Benefits and Services

Education for Working Professionals (EWP) is one of Rensselaer's four core enterprises and encompasses a range of programs designed specifically for current and future workforce leaders with a range of high-end, customized degree, certificate, and professional development programs. Program content flows from the heart of Rensselaer's research strengths and unique academic programs. Rensselaer supports this vision by forging strategic partnerships with businesses, governments, universities, and innovative professionals who impact society and technology around the nation and the world. Rensselaer is dedicated to providing an interactive learning environment for students who are seeking high level knowledge while they hone their analytical capabilities and leadership skills and enhance their innovative thinking. Rensselaer graduates who are executives, senior professionals, managers, and individuals with high potential— become architects of their futures. With dramatic increases in the rate of change, working professionals expect and demand an academic environment that fits the evolving needs of their fast-paced world, and Rensselaer responds to this need through the EWP enterprise.

Benefits to Participants: Rensselaer's programs for working professionals benefit students and their employers in many ways.

The benefits to the working professional:

• Receive an unsurpassed education from a highly regarded technological research university.
• Interact with and learn from world-renowned faculty engaged in the latest research.
• Engage in project teams within or outside of your organization.
• Participate with other working professionals from diverse companies and government agencies to share experiences and knowledge base.

The benefits to employers:

• Gain competitive advantage by exposing employees to the latest technological advancements from leading educators and researchers.
• Strengthen the ability to attract and retain high-quality employees.
• Maintain employees in the work force while updating skills and knowledge toward targeted organizational goals.

Meeting the ongoing educational needs of working professionals requires an active collaboration between industry and higher education. The success of this relationship is a joint responsibility between Rensselaer, corporate students, and their employers. Participating employers must be committed to creating a setting that recognizes and supports the need for continued growth among the company's technical professionals.

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