This is a new category of online Master’s level education that was initially pioneered by MIT – Massachusetts Institute of Technology with the intention of bridging the knowledge gap between higher education and the work environment. These modular programs offer a credential leading to credit and also provides learners with high-quality education from some of the best universities to help them launch and advance their careers or pursue an accelerated Master’s program.
MicroMasters by edX is a revolutionary initiative whose mission is to increase access to high-quality as well as career relevant education at affordable prices.
edX has partnered with 14 top universities that include MIT, Columbia University, Thunderbird School of Global Management, University of Michigan, Rochester Institute of Technology among others to offer MicroMasters programs enabling learners to pursue advanced education in a flexible and affordable manner. Subjects range from artificial intelligence, supply chain management and project management. The various MicroMasters courses have been created by professional edX University partners and are recognized by top companies besides leading to great career outcomes.
The MicroMasters programs were developed after close consultations with industry stakeholders in order to understand the challenges they face when hiring or developing a competent workforce.
According to the CEO of edX Anant Agarwal, the workplace environment has rapidly changed thus employers are constantly looking for highly-developed talent with career-relevant skills.
Earning a MicroMasters certificate is almost half as valuable as the traditional Master’s degree and is also a great standalone credential that enables learners to advance their careers.
List of MicroMaster Programs
The University of California, San Diego via edx
- Pavel Pevzner, Daniel Kane, Alexander S. Kulikov, Michael Levin, Neil Rhodes, Phillip
Compeau - 8-10 hours a week, 3-7 weeks long
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Rochester Institute of Technology via edx
- Mike Johansson, Lorraine Justice, Jennifer Englert, Dan Harel
- 8-12 hours a week, 6 weeks long
Curtin University via edx
- Cesar Ortega-Sanchez, Lenin Gopal, Regina Reine Hendranata, Eleanor Sandry, Iain Murray AM, Nazanin Mohammadi, Aloke Phatak, Johannes U. Herrmann, Valerie Maxville, Joshua Gilchrist
- 2-8 hours a week, 5-12 weeks long
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology via edx
- John Tsitsiklis, Patrick Jaillet, Dimitri Bertsekas, Esther Duflo, Sara Fisher Ellison, Philippe Rigollet, Regina Barzilay, Tommi Jaakkola, Qing He, Eren Can Kizildag, Jimmy Li, Jagdish Ramakrishnan, Katie Szeto, Kuang Xu, Jan-Christian Hütter
- 10-14 hours a week, 2-16 weeks long
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Doane University via edx
- Nicholas King, Alice Kindschuh, Kimberley Meisinger, Jody Woodworth, Debora Sepich, Susan Sapp, Helen Abdali Soosan Fagan, Stephanie LaPuma
- 5-10 hours a week, 1-5 weeks long
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology via edx
- Yossi Sheffi, James Blayney Rice, Jarrod Goentzel, Bruce Arntzen, Christopher Cassa, Chris Caplice, Eva Ponce
- 8-12 hours a week, 1-13 weeks long
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The University of Queensland via edx
- Daniel Egger, Jana Schaich Borg
- 3-5 hours a week, 4 weeks long
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University of California, Berkeley via edx
- Stephan Sorger, Honored Instructor
- 5-7 hours a week, 4 weeks long
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Duke University via edx
- Daniel Egger, Jana Schaich Borg
- 3-5 hours a week, 4 weeks long
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Project Management via edx
- Leonie Fernandes, Celine Gullace
- 8-12 hours a week, 1-11 weeks long
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The University of Queensland via edx
- Simon Smart, Andrew Garnett, Will Steffen, Peta Ashworth, Diego Schmeda, Geoff Bongers, Martin Oettinger
- 8-10 hours a week, 8-11 weeks long
