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O'Neill School Of Public and Environmental Affairs

Graduate

Certificate Programs

Ten graduate certificates are offered by the Paul H. O'Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs at IUPUI:

Admissions

Admission Eligibility  The student must have a bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university to apply. For the Certificate in Social Entrepreneurship, students must be enrolled in the O'Neill MPA or Kelley School of Business MBA.

Application  Application and program information can be found online at https://oneill.iupui.edu/.  Students should apply to an O'Neill graduate program using the online application.

Application Deadlines  Application deadlines for the certificate programs are May 15 for the fall semester, Sept. 15 for the spring semester, and March 15 for the summer sessions.

Application Fee  Students must pay a nonrefundable application fee.

Program Restrictions
  1. Students admitted to an O'Neill graduate degree program are not eligible for admission nor awarding of a certificate in the same concentration of their graduate degree.
  2. Transfer credit, course substitutions, or course waivers are not accepted for fulfilling the certificate requirements.
  3. Students enrolled in a certificate program can only confer the certificate with a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0 (B) in all required coursework. 
  4. A student may be dismissed if, after 9 credit hours of coursework, the GPA is below a 3.0.
  5. Admission to or successful completion of a certificate program does not guarantee subsequent admission to an O'Neill graduate degree program.
  6. Students enrolled in a certificate program who apply to an O'Neill graduate degree programs must meet all existing admission requirements, or may request a waiver if they complete at least three classes towards the certificate with a 3.5 GPA or higher.