Innovation & Technology 2025

In this program, you will:

Discover the latest developments in innovation and technology, and acquire the strategies and skills you need to compete in the digital economy

Examine the process of innovation, from creation to implementation, guided by valuable insights from renowned MIT faculty and industry-leading experts

Adopt and apply cutting-edge technology to address pressing real-life problems

Earn this prestigious credential by completing 16 days of qualifying short courses within 36 months. Start by submitting your application, along with a non-refundable $325 application fee.

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Turn Your Ideas Into Action with Insights from MIT

In today’s business landscape, innovation is no longer optional—it’s a mandate. In our Professional Certificate Program in Innovation & Technology, you’ll acquire the knowledge and skills you need to capitalize on the latest technological advancement and compete in the digital economy.

Earn our prestigious credential by completing 16 days of qualifying short courses within 36 months — choosing from popular offerings that cover timely topics such as design-driven innovation, predictive multi-scale materials design, persuasive communication, and participatory design.

Certificate Program Details

The professional certificate is awarded upon successful completion of at least 16 days of qualifying courses, which may include one elective. You can customize your learning experience by selecting the courses that are most relevant to you and your organization. The program must be completed within 36 months of finishing the first qualifying course.

Upcoming Courses

Breakthrough Innovation: Creating Value in times of Uncertainty

Discover how to develop breakthrough innovations, gain valuable insights into consumers’ needs, and influence key stakeholders. (Previously titled Digital Transformation, Value Creation, and Breakthrough Innovation)

Product Innovation in the Age of AI

Learn how to identify, adopt, and capitalize on game-changing innovations created by product users. This skill is a secret weapon that will help you bring superior products to market—and maintain competitive advantage in the rapidly evolving design and manufacturing sector.

Design-Thinking and Innovation for Technical Leaders

Acquire a design-thinking process for developing groundbreaking solutions and communicating your vision to senior management, colleagues, and consumers.

Solving Complex Problems: Structured Thinking, Design Principles, and AI

Explore the strategies and frameworks you need to implement large-scale systems that can have significant positive impact—and minimize the probability of failure.

Testimonials

This has been such a dynamic mix of like, get up and do something, get up and active, you know, activate your learning, interact with your colleagues, share something, build something together, just like in the 3D printing class as well. You know, we went to the labs, we visited the labs, we used the machines, we put on our safety goggles, which of course I missed from engineering school. So that interactive nature didn't make it feel like I was in a classroom. I just made it feel like experiential learning.

– Katie Lelarge, Independent Innovation Consultant

In my position, time is a very valuable commodity. So, being able to come here and spend 40 hours per week learning about the different concepts and various technologies, and being able to hear from faculty about those concepts and how to apply them to real-life problems, has been tremendously invaluable.

– Renzo Zagni

Certificate TeachingTeam

Adam Berinsky

Mitsui Professor of Political Science, MIT; Director, MIT Political Experiments Research Lab

Sang-Gook Kim

Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, MIT; Micro/Nano Area Head, Department of Mechanical Engineering, MIT

Erdin Beshimov

Lecturer, MIT; Senior Director, Experiential Learning, MIT Open Learning

Blade Kotelly

Senior Lecturer, Bernard M. Gordon MIT Engineering Leadership Program

Markus J. Buehler

Jerry McAfee (1940) Professor in Engineering, MIT; Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, MIT

David Niño

Senior Lecturer, The Riccio Graduate Engineering Leadership Program

Michael Davies

Senior Lecturer, MIT; Founder and Chairman, Endeavou Partners

Reza Rahaman

Managing Director, Bernard M. Gordon-MIT Engineering Leadership Program; Managing Director, MIT School of Engineering Communication Lab

Eric von Hippel

Professor of Technological Innovation, MIT Sloan School of Management

Edward Schiappa

John E. Burchard Professor of the Humanities, Department of Comparative Media Studies, Writing, MIT

John Hart

Class of 1922 Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, MIT; Director, Laboratory for Manufacturing and Productivity

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Innovation &Technology

Delve into the diverse strategies and frameworks that are driving disruption around the world.