Overview

Key Features

The Sustainability Postgraduate Certificate from Portland State University, offered in collaboration with 14 participating departments and schools on campus, is open to students from all areas of study and professional backgrounds. It is available as an add-on to a master’s or doctoral degree program at PSU or as a stand-alone program for professionals and college graduates who want to better understand sustainability issues. The graduates go on to pursue careers in a variety of fields, including engineering, urban planning, communications, and business.

The current students join the program from academia, from midway in their career, or from careers that they are looking to switch out of for a field they are more passionate about.

Career opportunities:

We invite students and professionals from all disciplines and careers who are interested in embarking, or furthering, a career in sustainability to apply.

The certificate can be used by mid-career professionals who want to move inside their organizations or who want to explore jobs in various fields of sustainability (whether in the nonprofit, governmental, or private sector); by those seeking a path to a regular, related master’s degree at PSU; by college graduate and mid-career professionals who want to learn new tools and applications to complement their existing education and experience by taking classes and working on targeted projects to help reach that goal; by PSU students who enroll in this graduate certificate to add it to their current degree to supplement their degree and widen their job possibilities; and by other PSU students to learn more about sustainability and go onto a Ph.D.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Economics of Sustainability: Theory and Practice

Environmental Sustainability

Social Sustainability Theory and Practice

Sustainable Development Practices

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 12 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-09-30 00:00:00

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Starting 2027-01-06 00:00:00

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Starting 2027-03-31 00:00:00

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Language

English

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Credits

22 SCH

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Portland, United States

Disciplines

Sustainable Development Sustainable Energy View 71 other Masters in Sustainable Energy in United States

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General requirements

Admission requires a minimum of a baccalaureate degree from a regionally-accredited institution with a cumulative undergraduate GPA of 3.0. An applicant with 9 or more graduate credits must have a cumulative graduate GPA of at least 3.0, and this GPA supersedes the undergraduate GPA. Current PSU graduate students must be in good academic standing.
Letter of recommendation: A letter written by a previous employer, professor, or colleague who has been in a working or academic relationship with you.

Tuition Fees

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Non-residents

8964 USD / year

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Out-of-State

8964 USD / year

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In-State

6012 USD / year

≈ 6012 USD / year

Living costs

Portland

United States

1271 - 2262 USD / month

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