Professional Certificate in Data Engineering
Get cutting-edge skills to advance your data engineering career.
Who Is This Program For?
Career Launchers: Recent STEM graduates/post-graduates/interns looking to start a career in this high-growth field by gaining exposure to data engineering
Career Builders: Early career software engineers/technology professionals seeking to train in the latest data engineering tools and techniques and advance their careers
Career Switchers: Mid-career professionals aiming to switch to data engineering from IT, analytics, finance, project management, supply chain, or another technical field
Applicants must have:
A bachelor's degree or higher
Strong math skills
Also recommended:
An educational background in STEM fields
Technical work experience
Some experience with Python, R, or SQL
Some experience with statistics and calculus
Key Takeaways
This program is designed to give you the skills you need to start or continue your career in data engineering. High-level learning outcomes for this program include:
Develop and analyze databases using data science and data engineering tools and skills, including SQL and Python
Configure a network to ensure data security
Implement artificial intelligence (AI)/machine learning (ML) algorithms, including those for reinforcement learning and deep neural networks
Manage big data using data warehousing and workflow management platforms
Build a user interface to view and interact with large amounts of live streaming data
Create a GitHub portfolio to present the projects that you create to potential employers
Download the brochure for detailed key takeaways.
Program Highlights
Earn a certificate and 36 Continuing Education Units (CEUs) from MIT xPRO
Insights and coding demos from renowned MIT faculty
Learn market-ready data engineering skills in a high-growth market
Build a GitHub portfolio of your projects to share with potential employers
Career Preparation and Guidance
Stepping into a career in data engineering requires a variety of skills, both hard and soft. This course offers you guidance for navigating a career path into tech, including crafting your materials and acing an interview. These services are provided by Emeritus, our learning collaborator for this program. The program support team includes course leaders to help you reach your learning goals. The primary objective is to give you the skills needed to be prepared for a job in this field.
Elements of the career preparation aspects of this course include:
Crafting your elevator pitch
Optimizing your LinkedIn profile
Writing resumes/cover letters
Navigating your job search
Learning interview tips and preparation"
Negotiating salary
Career exercises focused on launching a career as a data engineer include:
Building your personal brand and promoting your skills
Communicating technical concepts to non-technical colleagues
Understanding the roles and workflow of Agile development
Reflecting on your skills to discover how to troubleshoot and learn more quickly
Job search and interviewing for data engineering positions
Program Faculty
Professor of Information Engineering in MIT Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
John Williams holds a BA in Physics from Oxford University, an MS in Physics from UCLA, and a Ph.D. in Numerical Methods from University of Wales, Swansea. His research focuse...
Executive Director, Research Scientist, Laboratory for Manufacturing and Productivity, MIT
Dr. Abel Sanchez holds a Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). He is the Executive Director, Research Scientist,
Laboratory for Manufacturing and Product...
Tools and Resources in the Program
This program employs the latest industry tools and resources, including:
Download the brochure for a full breakdown of the tools utilized in the program.
Certificate
Get recognized! Upon successful completion of this program, MIT xPRO grants a certificate of completion to participants and 36 Continuing Education Units (CEUs). This program is graded as a pass or fail; participants must receive 75% to pass and obtain the certificate of completion.
After successful completion of the program, your verified digital certificate will be emailed to you, at no additional cost, with the name you used when registering for the program. All certificate images are for illustrative purposes only and may be subject to change at the discretion of MIT.
FAQs
Financing Options
We offer several options to help you afford tuition for the Professional Certificate in Data Engineering Program.
Referrals – You and a colleague can each receive $780 off your tuition when you enroll together. Refer now Group enrollments – A discount of up to 20% is available for group enrollments. For more information, email group-enrollments@emeritus.org
US Residents
SALLIE MAE*
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CLIMB CREDIT
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Flexible Payment Options
Monthly payments as low as US$1,340. Click here to know more.
You can opt for any one of the financing options to cover up to the full cost of the program tuition. If you are considering financing your program through one of our partners, the enrollment process can only be completed with the assistance of your program advisor.
Please note that loan applications should be submitted no later than four business days prior to the enrollment deadline due to processing time.
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