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Welcome Employers
The Stanford Center for Professional Development makes it possible for your best and brightest professionals to enroll in Stanford University courses and programs while maintaining full-time careers. The curriculum is drawn from the School of Engineering and other Stanford schools and is delivered online, at Stanford, and at company work sites.
Why choose Stanford for your employees?
Stanford focuses on providing education to students that is relevant to their work, helping them to develop the skills, experience, and motivation to ask questions and address important technical challenges throughout their careers. A better integration of theory and practice not only provides better professional preparation, but also improves the efficacy of theoretical instruction.
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Become a Member
As an employer, you are invited to become a member of the Stanford Center for Professional Development. For a nominal annual fee, you will enjoy these benefits:
- Access for qualified employees to the part-time master of science degree program
- Tuition discounts on graduate courses and selected professional courses
- Information events to further your company's educational program
- Acess to the Stanford Federal Credit Union
To become a member, please complete a Membership Application. Once your application is approved, you may purchase your membership with a credit card or be invoiced.
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Custom Learning Solutions: A Unique Collaboration
Custom learning solutions involve a unique partnership and collaboration between Stanford University and your company to develop and deploy education solutions that fit the goals, needs, and strategic initiatives within your organization. The partnership is a valuable alliance to share knowledge, innovate, and build community.
Tailored Programs: Company Relevant Content
Taking existing courses and programs from our portfolio, we may tailor the curriculum and content to address your company's specific requirements and interests. This typically involves incorporating relevant case studies, labs, or activities that speak directly to initiatives or projects taking place within your organization.
Stanford University Course Licensing
Stanford University offers course licensing to employers interested in utilizing Stanford content to address specific business challenges and/or initiatives.
The course is licensed to a small group of individuals within the organization; typically, 20-25 employees who learn together and collaborate on the course work. This team-based approach to learning provides the employees with a common skill-set and knowledge-base. The employees work together at their own pace under the supervision of an appointed subject-matter expert and mentor from within the organization. While work-flow and pacing is determined by the group, they must be cognizant that the course license expires after one year.
Engineering Leadership and Management
Competency Map
Professional courses are mapped against competencies in leadership, strategy, decision-making, innovation and execution-knowledge commonly sought by engineers and technology professionals wishing to expand beyond their areas of expertise.
Contact Us
If you are interested in creating an educational partnership with the Stanford Center for Professional Development, please contact Student and Client Services, scpd-customerservice@stanford.edu or 650.725.3016.