In order to encourage students to engage within and across departmental, divisional, and disciplinary boundaries, Yale College offers language certificates, interdisciplinary certificates and a broad range of skills-based certificates. The Graduate School offers a number of certificate programs as well.
For a complete list of Yale College Certificates, see Certificates in Yale College.
Only students enrolled in a bachelor’s degree program are eligible to earn a Yale College certificate.
A certificate is not a smaller version of a major; instead, it offers opportunities for students to deepen a skill or to bring disparate elements into focus. There are three types of certificates offered at Yale College:
See Certificates in Yale College for complete information. Only students enrolled in a bachelor’s degree program are eligible to earn a certificate.
Students interested in earning certificates should understand how these programs fit within Yale’s academic framework. Yale’s curricular policies help you organize your diverse academic interests into coherent sets of courses while ensuring depth in each area of study.
Declare your certificate by your final term of enrollment on either September 15 or January 15 on the Certificate page on Yale Hub.
After declaration, Degree Audit will automatically track your certificate requirements alongside your major progress.