Meet the growing demand for experts in semiconductor processing and manufacturing.
Program Format
100% Online
3 Total Courses
(9 credits)
Complete in
8 Months
Top 30
Public University
Cost per Credit Hour
$995
Upcoming Start Information
Start Date
May 12, 2025
App Deadline
April 28, 2025
Semiconductor Manufacturing, Processing, and Devices – Graduate Certificate
The semiconductor industry is experiencing unprecedented growth, which has created strong demand for skilled scientists and engineers. Michigan State University’s Graduate Certificate in Semiconductor Manufacturing, Processing, and Devices provides specialized training in the technologies driving our digital future. Position yourself at the cutting edge of this critical field, which impacts nearly every industry.
The Graduate Certificate in Semiconductor Manufacturing, Processing, and Devices offers research and training in semiconductors, and is designed to make students more competitive for careers in semiconductor processing and manufacturing.
Your Choice
Take the certificate by itself or combine it with your master’s degree studies.
Our semiconductor program features faculty who have designed chips powering today’s most advanced technologies. Their industry connections and practical knowledge transform complex theory into skills you can apply immediately.
What You’ll Learn
This certificate provides you with practical expertise in semiconductor technology. You’ll learn how to:
- Design and simulate advanced integrated circuits
- Master semiconductor fabrication techniques
- Understand device physics and operation
- Develop micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS)
- Apply cleanroom procedures and testing methodologies
Career Opportunities
Graduates are prepared for advanced positions in:
- Semiconductor device engineering
- Integrated circuit design
- MEMS development
- Process engineering
- Research and development
- Manufacturing operations
Explore our careers page to discover more career opportunities.
$127k
Semiconductor device engineers earn a median salary of $127,000.
Transform Your Certificate Into a Master’s Degree
Maximize your career potential by applying all 9 credits from your Semiconductor Manufacturing, Processing, and Device Certificate toward the elective requirement of MSU’s prestigious online Master of Science in Electrical and Computer Engineering.
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Admission Summary
All it takes is three simple steps:
Step 1: Complete the online application:
It only takes 10 minutes to get started, and your application saves automatically so you can come back to it whenever you’d like.
Step 2: Submit your documents:
- Official transcripts from all previous universities
- Three letters of recommendation
- Academic statement (two pages discussing your graduate study plans)
- Personal statement (two pages introducing us to your background and motivation)
Step 3: Pay application fee:
- $65 domestic students
- $75 international students
Learn more about our admission journey on the admission page.
Ready To Earn Your Certificate?
Semiconductor Manufacturing, Processing, and Devices Certificate Courses
Students must complete a minimum of 9 credits from the following courses:
Advanced topics in digital integrated circuit design. Design specifications: functionality, performance, reliability manufacturability, testability, cost. Standard cells. Design-rule checking. Circuit extraction, simulation, verification. Team-based design.
Technology. Device modeling. Circuit simulation. Integrated circuit building blocks. Amplifiers, comparators, converters. Switched-capacitor filters. Analog signal processing circuits.
Plasma kinetic and macroscopic plasma transport theory. Electromagnetic wave propagation and charged particle diffusion processes in plasma. Electromagnetic energy absorption via elastic and inelastic collisions. DC, RF, and microwave discharges.
Micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS). Fundamentals of micromachining and microfabrication techniques. Design and analysis of devices and systems in mechanical, electrical, fluidic, and thermal energy and signal domains. Sensing and transduction mechanisms, including capacitive and piezoresistive techniques. Design and analysis of miniature sensors and actuators. Examples of existing devices and their applications.
Design, simulation, fabrication, and testing of integrated microsystems. Development of a complete microsystem containing sensors and actuators using Silicon-On-Glass (SOG) MEMS process. Basic E/D MOS circuits chips will be designed and simulated but will not be fabricated. Fabricated MEMS chips will be tested.
Applications of quantum mechanics and statistical mechanics in solids. Band theory of semiconductors. Electrical transport phenomena. P-n junctions.
Operating properties of semiconductor devices including DC, AC, transient and noise models of FET, BJ, metal-semiconductor contact, heterostructure, microwave, and photonic devices.
Cleanroom procedures and safety. Instrumentation for microfabrication processes and device measurements. Fabrication and testing of devices.
Carrier scattering, single particle and collective transport, quantum effects, hot electron effects, and electron-phonon interactions.
A student may earn a maximum of 6 credits in all enrollments for this course. Topics vary each semester.
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