{"id":1872,"date":"2016-06-21T19:06:40","date_gmt":"2016-06-21T19:06:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eng.ufl.edu\/innovation\/?page_id=1872"},"modified":"2026-03-13T20:10:57","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T20:10:57","slug":"engineering-innovation-certificate","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.eng.ufl.edu\/innovation\/academic-programs\/engineering-innovation-certificate\/","title":{"rendered":"Engineering Innovation Certificate"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"title-block w-100\"><div class=\"container-fluid page-title-container\"><div class=\"title-wrapper\"><h1 class=\"font-heading\">Engineering Innovation Certificate<\/h1><hr\/><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n\n\n<nav class=\"section-navigation\"><div class=\"section-navigation-inner\"><div class=\"section-menu\"><a class=\"section-navigation-back\" tabindex=\"0\" href=\"#\" style=\"display:none;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/plugins\/section-nav\/includes\/section-nav-back.svg\" \/> Back<\/a><ul class=\"\" id=\"section-nav-ul\"><li class=\"current-page\"><a class=\"menu-parent-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eng.ufl.edu\/innovation\/academic-programs\/\">Academic Programs<span class=\"caret\"><\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"page_item page-item-726 page_item_has_children dropdown\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eng.ufl.edu\/innovation\/academic-programs\/courses\/\" class=\"dropdown-toggle\" data-bs-toggle=\"dropdown\" role=\"button\" aria-expanded=\"false\">Courses <span class=\"caret\"><\/span><\/a>\n<ul class='dropdown-menu' role='menu'>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-8445\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eng.ufl.edu\/innovation\/academic-programs\/courses\/advanced-engineering-entrepreneurship-course\/\">Advanced Engineering Entrepreneurship course<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-8471\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eng.ufl.edu\/innovation\/academic-programs\/courses\/upload-course-syllabi\/\">Upload course syllabi<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-5781 page_item_has_children dropdown\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eng.ufl.edu\/innovation\/academic-programs\/courses\/innovating-for-defense-i4d-course\/\" class=\"dropdown-toggle\" data-bs-toggle=\"dropdown\" role=\"button\" aria-expanded=\"false\">Innovating for Defense (I4D) Course <span class=\"caret\"><\/span><\/a>\n\t<ul class='dropdown-menu' role='menu'>\n\t\t<li class=\"page_item page-item-5791\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eng.ufl.edu\/innovation\/academic-programs\/courses\/innovating-for-defense-i4d-course\/application-form\/\">Application Form<\/a><\/li>\n\t<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"page_item page-item-1872\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eng.ufl.edu\/innovation\/academic-programs\/engineering-innovation-certificate\/\">Engineering Innovation Certificate<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"page_item page-item-2521\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eng.ufl.edu\/innovation\/academic-programs\/minor\/\">Engineering Innovation Minor<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div><a class=\"section-menu-btn section-navigation-toggler\" href=\"#\" type=\"button\" aria-controls=\"sectionNavigation\" tabindex=\"0\"><span class=\"open-btn\">Menu<\/span><span class=\"close-btn\" style=\"display:none;\">Close<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/nav>\n\n\n<section class=\"fullwidth-text-block\"><div class=\"container px-0\"><div class=\"row align-items-start\"><div class=\"col-12\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>With core themes involving the study of\u00a0innovation,\u00a0entrepreneurship,\u00a0leadership, and\u00a0ethics, this certificate develops a comprehensive skill set that is applied in innovation-driven enterprises and within larger organizations.<\/p>\n<h5><strong>REQUIRED COURSES<\/strong><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>EGN 4643 \/ EGN 6642\u00a0\u2013 Engineering Innovation<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Select two:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>EGN 4641 \/ EGN 6640 \u2013 Engineering Entrepreneurship<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>EGS 4100 \/ EGS 6100\u00a0&#8211; Divergent Thinking<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>EGS 4038\u00a0\/\u00a0EGS 6039 \u2013 Engineering Leadership (Offered Through UF Engineering Leadership Institute)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>EGS 4625<\/strong> <strong>\/<\/strong><strong> EGS 6626<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>&#8211; Fundamentals of Engineering Project Management (Offered Through UF Engineering Leadership Institute)<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5><strong>APPLICATION PROCESS<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p>At UF, the application process for all certificates is the same and is similar to applying for degree programs.<\/p>\n<p>Undergraduate and graduate students may apply for the certificate through the <a href=\"https:\/\/admissions.ufl.edu\/apply\/certificates\">University of Florida Office of Admissions<\/a> page by scrolling to the bottom of the page and selecting the Currently Enrolled App button.<\/p>\n<p>Students should preferably apply for admission to a certificate program before taking the first prerequisite course but can generally transfer a course if it was taken within a year before being admitted.\u00a0 When applying for a certificate, students will be asked to select their intended start year for the certificate program.\u00a0 This should be the semester\/year in which a student is applying for the certificate program and NOT the projected semester\/year that the student expects to graduate with the certificate. \u00a0Getting this entry correct is important to avoid administrative issues when applying to receive the certificate through the One.UF system.<\/p>\n<p>Students admitted to a certificate program should apply to receive their certificate through One.UF at the beginning of the semester in which they intend to graduate. Students can opt to request the award of a completed certificate in advance of receiving their degree.<\/p>\n<h5><strong>CONTACT INFORMATION<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p>For additional questions about course content or certificate requirements, contact\u00a0<strong>Dr. Lawrence Tinker<\/strong>, Assistant Director of the Engineering Innovation Institute, at <a href=\"mailto:latinker@ufl.edu\">latinker@ufl.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h5><strong>Fast Facts<\/strong><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li>Open to both graduate and undergraduate students in any engineering discipline.<\/li>\n<li>9 credits, completed with minimum grades of B<\/li>\n<li>The\u00a0graduate certificate\u00a0is available to distance-learning students as well via UF EDGE, Electronic Delivery of Gator Engineering.<\/li>\n<li>Students cannot earn both the Engineering Innovation certificate and the <a href=\"\/innovation\/academic-programs\/minor\/\">Engineering Innovation minor<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2592,"featured_media":0,"parent":178,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"_cbd_carousel_blocks":"[]","featured_post":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-1872","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eng.ufl.edu\/innovation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1872","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eng.ufl.edu\/innovation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eng.ufl.edu\/innovation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eng.ufl.edu\/innovation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2592"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eng.ufl.edu\/innovation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1872"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.eng.ufl.edu\/innovation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1872\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8691,"href":"https:\/\/www.eng.ufl.edu\/innovation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1872\/revisions\/8691"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eng.ufl.edu\/innovation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/178"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eng.ufl.edu\/innovation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1872"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}