Find Your Path To Success

Whether you want to update your skills or delve into a new field, UW Professional & Continuing Education can help. We make it possible for you to keep learning at the University of Washington, even if you work full time or live outside of the Seattle area.

Turning Possibility Into Reality

See how a UW Certificate Scholarship has given these students an opportunity to keep learning and forge a new educational path.

Get Your Employer to Pay For Your Education

Your company can help pay for that career-boosting certificate or degree program — if you know how to ask. Find out how to best position yourself for educational assistance.

Earn a Certificate in Six Months or Less

With UW Professional & Continuing Education's accelerated format, you can complete a certificate program in six months or less to quickly boost your career.

Winter Certificate Programs

This winter, give yourself the gift of education. Sign up for one of our many winter certificate programs to amp up your education and reinvigorate your career.

A PATHWAY FOR YOUR PASSION

Through UW Professional & Continuing Education, we break down barriers to make education possible for all types of learners. We provide unique opportunities for those who don’t fit the mold of a traditional full-time, on-campus student.

We’re for you — the innovators, the career changers, the professionals, the dreamers, the forever curious.

Browse our programs by area of study, and find one that's designed for you.

Arts, Communication & Writing

Business

Computing & IT

Construction, Real Estate & Sustainability

Education

Engineering

Health Care, Biotechnology & Social Services

Humanities & Social Sciences

Public Administration, Nonprofit & Law

Science & Math