Online Quality Engineering Certificate

Enhance Your Professional Skills With MTU's Online Certificate in Quality Engineering.

Quality engineering involves the use of methodologies, processes, and tools to improve product development. Quality engineering is crucial to ensuring business success, safeguarding consumer interest, and maintaining uniformity, efficiency, and high quality during all stages of the production process.

What do quality engineers do? Most work within a broader team of professionals to ensure that products are safe and that they meet customer expectations. Quality engineers also focus on increasing efficiencies and minimizing costs. Their routine tasks may include creating documentation, developing quality tests, and troubleshooting problems.

Access classes when it's convenient for you. Connect with faculty for one-on-one meetings. Engage with fellow engineers on course forums. When you earn your online quality engineering certificate at MTU, you'll have access to all the resources of the #3 best accredited online college in Michigan (EDsmart, 2024).

Take Foundational Online Quality Engineering Courses.

The online quality engineering certificate emphasizes statistical process control (SPC), statistical analysis, and computing (using R/RStudio and SAS software). You'll learn to solve real-world problems related to quality and productivity by using control charts, concepts of lean manufacturing, and more. Quality engineering courses also cover probability models, parameter estimation, and hypothesis testing.

We believe that the best way to learn is by doing. And learning the fundamentals. Every quality engineering student will complete two required courses and then choose one of two electives.

When planning your program, please refer to the course registration page to check class availability.

Required Courses

MEEM 5650 - Advanced Quality Engineering

Introduction to the concepts and methods of quality and productivity improvement. Topics include principles of Shewhart, Deming, Taguchi; meaning of quality; control charts for variables, individuals, and attributes; process capability analysis; variation of assemblies; multi-variate situations; and computer-based workshops.

Credits: 3.0
Lec-Rec-Lab: (0-3-0)
Semesters Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
Restrictions: Must be enrolled in one of the following Level(s): Graduate; Must be enrolled in one of the following College(s): College of Engineering

MA 5701 - Statistical Methods

Introduction to design, conduct, and analysis of statistical studies, with an introduction to statistical computing and preparation of statistical reports. Topics include design, descriptive, and graphical methods, probability models, parameter estimation and hypothesis testing.

Credits: 3.0
Lec-Rec-Lab: (0-3-0)
Semesters Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
Restrictions: Must be enrolled in one of the following Level(s): Graduate

Electives (Choose One)

MEEM 5655 - Introduction to Lean Manufacturing

Introduces lean manufacturing tools, techniques, and practices. Topics include Muda, 5S, visual factory, VSM, theory of constraints, standardized work, pull system, SMED, TPM, and lean assessment. Additional case studies and manufacturing process simulation-based projects are also used for assessing and improving processes.

Credits: 3.0
Lec-Rec-Lab: (0-3-0)
Semesters Offered: Fall, Spring
Restrictions: Must be enrolled in one of the following Level(s): Graduate; Must be enrolled in one of the following College(s): College of Engineering, College of Business

MEEM 5670 - Experimental Design in Engineering

Review of basic statistical concepts. Models for testing significance of one or many factors. Reducing experimental effort by incomplete blocks, and Latin squares. Factorial and fractional factorial designs. Response surface analysis for optimal response.

Credits: 3.0
Lec-Rec-Lab: (0-3-0)
Semesters Offered: Fall, Summer
Restrictions: Must be enrolled in one of the following College(s): College of Engineering
Pre-Requisite(s): MEEM 4901(C) or ENT 4950(C) or Graduate Status >= 1

This certificate is also available as an on-campus option.

Why Earn Your Quality Engineering Certificate at MTU?

At Michigan Tech, we educate some of the sharpest engineers in the country. Employers appreciate our high academic standards. Even more so, they recognize our students' drive to do great work and to accomplish even greater things.

The quality engineering certificate at Michigan Tech also takes you beyond the virtual classroom:

Make new connections and grow your professional network. Tap into a robust network of MTU alumni that is over 70,000 strong. We offer access to industry connections and to alumni networks that will help you expand your professional horizons.
Access top innovators in engineering and technology. Learn from experts at the top of their game, from leading scientists to tech industry CEOs. We also regularly welcome guest lecturers representing a variety of industry sectors.
Earn your quality engineering certification online. Our flexible program can fit in wherever you are. We also offer accelerated certificate options.
Gain a foundation for advanced study. Whether you plan to pursue an advanced degree sometime soon or later down the road, each of the quality engineering courses you take satisfies requirements toward a future master's program.

What Can You Do With Your Quality Engineering Certificate?

Gain the mathematical, computational, analytical, and communication skills to open new professional pathways and boost your earning potential. As a quality engineer, you'll develop the expertise to improve processes that drive customer satisfaction, and, in turn, better the overall performance and profitability of your organization. Here are some of the top industries in which quality engineers work:

A quality engineer looking at a computer while he is standing on a factory floor.

Automotive
Energy
Food and Beverage
Manufacturing
Medical and pharmaceutical
Packaging
Technology

On average, industrial engineers earn a median annual salary of $99,380 (US BLS, 2023).

Get Started on Your Online Quality Engineering Certificate.

Take the next step on your educational journey at Michigan Tech. We are here to answer your questions and to help you succeed in your online program.