Some courses and labs have tuition rates that may increase or decrease total tuition. Tuition and fees are subject to revision by the president and Board of Trustees at any time. Select programs at select campuses offer additional scholarships of up to 25% off the listed price for domestic students studying on campus. For more detailed information, please visit Student Financial Services.
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