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The University of Queensland via edx
- Martie-Louise Verreynne, Anna Jenkins, Tim Kastelle, John Steen
- 8-10 hours a week, 5-10 weeks long
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Rochester Institute of Technology via edx
- Bo Yuan, Jonathan S. Weissman, Yin Pan, Tong Sun
- 10-12 hours a week, 8 weeks long
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Columbia University via edx
- Daniel Guetta, Hardeep Johar, Vineet Goyal, Kamel Jedidi, Asim Ansari, Costis Maglaras
- 8-10 hours a week, 12 weeks long
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Boston University via edx
- Kristen J. McCormack, Darrell Griffin, N. Venkat Venkatraman, Marshall Van Alstyne, Paul R. Carlile, Ben Lubin, John W. Byers, Chris Dellarocas, Andrei Lapets, Sandra Deacon Carr, Lloyd Baird
- 4-8 hours a week, 6-8 weeks long
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Columbia University via edx
- Ansaf Salleb-Aouissi, John W. Paisley, Matei Ciocarlie, Eitan Grinspun
- 8-10 hours a week, 12 weeks long
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The Georgia Institute of Technology via edx
- Yu Jeffrey Hu, Sridhar Narasimhan, Richard W. Vuduc, Joel Sokol, Beverly Wright
- 5-10 hours a week, 15 weeks long
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University of Pennsylvania via edx
- Ani Hsieh, Camillo J. Taylor, Mark Yim, Jianbo Shi, Kostas Daniilidis, Dan Lee, Vijay Kumar, Dan Koditschek
- 8-10 hours a week, 12 weeks long
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University of Adelaide via edx
- Katrina Falkner, Claudia Szabo, Nick Falkner, David Suter, Lewis Mitchell, Simon Tuke, Frank Neumann, Wanru (Kelly) Gao, Aneta Neumann, Vahid Roostapour, Gary Glonek, Lingqiao Liu, Gavin Meredith, Ian Knight, Markus Wagner
- 8-10 hours a week, 6-10 weeks long
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UMUC, University System of Maryland via edx
- Durvatheheir (Chris) Esquire, Jeff Tjiputra, Andrzej (Andrew) Hoppe, Oussama Saafein, Thomas Underhill, Zeeshan Khan, Richard Utter
- 8-10 hours a week, 8 weeks long
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The University of Maryland, College Park, University System of Maryland via edx
- Ritu Agarwal, Kathryn Bartol, Progyan Basu, Margrét Bjarnadóttir, Gilad Chen, Nicole Coomber, Michael FaulkenderTrevor Foulk, Judy Frels, David Godes, Anandasivam Gopal, Anil Gupta, Rebecca Hann, P.K. Kannan, Michael Kimbrough, Henry Lucas, Wendy Moe, Neta Moye, Myeong-Gu Seo, Nick Seybert, Subra Tangirala, Susan White
- 8-10 hours a week, 7 weeks long
UMUC, University System of Maryland via edx
- James Coker, Associate Professor and Program Chair, Bioinformatics and Biotechnology Regulatory Affairs Specializations
- 8-10 hours a week, 8 weeks long
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Universidad Galileo via edx
- Jorge Giuffra, Rocael Hernández, Maria Isabel Palomar Bernardino, Byron Ajin, Adrián Catalán, Francisco Anzueto, Byron Linares, John Chávez, Pedro Borrayo, Rocael Hernández, Jorge VargasVictor Orozco, Noe Branagan
- 8-10 hours a week, 5-8 weeks long
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The University of Queensland via edx
- Mark Moran, Andre Taylor, Bernard McKenna, Ali Intezari, Nina Lansbury Hall, Saleem H. Ali, Jodie Curth-Bibb, Jeffrey D. Sachs, Sarah Glavey, Tim Grice, Erin Lord-Lynch
- 10-12 hours a week, 3-12 weeks long
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Indian Institute of Management Bangalore via edx
- Ashis Mishra, MS Narasimhan, Suresh Bhagavatula, Vasanthi Srinivasan
- 4-6 hours a week, 6-11 weeks long
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Indian Institute of Management Bangalore via edx
- Ashok Thampy, Ashis Mishra, Sai Yayavaram, P D Jose, Vasanthi Srinivasan, MS Narasimhan, B. Mahadevan, Rejie George Pallathita
- 4-6 hours a week, 5-9 weeks long
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MicroMaster Program is developed to enhance one’s skills from world’s top universities and get better job opportunities.