Graduate programs in the D.C. area
Virginia Tech offers more than 45 graduate degree and certificate programs, in the greater Washington, D.C., metro area, taught by internationally recognized faculty. The university's the teaching locations, in Old Town Alexandria, the Virginia Tech Research Center - Arlington, Academic Building One, are all easily accessible by Metro.
Residents may also take classes as Commonwealth Campus students without being formally admitted to a degree program.
Virginia Tech continually adds new degree and certificate programs to its graduate curriculum to serve emerging needs of government, industry, and nonprofit agencies.
Degree Programs
Executive programs
- Executive Master of Natural Resources Program (XMNR)
- Ph.D. in Business: Concentration in Executive Business Research (BXBR)
Full and part-time graduate programs
- Architecture
- Civil and Environmental Engineering
- Computer Science
- Data Analysis and Applied Statistics
- Education
- Electrical and Computer Engineering
- Evening MBA
- Government and International Affairs
- Hospitality & Tourism Management
- Industrial and Systems Engineering
- Marriage and Family Therapy
- Master of Engineering in Computer Science
- Mechanical Engineering
- Nuclear Engineering
- Public Administration and Policy
- Science and Technology Studies in Society
- Urban Affairs and Planning
Online
- Information Technology
- Mechanical Engineering
- Natural Resources
- Nuclear Engineering
- Online MBA
Graduate Certificates
Our certificate programs prepare busy adult learners like you for an increasingly dynamic and complex world. By design, each program challenges you to explore subjects in depth and apply new concepts and skills in practical situations. Programs typically span three academic quarters, providing you with knowledge and networking opportunities to enhance your career, change your career or develop an important personal interest.
- Big Data
- Business Data Analytics
- Cybersecurity Engineering
- Cybersecurity Management
- Cybersecurity Policy
- Cybersecurity Technologies
- Data Analytics
- Economic Development
- Geospatial Information Technology
- Global Planning and International Development
- Global Sustainability
- Health Information Technology
- Homeland Security Policy
- Information Systems Design
- Information Technology Management
- Internet and Network Technologies
- Metropolitan Studies
- Middle East Politics and Society
- Natural Resources (GCNR)
- Nonprofit and NGO Management
- Nuclear Engineering (online and hybrid)
- Nuclear Science, Technology, and Policy (NuSTEP) (hybrid)
- Security Studies
- Transportation Planning and Policy
- Urban Computing
- Urban Planning Analytics