Companies today compete to offer the best product and gain market share in a highly competitive, global market. Superior product design can be the difference between success and failure, and the process of developing a sound design is increasingly complex. The Design for Customer Value and Market Success Graduate Certificate focuses on all the issues an engineer needs to understand about design as an integrated process.

• Incorporate aesthetic and emotional factors into product design
• Build product quality into design
• Account for production costs in the design process
• Exert effective management control without squelching creativity
• Understand the impact of the design process on other production systems
• Analyze areas for product design improvement that may impact production systems, even for products that are the best in their market
• Plan for change and risk at the beginning of the design process
• Optimize concurrent design and development
• Understand market differences on a global scale

Who Should Apply

Mechanical, industrial, and electrical engineers who are or want to be involved in product design and development.

Earning the Certificate

• Begin your certificate any academic quarter that an applicable course is offered, subject to prerequisites
• Take courses for graduate credit and a grade
• Maintain a B average (GPA of 3.0) or better
• For certificate requirements, see the planning tool

Graduate Certificate Planning Tool

Plan your course of study with the graduate certificate planning tool!