Online Learning Opportunities
In 2019, the Yale Center for Business and the Environment launched one of Yale’s first online certificate programs, Financing and Deploying Clean Energy. What began as a pilot has since grown into a suite of offerings, including the Connected Leadership Coursera course, the Clean and Equitable Energy Development certificate in partnership with the Yale Center for Environmental Justice, and—coming September 2025—The Hunt: Job Searching & Career Building With Purpose on Coursera.
At CBEY, our mission is to inspire, support, and accelerate the transition to a just and thriving world. Through online education, we make critical knowledge accessible, connect learners and leaders across sectors, and help drive innovative solutions to today’s most pressing challenges.
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Online Certificate Programs
What is an online certificate program at Yale?
Online certificate programs at Yale are non-degree programs that feature multiple courses organized in an integrated curriculum. These practical, high-touch programs are designed to help you reach your professional goals, benefit from an engaging online experience with Yale faculty and industry-leading experts, and deepen your networks by joining small cohorts of working professionals from around the world. Upon successful completion of the program requirements, learners in our certificate programs receive a digital certificate credential from the Yale School of Management and the Yale of the Environment. Our online certificate programs are admissions-based. Compare our online certificate programs in clean energy, here.
Clean and Equitable Energy Development
CEED is a fully online certificate program that equips participants to develop and evaluate clean energy projects.
Participants will explore how developers scope, design, and develop clean energy projects while evaluating the justice principles and opportunities involved from the earliest stages of planning. It emphasizes systems-thinking, critical evaluation of policy and projects, and hands-on experience in clean energy project development. This practical approach ensures that clean energy projects, or the policies that support them, will promote long-term community resilience and economic empowerment.
Learn more - Priority deadline for applications is October 1, 2025
Financing and Deploying Clean Energy
The FDCE program is a 10-month, admissions-based online certificate for professionals aiming to accelerate the transition to a clean economy.
FDCE builds knowledge about the financial, technological, and socioeconomic drivers in financing and deploying clean energy, and develops key skills in policy design and analysis and project finance. The program aims to grow a powerful network of clean energy experts and learners walk away understanding how to deploy the financial and policy mechanisms that support clean energy scaling.
Coursera Courses
Coursera courses offered through Yale are not-for-credit online courses that feature short lecture videos and exercises meant to completed by the learner on their own time at their own pace. These short courses are designed to help you reach your professional goals and benefit from the expertise of Yale faculty and industry-leading experts. Coursera courses are self-enrollment programs, meaning you do not need to fill out an application to join. Upon successful completion of the course requirements, learners receive a Coursera digital certificate of completion with the Yale University logo. Learn more our Coursera courses in leadership, below.
Connected Leadership
Connected Leadership is an online course designed to maximize your ability to create change at the individual, team, and system levels.
Through study, reflection, and deploying practical tools, you will establish a firm connection between your clearly articulated purpose, effective priorities, visualized potential for success, and pathway to maximized progress. The key objective of this course is to inspire and empower you to develop your personal style of leadership, improve your ability to get more out of life, and create positive change.
The Hunt | Job Searching and Career Building With Purpose
Navigating your next career move can feel overwhelming — especially in today’s dynamic and unpredictable job market. The Hunt offers a clear, actionable framework to help you make your next career leap more purpose-driven, intentional, and effective. Whether you're:
• launching your career
• seeking a new direction to align with evolving life-stages and goals
• dealing with change thrust upon you
• aiming to advance within your current organization
• something else related but not the same as above?
…this course aims to equip you with practical tools to clarify your purpose, refine your story, and build authentic connections — even when you identify as an introvert or just struggle to put yourself out there.
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