The goals of the Academic Foundations Certificate program are to provide CE faculty participants with the core competencies required to be successful academicians while balancing competing demands. This will occur through opportunities to develop skills (particularly focused on scholarship), create strategic career plans, foster mentoring relationships, and to strive for attitudinal orientation toward resilience and self-care within the context of advanced approaches to time-management.
Graduate Certificate in Academic Foundations at University of Pennsylvania
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Graduate Certificate in Academic Foundations at University of Pennsylvania
University of Pennsylvania offers the Graduate Certificate of Academic Foundations as a full-time degree delivered on campus at its main campus in Philadelphia, United States of America. Taught in English and completed over 1 year, the program equips students with the theoretical knowledge and practical skills required for academic foundations and related professional fields. The next available intake begins on May 22, 2027.
About Graduate Certificate in Academic Foundations
Disciplines
Perelman School of Medicine
Requirements and Admission Criteria for Graduate Certificate in Academic Foundations at University of Pennsylvania
Entry Requirements
Our admission decisions are made prior to the announcement of results for many national examinations (such as the A Levels or French Baccalaureate), but applicants are expected to be enrolled in programs that prepare them for these examinations. If you are enrolled in a program that will not release external examination results prior to our application deadlines, you must request that your school send us predictions of external examination results along with your grades.
Where national examinations are required for admission to a pre-university program (such as the IGCSE or the SPM), you should have received high marks on these examinations and should present certified copies of the results with your Penn application.
Students in our diverse global community have a wide range of passions, perspectives, and talents. Beyond academics, we would like to learn about your non-scholarly interests, extracurricular activities, and community service (though we recognize that patterns for non-academic involvement vary from country to country).
English Requirements
- IELTSMin 7
- TOEFLMin 100
Fee Information
Application Fee 75
How to Apply
Offline Recommendation
Penn strongly prefers that recommenders submit letters of recommendation online through the admissions system. If, however, your recommender is unable to submit an online recommendation, please follow these instructions:
1) Select the “Recommendation Form PDF Download” and download the form.
2) Complete the first section. Be sure to include the address of the appropriate admissions office — refer to the "Contact Graduate Admissions" list below.
3) Print out the form and provide it to your recommender.
Please note:
- If you are applying to a program in Nursing, print out and provide your recommender with these special instructions for completing your letter of recommendation.
- If you are applying to a program in the School of Social Policy & Practice, print out and provide your recommender with these special instructions for completing your letter of recommendation.
4) Your recommender should send the form directly to the admissions office you designate, along with the letter of recommendation.
Graduate Certificate in Academic Foundations at University of Pennsylvania
University of Pennsylvania
United States of America, Philadelphia