The Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) Advanced Certificate focuses on strengthening the pool of qualified OSH professionals in New York State. The program aims to meet industry needs by providing multidisciplinary training that includes coursework, projects, and research in safety, ergonomics, industrial hygiene, and epidemiology.
This program offers individuals within our region the opportunity to pursue a graduate certificate that offers formal education and training concentrated in OSH without having to leave Western New York.
The training program offers a multi-disciplinary training experience to students who want to gain the required depth and breadth of knowledge across key OSH disciplines, including safety, ergonomics, industrial hygiene, and epidemiology to be successful as OSH practitioners.
Program total: 13 credits
Classes Required:
Fall 1: IE 536: Work Phsiology- 3 credits
Spring 1: MT 600: Industial Hygiene- 4 credits
Fall 2: IE 541: Human Factors in Safety- 3 credits
Spring 2: EEH 500: Principles of Epidemiology-3 credits
All students who are currently enrolled in the MS or PhD programs in ISE or MAE, and are in good standing, can apply for admission to this certificate program.
All other applicants (e.g., applicants who wish to earn the advanced certificate without enrolling one of the related graduate degree programs or applicants from other departments) must meet the following admission requirements:
Students should apply for the program using the online graduate application form.
Prospective students who just want to pursue this certificate (e.g., are not currently enrolled in or applying to another SEAS graduate program at UB) should provide transcripts from all prior institutions, along with a personal statement, resume, and one letter of recommendation. GRE scores are not required.
Current ISE and MAE students should attach a current transcript but do not need to submit letters of recommendation, personal statements, or GRE scores.
Other current SEAS graduate students should provide a personal statement relevant to this certificate program and copies of their current transcript and transcripts from previous institutions including their bachelor’s institution. Recommendation letters and GRE scores are not required.
Prospective graduate students who are applying to other UB graduate programs may additionally apply to this certificate program. Complete a separate GradMIT application in addition to the primary degree application. Provide a personal statement relevant to this certificate program and indicate the primary degree program in the statement. No additional documents (letters, GRE scores, transcripts) are required for the certificate application.
Fall Admission
Spring Admission
Our ISE graduate program ranks 19th across public universities, according to the U.S. News & World Report graduate program rankings.