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Certificates

Master new skills and advance your career with our professional certificates!

Ready to take the next step in your career? Our professional certificate programs are designed to equip you with the in-demand skills and knowledge needed to excel in your field. Gain a competitive edge and unlock new opportunities with focused, industry-aligned training. Our certificates are flexible and affordable.

Why choose our certificates?

  • Targeted Skills: Learn the specific art and design skills employers are looking for.
  • Industry Recognition: Stand out from the crowd with a credential from a leader in art and design education.
  • Flexible Learning: Online, asynchronous courses to provide maximum flexibility and fit your schedule.
  • Expert Instructors: Learn from experienced professionals in your field.
  • Rapid Progress: Complete a certificate in as little as two semesters.
  • Easy to Get Started: No application required. Just register for a course and start your journey.

For questions about certificates please contact Continuing Education at continuing_education@mcad.edu.

Have you completed your certificate and need it right away? If so, fill out this Professional Development Certificate Completion Form to request it early.

Professional Development Certificates

Take 4 six-week online, asynchronous courses in a specific topic area. Coursework may be taken on a non-credit or for credit basis.

Topics include:

Students completing certificates in the previous format, based on coursework hours, will be able to complete their certificate in that format or will be able to move into the new fully asynchronous online format. Students have until the end of 2025 to complete their certificate in the previous format. A Continuing Education staff person will work with each learner to plan out a pathway for completion.

Biomimicry Certificate

To earn the Biomimicry Certificate, take three courses available through the MA in Sustainable Design program. Courses may be taken either noncredit or for credit. Eligible courses are:

Fundamentals of Sustainable Design
Systems Thinking
Biomimetic Design
Introduction to Biomimicry: A Sustainable Design Methodology

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Series Certificates

Take a series of three short courses and earn a Series Certificate.

Series include:

Course Certificates

Request a certificate of course completion upon successful completion of a Continuing Education course.

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The Minneapolis College of Art and Design (MCAD) acknowledges it is located on traditional, ancestral, and contemporary lands of Indigenous people. This is the ancestral homeland of the Dakota and Ojibwe people, who were forcibly exiled from the land because of aggressive and persistent settler colonialism. We recognize that this place has a complex and layered history. As a community dedicated to creativity, MCAD is committed to ongoing efforts to support and advocate for American Indian Nations and peoples.


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MCAD admits students of any race, color, creed, religion, ancestry, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, or marital status to all the rights, privileges, programs, and activities generally accorded or made available to students at the school. It does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, creed, religion, ancestry, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, or marital status in the administration of its educational policies, scholarship and loan programs, and other school-administered programs.