Certificate in Soft Materials for Life Sciences

Program Overview

The interdisciplinary graduate certificate in soft materials for life sciences, offered by UMass Amherst, equips students with knowledge and skills to drive applications in life sciences utilizing soft materials. Through collaboration with faculty and mentors, students develop expertise in sensors and immunology, as well as essential professional skills such as communication, creativity, and management. The program prepares graduates for leadership roles in academia, industry, education, government, and more.

Program Outline

Degree Overview:

The interdisciplinary graduate certificate in soft materials for life sciences teaches you how soft materials can drive applications in the life sciences, especially in sensors and at the interface with immunology. You’ll work with faculty and peer mentors across several departments as you build professional skills combining deep domain expertise with training in communications, creativity, team building, and management. You’ll become a highly skilled leader ready to pursue a range of careers in academic or industrial research, all levels of education, government science, and areas of science policy, advocacy, entrepreneurship, and writing.

Careers:

You’ll become a highly skilled leader ready to pursue a range of careers in academic or industrial research, all levels of education, government science, and areas of science policy, advocacy, entrepreneurship, and writing.

Other:

The program is offered by the Graduate School at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. The program is interdisciplinary and involves working with faculty and peer mentors across several departments.