Put Your Business Career on the Fast Track
Sharpen your financial, management, and marketing skills and advance your educational and professional goals with this Graduate Certificate program in Foundations of Business from UMass Lowell — a top-ranked, public research university. This online business certificate program, which consists of 6 eight-week courses, is designed for those who hold a technical, liberal arts, education or other non-management degree who are interested in working toward an MBA.

Manning School of Business faculty and instructors are dedicated to excellence in teaching and research, and the program’s challenging, relevant curriculum is aligned with current industry trends and employer needs.
Students who successfully complete the Foundations of Business certificate program and are subsequently accepted into UMass Lowell's Master's Degree in Business Administration program can apply certificate courses in which they receive a B or better to their MBA degree.
Gain Valuable Knowledge for Today's Workplace
With this graduate business certificate program, you will position yourself for success by deepening your professional knowledge of a diverse range of pertinent topics such as:
- Organizational behavior and the practice of management
- The preparation and understanding of financial statements
- Quantitative tools used in operations management and analysis
- The formulation and implementation of marketing strategies
- Analytical techniques and theories applied to financial decision making
- Achieving competitive business advantages in a global environment