Graduate Certificate in Reliability Engineering - Online

The Graduate Certificate in Engineering program is designed to assist engineers and technical professionals in the development of their careers and to provide the expertise needed in the rapidly changing business, government, and industrial environments. Our reliability engineering degree program provides qualified engineers with the tools they will need to better understand the factors that cause components and systems to fail. This interdisciplinary option is offered by the Department of Mechanical Engineering. Students pursuing a reliability engineering masters degree will study topics such as the mechanisms and physics of failure, methods for reliability, maintainability engineering, life cycle costing, and equipment sparing policies.

Applicants who have earned or will earn a bachelor's degree at a regionally accredited college or university in the United States (or the equivalent of a baccalaureate degree from a nationally recognized institution in another country) are eligible to be considered for admission to the Graduate School at the University of Maryland. With the exception of established dual-degree programs, an applicant can matriculate in only one graduate program at a time. Quality of previous undergraduate and graduate work. The Graduate School requires as a minimum standard an average of 3.0 on a 4.0 scale in all undergraduate courses taken at a regionally accredited college or university, as calculated by the institution that conferred the bachelor’s degree. Adequate performance in prerequisite courses is required.