The Graduate Academic Certificate (GAC) in Advanced Manufacturing helps students gain knowledge to design and implement innovative uses of advanced manufacturing technologies and processes, including automation, digital tools, design, control, and 3D printing, across the product life cycle. The Advanced Manufacturing GAC is interdisciplinary, allowing students to take courses from multiple departments within the College of Engineering, including Materials Science and Engineering, Electrical Engineering, and Mechanical Engineering.
UNT has invested in and received funding for our excellent advanced manufacturing facilities, including the Center for Agile and Adaptive Additive Manufacturing (CAAAM) and the Advanced Materials and Manufacturing Processes Institute (AMMPI). The Advanced Manufacturing GAC gives students the opportunity to work and learn alongside outstanding researchers in world-class facilities created specifically for advanced manufacturing.
Students can expect to take 12 hours of required courses that will provide a solid
foundation in advanced manufacturing.
Students who graduate from this program will be able to:
Students in this certificate program gain practical skills that are important to employers, including new product development, continuous improvement processes, automation, product management, product quality assurance, and manufacturing processes. Additionally, students will gain common marketable skills related to innovation and problem solving. The combination of these hard and soft skills helps prepare students for jobs in industry.
Current in-demand jobs in advanced manufacturing include manufacturing engineer, project engineer, and leadership roles in manufacturing/production management. Those with knowledge of advanced manufacturing can work in many different manufacturing and production fields.
Our program is open to students from engineering, computer science, math, and science-related backgrounds. Experience or education in manufacturing is a plus. Each applicant's transcripts will be reviewed to determine if their background is suitable for admission into the program and/or if leveling coursework is required. If leveling coursework is needed, students may be required to take undergraduate leveling courses to prepare for coursework in the program.
To be admitted, students should:
Review the admissions deadlines set by UNT's Toulouse Graduate School.
To learn more, contact kathryn.beasley@unt.edu.