UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE

Online Graduate Certificate in Research Data Management

Research Data Management

Degree
Graduate Certificate
College
College of Communication & Information
Modality
Synchronous: Live, real-time. Asynchronous: Pre-recorded content available anytime. Hybrid: Combination of asynchronous and synchronous.
Synchronous
12 Credit Hours
$744
Out-of-State cost per credit hour is $819
Cost Per Credit
Fall, Spring, Summer Admission Terms

Program Overview

Learn how to collaborate with researchers and manage their data throughout its lifecycle. The University of Tennessee, Knoxville’s online Graduate Certificate in Research Data Management (RDM) will empower you to apply advanced data management knowledge across various settings, including industry, national labs, and academia. Our Research Data Management Certification is for current graduate students or practitioners with a graduate degree. Beyond the core course, you can select from many others, such as Metadata, to refine your expertise.

Why Earn a Research Data Management Graduate Certificate?

The graduate certificate in Research Data Management will enable graduate students to develop knowledge and skills about working with researchers to help manage their research data. Research data management (RDM) focuses on all stages of the data lifecycle, including data planning, collection, description, access, use, preservation, and reuse of research data. Our graduates work with researchers to provide research data management expertise in industry, national labs, and other academic settings. Research data management is essential as funding agencies, publishers, and industry increasingly require data management plans, data deposition in trusted repositories, and data sharing. This 4-course, 12-credit-hour graduate certificate in Research Data Management benefits students already in a graduate program who want to supplement their courses with this specialization or those who already have a graduate degree and want to learn more about research data management to enhance their careers.

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