Professional Certificate in Data Engineering

Get cutting-edge skills to advance your data engineering career.

  • START DATE March 19, 2025 More Dates
  • TIME COMMITMENT 15-20 hours/week
  • DURATION 6 months
  • FORMAT Online
  • CEUs 36
  • PRICE $7,800
As data grows even more integral to business, it’s easy to see why “data engineer” was ranked as the fastest growing tech occupation in 2020. The need for data engineers who can build out the infrastructure necessary to put data to work is intensifying, and the MIT xPRO Professional Certificate in Data Engineering can help you meet this demand with job-ready data engineering skills that offer a competitive edge in the marketplace. You will emerge from the program armed with a GitHub portfolio to showcase to potential employers.

WHAT YOU WILL LEARN

MIT xPRO is collaborating with online education provider Emeritus to deliver this online program. By clicking LEARN MORE, you will be taken to a page where you can download the brochure and apply to the program via Emeritus.

  • Learn to code in Python
  • Use SQL to create databases
  • Wrangle and analyze millions of pieces of data using databases in Python
  • Understand how networks work, including IPs, security, and servers
  • Manage big data using data warehousing and workflow management platforms
  • Use cutting-edge data engineering platforms and tools to manage data
  • Explore artificial intelligence and machine learning concepts, including reinforcement learning and deep neural networks

WHO SHOULD ENROLL

  • Recent STEM graduates/postgraduates/interns looking to start a career in this high-growth field by gaining exposure to data engineering
  • Early career software engineers/technology professionals seeking to train in the latest data engineering tools and techniques and advance their careers
  • Mid-career professionals aiming to switch to data engineering from IT, analytics, finance, project management, supply chain, or another technical field
  • Prerequisites for the program: A minimum of a bachelor's degree and some programming experience is recommended.