Find out how you can enhance your career with Mason's Continuing Professional Education program. Call 703-993-2109 or email CPE.
Mason partners with regional employers to provide educational resources to enable experienced professionals to increase their skills.
Master the Skills to Build a Thriving Career
You’ll succeed in whatever career path you choose through an individualized study plan with Mason’s Continuing and Professional Education (CPE) program.
Our courses and certificates give you the credentials to advance in your current field, transition into another industry, or find success without a traditional degree. You’ll have the skills and knowledge that employers seek.
CPE also works with corporations, organizations, and federal agencies to build and customize a curriculum that can attract, create, and retain top talent.
Find Your Future
Mason CPE offers a wide range of multidisciplinary courses and certificates designed to give you a competitive edge on in-demand fields. You can take some courses, which are available online, at your own pace.
Even if you aren’t looking for a new career path, you can still enrich your life in one of our fields of study, which include:
Get Your CEUs
We offer a variety of Continuing Education Units (CEUs) for professionals required to stay at the forefront of their industries.
Earn one CEU for each 10 contact hours of instruction in a continuing education program or activity
Mason follows guidelines designed to assure proper documentation and reporting of noncredit activities in compliance with the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC) standards.
Registration fee credits must be used within one year.
Get Specialized Knowledge and Credentials
CPE partners with Mason’s colleges and schools to provide professional, non-credit certificates and micro credentials in courses taught by top instructors and researchers.
Current partnerships include:
- Cloud Computing Certificate (College of Engineering and Computing)
- Leadership Certificate and individual courses (Center for the Advancement of Well-Being)
- Advanced Technical Writing Certificate (College of Humanities and Social Sciences)
Contact CPE for more information.
We also offer Credly endorsed digital badges, which spotlight your new skills and can promote your personal brand.