Vanderbilt University

The Vanderbilt Business Management Certificate
Owen Graduate School of Management

Why Vanderbilt?

Finish your certificate in 6 months
Competitively priced business courses
Flexible, faculty-led courses
Earn 4.5 continuing education units (IACET certified)
U.S. News & World Report ranks Vanderbilt No. 18 (overall) and Owen No. 27 (Best Business Schools)

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To learn more about the Vanderbilt Business Management Certificate, contact a enrollment specialist at 629-284-0124 or fill out the form below to download a brochure.

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The Strategic Leadership class has helped me dig deep into my self-development as a leader. I have been able to implement mechanisms and change management into my current role and look forward to honing in on these skills as I further my career.

Sean WeakleyVanderbilt Owen Graduate School of Management Participant

This style of high-quality instruction from a world-class institution is exactly what I was searching for. This forum is an exceptional opportunity for MBA-level instruction at a pace that accommodates your schedule. Great price, value, and quality for the level of instruction!

Michael KephartVanderbilt Owen Graduate School of Management Participant

Program Overview

The Vanderbilt Business Management Certificate provides participants with a comprehensive, top-to-bottom understanding of the business environment. Engage with MBA-level content in operations, marketing, finance, accounting, analysis, team leadership, and more.

In addition to quantitative skills, you’ll master soft skills so that you can work more effectively with your team, be a stronger advocate for innovative ideas, and successfully lead projects that promote your business goals.

This is an executive education program made for you: Take classes at your own pace. Receive personal feedback from faculty. Work on projects that directly address your workplace challenges. Learn how to leverage your professional experience in order to reach the next level of your career.

Program Outcomes

Speak the language of business
Engage in and influence strategic decisions
Design and lead successful projects
Develop an executive presence
Drive the adoption of innovative ideas
Evaluate a firm’s financial performance
Manage risk effectively
Practice highly effective self and team leadership techniques

The Business Certification Courses

Strategic Leadership. Become a more effective manager of your team, your supervisors, and yourself.
Finance and Accounting. Gain a firm grounding in financial concepts and how to make better-informed financial decisions.
Strategic Innovation. Foster an environment that encourages big ideas and creative thinking—and then turn those ideas into reality.
Strategy and Operations. Learn how to successfully design, execute, and analyze business strategies that achieve your goals.

All courses are taught by faculty who are authorities in their fields.

Complete all 4 courses to earn the certificate and 4.5 continuing education units. While these courses are also available individually, you can save $185 by enrolling in the full 4-course certificate.

Learn more about these business certification courses by downloading our program brochure.

Who Should Apply

The Vanderbilt Business Management Certificate is designed for anyone who wants to progress in their career, increase their leadership skills, and better contribute to the goals of their organization. This includes working professionals, aspiring or practicing managers, and recent graduates who want a strong introduction to the business world without pursuing an MBA.

The skills gained from this online certificate program can be applied to both for-profit and nonprofit organizations of all sizes.

We welcome applicants of all backgrounds and prior experience. We are looking for registrants who are driven and will approach this program with a growth mindset.

Download a program brochure to find out how you can register for one of the country’s best online business certificate programs.

Owen Graduate School of Management

Ranked as a top business school by U.S. News & World Report, Financial Times, Businessweek, and Forbes, the Vanderbilt Owen Graduate School of Management supplies a world-class education on a personal scale. We offer professional development, executive education, and MBA programs online and on campus.

Our top-ranked management education programs are varied, but they all have one thing in common: they provide the knowledge, skills, connections, and support that will help you achieve your career goals.

Our size and focus allows us to interact with students, alumni, and recruiters as individuals. We are intensely and proudly competitive among the best. We shape leaders who understand that collaboration is essential in today’s connected economy. Our alumni go on to lead and manage change, drawing not only on what they learn here about business, but also what they learn about themselves.

The Owen School is a place where you will be challenged to achieve your potential, find support as you shape your future, discover lifelong friends and mentors, and open doors to new possibilities.

Vanderbilt University is a globally renowned research university in the heart of Nashville, Tennessee. The University is dedicated to providing a collaborative atmosphere of discovery that drives positive change in the world.

Along with the Owen Graduate School of Management, the university is home to nationally and internationally recognized graduate schools of law, education, medicine, nursing, and divinity, and it offers robust graduate degree programs across a range of disciplines.

Vanderbilt is committed to inclusive excellence, drawing the world’s brightest students, faculty and distinguished visitors from across all cultural and socioeconomic backgrounds. The University’s prominent alumni base includes Nobel Prize laureates, members of Congress, governors, ambassadors, judges, admirals, CEOs, university presidents, physicians, attorneys, and professional sports figures.

Learn more about professional education at Vanderbilt by downloading our program brochure to the Vanderbilt Business Management Certificate.

Invest in
your future.

The Vanderbilt Business Management Certificate is made for professionals like you who want to gain a competitive advantage and increase their value within their organizations. This online program builds a foundation of business and leadership skills that are readily adaptable to your unique role and career goals.

With the business certificate online, you can attend the top-ranked Vanderbilt Owen Graduate School of Management while working full-time from anywhere in the world. Vanderbilt’s courses are led by industry-defining faculty who encourage creativity and are invested in your success.

At Vanderbilt, we prepare you for a lifetime of professional growth. Discover how you can get started on your business management certificate today.

You’re just four courses away
from a stronger career.

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