Portland State University’s Center for Executive and Professional Education

We see you. At Portland State University’s Center for Executive and Professional Education (CEPE), we believe that personalized attention and expert instruction are key to achieving your professional goals. That's why we offer a unique learning experience that sets us apart from large, impersonal online programs. Whether it’s via a certificate program or customized training for your organization, you'll receive guidance from industry professionals and gain immediately applicable skills in a supportive environment.  When you choose CEPE, you can trust that you'll receive the attention, expertise, and support you need to succeed.

CEPE has empowered over 40,000 professionals to accelerate their careers. Our non-credit, professional education courses are delivered either in person or in a virtual format with live instructor and student interaction- and in some cases, fully online and asynchronous. Please see the respective program pages for details. 

Registering is easy! All of our certificate programs are short-term and designed for adult learners so there are no prerequisites. Our programs don't require a formal application to the university and we have an easy registration system; learn about our registration process here.

While some industries are expanding exponentially, others are contracting, leaving workers to transform themselves for an entirely different job, industry, or sector…. a reskilling crisis [that will result in] 1.4 million jobs in the US alone [being] vulnerable to disruption from technology and other factors by 2026.

- World Economic Forum
 

CEPE's Core Values

CEPE’s core values create a unique learning environment for individual professionals and support growth in business excellence for organizations.