Build Project Management Skills With Cornell

Cornell combines academic rigor, deep faculty expertise, and practical, applied learning designed to help you become a more capable project manager. The curriculum is developed by faculty from Cornell Duffield Engineering with expertise spanning project management, systems, leadership, and decision making. Rather than simply watching content, you’ll apply what you learn through practical tools, real-world scenarios, and project work, with expert facilitation and feedback along the way.

Your learning also extends beyond the certificate program. You’ll receive access to PMP® exam preparation, two years of Cornell’s Project Management Symposium, and opportunities to learn alongside other professionals — all backed by a professional certificate from Cornell University that reflects the rigor and quality of your learning experience.

Cornell’s online project management programs are designed for working professionals, giving you the flexibility to build new capabilities without stepping away from your career. Short, focused courses provide structure and momentum while allowing you to balance your learning with professional and personal responsibilities. You’ll also have opportunities for interaction, expert guidance, and feedback throughout the learning experience.

Cornell emphasizes learning by doing, so you’ll move beyond project management theory to practice the tools and approaches professionals use to plan, manage, and deliver projects. Through applied assignments and project work, you’ll build experience with areas such as project planning, scheduling, resources, risk, and performance, developing practical capabilities you can bring directly back to your work.

Cornell offers three certificate programs based on the capabilities you want to develop. Choose Project Management to build core technical skills in planning, scheduling, resources, risk, and project controls. Choose Project Leadership to strengthen communication, team leadership, stakeholder engagement, and other people-centered capabilities. Or choose Project Management 360, for the most comprehensive path, combining technical project management with project leadership skills.

Cornell goes beyond passive, self-directed learning. You’ll build project management capabilities through applied projects, practical tools, and real-world scenarios, supported by Cornell-developed curriculum, expert facilitation and feedback, and engagement with fellow professionals. The experience is designed to help you move from understanding project management concepts to confidently applying them in your work.
Your learning also extends beyond the coursework. Certificate enrollment includes two years of access to Cornell’s Project Management Symposium, where you can explore timely project management topics through live, interactive sessions and engage with experts and professionals from the Cornell community and beyond.

Yes. Cornell recognizes that successful project management requires more than schedules, budgets, and processes. Depending on the certificate you choose, you can develop technical capabilities in planning, resources, risk, project controls, and agile approaches alongside leadership skills such as communication, emotional intelligence, team leadership, stakeholder management, and conflict management. Project Management 360 brings both dimensions together in one comprehensive program.

Cornell’s Project Management, Project Leadership, and Project Management 360 certificate programs include access to a five-week PMP® Certification Preparation Program designed to support your exam preparation. The instructor-led experience combines focused review of key concepts with guided practice exams, preparation strategies, and live opportunities to ask questions and identify areas for additional study.
This allows you to first build practical project management and leadership capabilities through your Cornell certificate program, then focus specifically on preparing for the PMP® exam through structured review and guided practice.