Companies recognize that employees who pursue graduate education oftentimes become the future technical leaders within their organization. As leaders, it is important that they possess not only the engineering skills to understand technical problems that require novel and innovative solutions, but also the business and managerial skills to harness the resources (human and capital) to implement these solutions. This certificate combines graduate mechanical engineering coursework to enhance their technical expertise along with leadership and management coursework to empower them to lead technical teams, make sound business decisions and bring their projects to successful conclusion.
Requirements:
9 credits in graduate level Mechanical Engineering courses*
9 credits in graduate level Business courses**
* Note: Students may petition the Mechanical Engineering Graduate Committee to count up to 4 credits in MTE graduate courses. Petitions must be approved before students register for these MTE credits.
**Note: Students may use CE 580 (Advanced Project Management) toward this requirement.
Admission to the Certificate Program:
Students wishing to enroll in the METL Certificate program must submit a full M.S. graduate application.
Successful Completion of the METL Certificate Program:
Successful completion of the METL certificate program requires:
- completion of the 18 credits distributed as described above; and
- an overall GPA of at least 3.0.
Subsequent Admission into the M.S. program in Mechanical Engineering:
Students wishing to continue their studies in the M.S. program in Mechanical Engineering will be admitted upon request provided that they have:
- completed the METL certificate program; and
- earned a GPA of at least 3.0 within the 9 credits of M.E. courses (including any AE and MTE credits permitted by petition).
For B.S. students who continue on to the M.S. program in Mechanical Engineering, any MTE credits that have been used to satisfy the METL certificate requirements will be counted as M.E. credits toward the M.S. degree. Current graduate students in the ME program are also allowed to obtain this METL certificate. All students who wish to apply to the METL certificate program should submit a formal application to WPI Graduate Admissions.