Now more than ever, the world needs professionals who understand renewable energy and can address the environmental and economic challenges we currently face.
Why Choose Green Power and Sustainable Energy?
This post-baccalaureate renewable energy certificate is for working professionals looking to gain:
Technical skills for understanding energy production, and
Critical skills for maximizing the value of green power and strategies for its long-term economic sustainability.
It is vital for professionals in all industries to understand how our energy sources affect the environment and how corporations can develop and use green power on a larger scale. In this interdisciplinary program offered by the School of Continuing and Professional Studies, you also will learn from faculty teaching in the School of Engineering and the O'Malley School of Business. Students in this program have access to the companies and industries leading in green power, including energy, healthcare, business, and the nonprofit sector.
You don't need to have an engineering or science background.
The advanced certificate program is designed to appeal to individuals in all professions who are interested in renewable energy and sustainability solutions that affect markets. It provides students with the tools to integrate and evaluate sustainable energy needs in engineering, management, finance, law and other fields.
Students can complete this program in less than one year and upon completion they will have earned 15 graduate-level credits and a certificate from Manhattan College, an accredited institution.
Credits earned in this certificate may be transferred to the following graduate programs at the College, including two that are STEM designated:
MS Organizational Leadership
MS Electrical Engineering (STEM designated)
MS Mechanical Engineering (STEM designated)
Masters in Business Administration (MBA)
What Will You Learn?
Students who complete this program will have the tools and strategies necessary to:
Generate and utilize renewable energy sources
Develop effective solutions to the sustainability challenges facing business organizations.
Understand the decision-making for sustainability
Learn the fundamental physics behind energy, energy conversion, power production, delivery systems, regulation, and markets.
Develop the skills to evaluate the role of the natural environment on business management and strategy, operations, supply chain, product innovation, and marketing.
September 2025
School of Continuing and Professional Studies
Manhattan College,
4513 Manhattan College Parkway, Research and Learning Center, Room 204,
RIVERDALE,
New York,
10471, United States
Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or institution
An undergraduate cumulative grade point average (GPA) of 2.75 on a 4.00 scale, although other factors can be considered in the decision for admission.
English Language Requirement
However, academically admissible students who have not taken the TOEFL/IELTS, or have scored below the College's standard minimum, are still eligible to enroll into a graduate program with conditional admission into the College's Intensive English Language Program (IELP).
Applicants who do not have TOEFL/IELTS scores are still required to submit all other admissions materials per individual program documents. Please visit the website for specific program requirements. Students who have not submitted TOEFL/IELTS scores, but are accepted into a graduate program, will automatically be required to complete the IELP.
*There may be different IELTS requirements depending on your chosen course.
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