Special Academic Programs
Distance Education
As a proven leader in distance education and innovation, Lehigh University's Office of Distance Education has been committed to providing graduate programs and certificates to working professionals for over 20 years. Our programs emphasize academic excellence with a distinguished faculty, a shared community of learners, and superior curriculum. We are accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education. Our distance program provides the student with the same level of educational excellence for which Lehigh University is renowned and strives to maintain the same level of quality of instruction and student service that is available to our on-campus students.
Through a unique approach to learning, we utilize two learning platforms for our programs, Classroom LIVE, an integrated, web-based virtual environment that delivers graduate programs in real time from classrooms on Lehigh's campus to students, in their homes, at their workplaces, or while traveling, and Classroom Online, an asynchronous online format that offers flexible scheduling and participation. To provide the best educational experience for our students, supplemental tools may be used, including podcasts, live web-based conferencing, shared applications, and use of Course Site, Lehigh’s course management system.
We offer 9 graduate degrees in a variety of disciplines which include Biological Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Healthcare Systems Eng., Manufacturing Systems Engineering, MBA, Mechanical Engineering, Molecular Biology, and Polymer Science & Engineering. We also offer 6 graduate certificates available either for Credit or Professional Continuing Education. They include Analytical Principles of Pharmaceutical Science, BioOrganic Principles of Pharmaceutical Science, Regulatory Affairs, Project Management, Supply Chain Management, and Quality Engineering.
For more information on programs and course offerings, admission, registration and technical requirements, visit the distance education website at www.distance.lehigh.edu or call (610) 758-4372.
Summer Studies
The Lehigh summer sessions program has been in existence for more than a century and is still a vibrant piece of the Lehigh experience. Opportunities abound at Lehigh in the summer with more than 200 diverse courses offered on campus, study abroad programs in exciting international locales such as Prague, Belgium, Shanghai, and Ireland, as well as a field camp in the Rocky Mountains. We also offer an ever-increasing array of web-based courses, ranging from basic subjects such as Principles of Economics and Financial Accounting to eclectic topics including Beyond Google-Internet Research, Technical Writing for Engineers, Early American Scandals, and Sociology of Cyberspace, just to name a few. In addition, there are many courses available, appropriate for rising high school seniors, allowing them to get a jump-start on their college career. For more information, visit the summer sessions website at www.lehigh.edu/summersessions, see us on Facebook or call (610) 758-3966.
Continuing Education
Lehigh University departments and research centers offer a varied selection of non-credit continuing education programs for adults. Reflecting Lehigh’s traditional educational strengths, these offerings focus on professional development, organizational problem solving, and technical skills. They carry no regular academic credit, but participants can often earn some form of continuing education credentials.
Lehigh continuing education programs are designed to meet specific needs. Contents, schedules, and timing are adapted to effectively serve the audiences for which they have been developed. Apart from programs presented on the Lehigh campus, a number of seminars are available for “in-house” presentation to organizations on a contract basis. For more information about these programs, contact the appropriate department or research center.