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Graduate Certificate in System Administration at Illinois Institute of Technology

Illinois Institute of Technology, United States

Programme overview

Graduate certificate preparing students for a career as a system administrator. Credits can be applied toward a graduate degree.

Faculty: School of Computing  |  Duration: Four graduate courses  |  Study mode: full-time  |  Location: Chicago, IL, United States

What you will study

Four graduate courses covering enterprise server system administration, distributed workstation system administration, open source server system administration and open source software.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Applicants should have a bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university, but the degree does not need to be in an information technology or a computer-related field. Prerequisites may be required for some courses in the certificate program, but the prerequisites will not be applied toward the certificate.

Tuition is charged per credit, so the total depends on the modules you register for each year. Current fees are listed in the official fee schedule.

Chicago-Kent J.D.: no application fee for 2026 J.D. applicants; first-year entry is Fall, with transfer entry in Fall or Spring.

Apply through the official page: https://www.iit.edu/admissions-aid/apply

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