Professional Development Program
Providing doctoral students with transferable skills needed to succeed in the classroom and workplace.
NYU Tandon School of Engineering is committed to identifying and implementing strategies to support and educate doctoral students who emerge as leaders in their professions.
To enhance the development of doctoral students, we have implemented activities and programs that target their mentorship, leadership, and teamwork skills, among others.
Expand Your Degree with a Digital Badge
We offer a professional development badge, which is a credential you can earn alongside your PhD studies. This is a competency-based, small-scale learning credential designed to amplify your learning experience while verifying your skill attainment for future employers. Our badge enables you to instantly stand out in a competitive marketplace for expertise that builds on your degree.
To earn a badge, you must successfully complete 4 tracks. This requires attending all sessions and fulfilling 70% or more of a track’s deliverables on a pass/fail basis to earn the credential.
Explore Upcoming Tracks
Enhance the knowledge and proficiencies you are building in your doctoral studies with curated tracks. These professional development programs offer a focus on critical skills, targeting areas such as mentorship, collaboration, and leadership.
Spring 2025
Digital Literacy, February 14th and February 21st
Digital Literacy for Research
In today’s rapidly evolving academic landscape, digital literacy is an essential skill for PhD students. In this workshop, you will gain a deeper understanding of how to conduct ethical research, and learn best practices in data management, open science, communication and publications, and building a scholarly profile.
Leadership, April 3rd and April 4th
Effective Negotiation, Team Building, and Decision Making
Enhance your management and leadership skills in this workshop, with a focus on understanding negotiation basics, recognizing your and others' styles, avoiding common mistakes, comprehending power dynamics in negotiations, appreciating team dynamics, and providing constructive feedback.
Past Courses
Mentoring and Dissertation
Own Your PhD Process: Lessons Learned from the Dissertation Institute and Being an Effective Mentee and Mentor
Holly Matusovich, PhD, Virginia Tech College of Engineering
Jeremi London, PhD, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Examine strategies that enable you to take greater ownership of your doctoral education experience and progress toward degree completion. Learn tactics for becoming more effective as both a mentee and a mentor, in ways that are specific to engineering and science.
Teamwork
Teamwork Workshop or How to Play Nice with Others!
Doris Schultz, MBA, Senior Director of Research Administration, NYU Tandon School of Engineering
Discover how to effectively transfer your engineering skills into the work environment. You’ll hone your ability to collaborate well with team members and increase your value as an employee.
Register
Registration for each track is individual. Fill out the registration form corresponding to the track you are interested in, and we'll contact you to confirm your place in our next cohort.