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How to Apply

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• Admission Requirements
• Language Proficiency Requirement
• Earning the Certificate
• Application Process
• Fees and Tuition
• Onsite Contract Training

If you are familiar with the program and application process, you can go directly to the application form.

Admission Requirements

Either a baccalaureate degree and two years of work experience, an associate of arts degree and four years of work experience, or six years of project-related work experience. The work experience can be in construction, banking, engineering, computer-related fields, utilities, aerospace, government agencies, or in any other type of organization in which project management skills can be applied. Applicants do not need prior project management work experience, but those with such experience are preferred.

International Students: This program does not qualify as full-time study, and therefore does not meet requirements for an F-1 visa. However, if you are an F-1 student currently enrolled full-time in another program, OR you are in the U.S. on some other type of visa (not F-1), you may be eligible to take a certificate program or course. For complete details, or to contact an adviser, see Visa Information.

Language Proficiency Requirement

Applicants must meet one of the following English language proficiency requirements, if they are a non-native English language speaker and have not attended English-speaking schools for more than a number of years.

• A TOEFL score of at least 500 (or 173 computer-based)
• A TOEIC score of at least 650
• An IELTS score of at least 6.0
• An ACE (American Cultural Exchange) score of at least level 5
• Completion of the upper division of the University of Washington Intensive English Program (campus or downtown)
• Completion of a UW Certificate Program in English for Business Purposes (EIBP)

Earning the Certificate

Participants are evaluated in each course on the basis of standards established by the instructors and advisory board. At the end of each course or module, participants are notified of successful or unsuccessful completion. Because courses are arranged sequentially and are offered only once each year, participants need to successfully complete all courses in the previous term before they advance to the next term.

When the required courses are completed in this noncredit course of study, students earn a certificate, which is presented at the annual UW Extension awards ceremony.

Application Process

Single Review Process: The 2008-2009 program begins in October 2008. Applications for this program are now being accepted. The deadline for receipt of applications at UW Extension is 5 p.m. on August 20, 2008. After this date, you are encouraged to call 206-685-8936 or e-mail us to learn if a program is still accepting applications.

To Apply: Please submit one copy of the application form with a $50 certificate program fee* and four stapled application sets, which include the following clearly labeled documents:

1. A letter of application (250-word maximum) describing your (a) experience in project management, if any, and/or transferable skills or knowledge of the field, and (b) commitment to ongoing professional growth;
2. Your résumé listing education and applicable experience; and
3. Your college transcripts from the institution, including the UW, which awarded your highest or most pertinent degree. Unofficial transcripts are acceptable.

Application Review: Applications are evaluated by a review committee designated by the advisory board. Selection of program participants is based on admission requirements and may be competitive.

Enrollment: Applicants receive written notification if they are accepted for enrollment, accepted and waitlisted, or not accepted for this program after September 8, 2008. Those accepted to the program are sent registration information for the first-term course(s).

Waitlist: Some programs maintain a waitlist for applicants accepted after the program has reached enrollment capacity. If space becomes available, waitlisted applicants will be notified and given an opportunity to enroll. If space does not become available, waitlisted applicants will be offered a space in the next program offering.

* The certificate program fee is not refundable and does not guarantee admission to, or enrollment in, the program.

Fees and Tuition

Tuition is payable on a term-by-term basis. Tuition for the entire program is $3,171, excluding certificate program and registration fees and textbooks. There is a $50 nonrefundable certificate program fee to apply to this program and a $35 nonrefundable registration fee each term. First-term tuition of $1,057, plus the nonrefundable registration fee, is due by Sept. 18, 2008. The fees include refreshments served on the program's last day.

Optional fees for a Uniform Access computer account are $55 (quarterly). The University's tuition exemption policy does not apply to this program. Fees and tuition are subject to change.

Information on registration and refund policies and procedures is included with registration materials.

Onsite Contract Training Certificate programs or individual courses can be customized and delivered onsite in convenient formats to fit employees' workdays. Companies or organizations who wish to consider onsite training for groups of 20 or more should contact TBA.

Single-Course Enrollment

Interested in taking just one class? Some courses in this program (those courses designated by a ) are open for single-course enrollment to those who do not wish to earn the certificate. Because some courses require prior knowledge and experience in the field, those interested in taking individual courses need to submit these materials:

1. A completed application for single-course enrollment;
2. A résumé listing your work-related experience, and a typed (250-word maximum) letter of application describing your experience/knowledge and how it was acquired.

Please note that courses taken as a non-certificate student are not automatically applied toward a certificate of completion in the program. Single-course enrollments are on a space-available basis. No certificate program fee is necessary; tuition is not accepted until you are notified of eligibility.