Certificate/Non-Degree Seeking Students

Certificate/Non-Degree Seeking Students

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Certificate and other non-degree programs allow you access ��̳’s highly relevant, tech-focused curriculum and real-world, hands-on education while meeting your personal and professional goals.

We offer the following non-degree programs:

Certificate programs in engineering, industrial management and technology, and psychology
Visiting and exchange programs
Post-baccalaureate/pre-health pathways and programs
Military science/Crosstown ROTC program
Courses for VanderCook College of Music student

Applying as a non-degree-seeking and visiting/exchange student is easy. Check out the full process below.

Take the Next Step

Start an application

Select your term

Submit your transcripts(s)

Check program requirements

STEP ONE: Start an Application

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Start Your Application

Step TWO: Selecting Your Term

Fall Term: The fall term runs from August to December. Application deadline: August 1 (domestic, including international students living in the U.S.); May 15 (International students living outside of the U.S.)
Spring Term: The spring term runs from late January to mid-May. Application deadline: November 15
Summer Term: The summer term runs from the end of May to mid-August. Application deadline: Two weeks prior to the first day of courses.

STEP THREE: Submit Your College Transcript(s)

Non-degree-seeking applicants will need to submit any college transcripts as evidence that they have met the prerequisites for the courses they wish to take. We will accept unofficial and official transcripts.

Email your supporting documents to admission@illinoistech.edu or mail them to:

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Visitors Center, The McCormick Tribune Campus Center
3201 South State Street
Chicago, IL 60616

STEP FOUR: Check your program below for additional application requirements.

Undergraduate Certificate Programs

The certificate in industrial technology and management is for individuals who want to improve management, supervisory, and decision-making skills required for world-class industrial operations. This certificate does not qualify for federal financial aid. Consult the in the catalog for further information.

The Department of Psychology offers the certificate in industrial training. This certificate is designed to help individuals learn methods of knowledge delivery in industrial training settings. This certificate is only available to students enrolled in a degree program at the university and does not qualify for federal financial aid. Consult the in the catalog for further information.

Graduate Certificate Programs

Departments that offer graduate certificate programs include: Chemical and Biological Engineering; Chemistry; Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engineering; Computer Science; Electrical and Computer Engineering; Food Science and Nutrition; Humanities; Information Technology and Management; Mechanical, Materials, and Aerospace Engineering; Physics; and Psychology. Certificate programs are also offered by Stuart School of Business.

For a complete list of graduate certificate programs, consult the current .

The International Visiting and Exchange Program is for students who are enrolled full-time overseas and interested in spending a semester or a year at ��̳. This program allows you to study among a diverse student body in one of the world's greatest cities.

Please consult the international office at your current university for more information regarding your study abroad experience and to verify whether your institution has a direct exchange agreement with ��̳.

Read more about the requirements for international visiting and exchange students.

Brush up on your science skills and take the courses you need to prepare yourself for a career in health care and gain an education in the pre-medical science courses that are required for admission to any medical, osteopathic, or veterinary school in the country with ��̳’s Post-Baccalaureate/Pre-Medicine and Pre-Health programs.

You must hold a degree of bachelor of arts or bachelor of science from an accredited college or university in the United States or an equivalent degree from an institution outside the U.S. At a minimum, you must possess a cumulative undergraduate grade-point average of 3.0. In most cases; you will not be eligible for admission if you have applied to medical school previously or have completed your pre-medical preparation elsewhere within the last five years. This is not a remedial program. You must submit a complete application package to the undergraduate admissions office for full consideration.

Learn more about our Post-Baccalaureate/Pre-Medicine and Pre-Health programs

Students who want to enroll in undergraduate coursework at ��̳ at less than full-time status for ROTC and who are from crosstown institutions, or students who do not intend to obtain an ��̳ degree, must fill out the appropriate form(s) below.

For more information on the military science/Crosstown ROTC Program, contact ��̳'s Office of the Registrar at 312.567.3100.

Students should submit unofficial transcripts in addition to their applications.

The newly launched recovery support specialist certificate program is designed for individuals with lived expertise in recovery from mental illness or co-occurring mental illness and substance use recovery who wish to work as recovery support specialists—people who use their own lived recovery experiences to support the recovery of others as peers.

This program allows individuals with lived expertise in recovery from mental illness or co-occurring mental illness and substance use recovery to prepare for work and become certified as recovery support specialists and peer recovery specialists.

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