Certificate Programs

Certificate Programs offered through the Environmental and Energy Management Institute (EEMI) are designed specifically for professionals in the rapidly expanding environmental and energy sectors in the United States and throughout the world. Whether you are already an active professional in the environmental field or are planning a new career, pursuit of an Environmental and Energy Management graduate degree at GW will provide you with outstanding career advantages. The current programs include:

Environmental and Energy Systems Management (EESM) - The Environmental and Energy Systems Management (EESM) Environmental and Energy Systems Management (EESM) Certificate Program is designed to enable students to become proficient in implementing environmental and energy (E&E) management systems based on consensus standards, including the ISO 14000 and ISO 50000 series. The focus is on managing the E&E risks and opportunities of organizations through knowledge of the application of standards, the techniques for implementing them, and the processes for testing the conformity of resulting systems.

Energy Engineering and Management - A customized graduate Certificate Program from the Departments of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, and Engineering Management and Systems Engineering.

Environmental Systems Management: This four course certificate program focuses on the full spectrum of subjects central to the practice of environmental management, including the policy, management, and high-level technical understanding underlying challenges in the environmental management area, and also the statutory and regulatory framework in which they are embedded, as well as social and policy considerations that are critically important in modern society.

Energy Systems Management: This four course certificate program focuses on the full spectrum of subjects central to the practice of energy management, including the policy, management and high-level technical understanding underlying challenges in the energy management area, and also the statutory and regulatory framework in which they are embedded, as well as social and policy considerations that are critically important in modern society.