Advanced (Graduate) Certificate Programs

To align with nationally defined knowledge in digital technology areas, the Electrical Engineering Department at SJSU offers three 9-unit advanced (graduate) certificate programs to current SJSU graduate students and non-SJSU students who have baccalaureate (or higher) degrees to advance their skills and knowledge in three specialization areas:

  1.       Chip Design and Verification Certificate
  2.       Custom Integrated Circuit Design and Simulation Certificate
  3.       Quantum Computing Engineering Certificate

In general, each advanced certificate program requires completion of 3 graduate-level EE courses from the 4 listed courses, with a grade of B or better. Click on the links to see the detailed requirements for each advanced certificate program.

If you are interested in the certificate programs, follow the steps below:

Current Matriculate Graduate Students:

  1.       Book an appointment to see EE Graduate Advisor, Dr. Thuy T. Le.
  2.       EE Graduate Advisor will submit a request to the GAPE office to have the certificate program added to your academic record.
  3.       Complete the requirements for a certificate program.
  4.       After completing all the courses and they are shown on your transcript, download your unofficial transcript and email it to the Graduate Advisor, Dr. Thuy T. Le at thuy.le@sjsu.edu. 
  5.      The Graduate Advisor will initiate the Certificate Audit, and upon verification by the GAPE office, the Registrar's Office will indicate the certificate on your SJSU transcript.

Non-SJSU Students who Have Baccalaureate (or higher) Degrees:

  1.       Apply to the Open University program to take graduate courses at SJSU as a non-degree graduate student.
  2.       Book an appointment to see EE Graduate Advisor, Dr. Thuy T. Le.
  3.       Complete the requirements for a certificate program.
  4.       After completing all the courses and they are shown on your transcript, download your unofficial transcript and email it to the Graduate Advisor, Dr. Thuy T. Le at thuy.le@sjsu.edu. 
  5.       The Graduate Advisor will initiate the Certificate Audit, and upon verification by the GAPE office, the Registrar's Office will indicate the certificate on your SJSU transcript.

If you have any questions, please book an appointment to see the EE Graduate Advisor.