Continuing & Professional Education

Professional Development. Personal Enrichment.

Certificate programs, noncredit courses, summer institutes and professional development programs for rising stars, career-switchers and the intellectually curious.

Whether you’re looking to enhance your career, expand your faith or explore new ideas, the University of Dallas offers nondegree-seeking adults a number of programs, courses and experiences through our four main schools and colleges. While many of these programs are open to anyone, some do require an advanced degree or professional credential in order to attend. Please check with the individual program if you are unclear about academic requirements or other prerequisites.

Program Listings

  • Business
    • Graduate Certificates
      • Accounting
      • Business Analytics
      • Cybersecurity
      • Finance
      • Information & Technology Management
    • Professional Development
      • Certified Financial Planner
      • Certified Treasury Professional
      • Certified Information Systems Security Professional Training (CISSP®)
      • HR Manager
  • Education
    • Elementary Certification 
    • Middle School Certification
    • Secondary Certification
    • All-Level Certification
      • EC-12
      • Art
      • Theater Arts (Drama)
      • LOTE (Languages Other Than English)
  • Ministry
    • Catholic Biblical School
    • Adult Faith Formation
    • Programas en Espanol
    • Deacon Formation
    • Rome Program
  • Summer Institute in Classical Languages

News

Senior Story 2020: For Bio Major, UD's Value Transcends Science

When it came time for Ana Henriquez, BA '20 and Class of 2020 valedictorian, to pick a college, she knew she wanted a small, Catholic, liberal arts university that offered both biology and Latin. That sounds like UD in a nutshell, and she thought so too. In the spring of her senior year of high school at The Atonement Academy in San Antonio, as she approached UD's campus for her last visit, she knew she would spend the next four years there and shouted to her mom, "Look, that's my tower! That's my home!"

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Senior Story 2020: Legacy Physics Major Soars Toward Aerospace

Given his strong UD legacy, Bill Bennett, BS '20, was practically destined to attend the University of Dallas. Stories about UD's Rome Program and rugby were essential aspects of Bennett's childhood given that both of his parents, as well as many extended relatives, are UD alumni. But while UD was in his blood, he ultimately chose UD because he wanted both a liberal arts education and a degree in physics, and he knew UD was the best place to combine the two.

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Senior Story 2020: Business Major Pursues Cybersecurity

It is not uncommon for the University of Dallas (UD) and the University of Texas at Dallas (UTD) to get confused, and Adella Klinte, BA '20, was unfortunately subject to that confusion. When she applied to UD, Klinte thought she was applying to UTD. Crazy though it may seem, Klinte thinks it was God's plan all along.

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