Graduate Certificate in Safety Engineering Engineering Management and Systems Engineering | Chemical Engineering

About the Certificate

Safe engineering systems protect the health of workers and the public, preserve the environment, and improve the profitability of industrial facilities. The graduate certificate in safety engineering is a program of study that focuses on methods to reduce risks, prevent accidents, and/or mitigate the consequences to acceptable levels. Risk reduction is accomplished by identifying hazards with unacceptable consequences and then reducing the probability of occurrence (accident reduction) and/or reducing the consequences to acceptable levels (mitigation).

Admission requirements

The safety engineering graduate certificate program is open to all individuals holding a bachelor's degree in an engineering or physical science field with an overall GPA of 3.0; or those holding a bachelor’s degree in engineering or physical science with an overall GPA of 2.75 and having a minimum of one year of work experience.

Students admitted to the certificate program will have non-degree graduate status, but will earn graduate credit for the courses they complete.

The chemical and biological engineering department serves as the home department for students who select the chemical/metallurgical process safety, and process control systems tracks. The engineering management department serves as the home department for students who select the human factors, safety engineering management, or reliability tracks.

Students who successfully complete the graduate certificate with a grade of B or better in each of the courses taken, upon application, will be admitted to the master's degree program sponsoring the graduate certificate. The certificate courses taken by students admitted to the MS program will apply toward their master’s degree.

Once admitted to the certificate program, you will have three years to complete the certificate, as long as you maintain a B average in the courses taken.

Distance application requirements

You can find graduate certificate application requirements here.

Pathway to a Master's Degree

Are you a working professional who wants to earn your master's degree, but you don’t have time to take the GRE/GMAT? Then start in a graduate certificate program. Graduate certificates were designed as a pathway to a master's degree.* The admission requirements are more relaxed and credit earned will count toward your degree. Once you successfully earn your graduate certificate, you can continue with the corresponding master's degree without having to take the GRE/GMAT.

Related Degrees

This graduate certificate may act as a pathway to the following master’s programs:

Engineering Management (MS)

*Completion of a graduate certificate program does not automatically guarantee admission into a corresponding graduate degree program. To continue in a master’s degree program, you must apply.

Questions?

Missouri S&T Online Education

Sylvia Skouby
Associate Director for Online Admissions

573-341-6903 | stgrad@mst.edu

Engineering Management and Systems Engineering

573-341-4572 | emgt@mst.edu
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