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Boost Your Skills, Achieve Your Goals and Stand Out

Microcredentials at UWM allow you to learn new skills or grow your existing ones for in-demand fields. Longer than a single college course but shorter than certificate or degree programs, microcredentials teach specific skills and competencies that enhance your professional performance and personal satisfaction.  

Your Fast Track to Career Advancement

Enhance and expand your skills in a variety of in-demand disciplines. Earn a valuable digital badge upon microcredential completion. 

Reach Your Goals
Spend less time and money to reach your academic and career goals.
Gain New Skills
Upgrade your resume with new or refined skills.
Attract Employers
Stand out in an increasingly competitive job market.
Lifelong Learning
Easily become a lifelong learner with our growing selection of new microcredentials.

For-Credit Microcredentials

Credit-bearing microcredentials will be documented on your UWM transcript. All microcredentials (credit and noncredit) have associated badges.

Non-Credit Microcredentials

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Non-credit Microcredential
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Non-credit Microcredential

Focused, Skills-based Learning

Keep Your Skills Up to Date

Offered at the undergraduate and graduate level, UWM microcredentials can complement existing certificate and degree programs or serve as a standalone course of study.  

Find New Opportunities in In-demand Fields

Broaden your skills in a variety of in-demand disciplines. Earn a valuable, career-enhancing digital badge upon microcredential completion. 

Gain the Credentials to Unlock New Career Opportunities

Microcredentials provide practical, real-world skills that employers are looking for. They help you build targeted expertise and can prepare you for a new path.

Move Your Career Forward with Stackable Skills

Stack microcredentials to align learning with your goals. Focus on one subject or explore many while working toward badges, certificates or degrees.

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Next Steps

Get answers and details about advancing your skills faster and more affordably with UWM microcredentials.