Advanced Professional Studies (APS) at Rensselaer offers master’s degrees to working professionals who want to enhance their careers and earning potential. These master’s programs provide a top-tier education in a part-time, blended-learning format. With online delivery of many components of each course, working professionals can advance their careers while continuing to balance work and personal responsibilities.

Benefits of APS include: flexible, part-time scheduling; blended learning online and on campus; access to world-class faculty; campus locations in Troy, New York, and Hartford, Connecticut.

Degrees currently being offered include a Master of Engineering in Mechanical Engineering, with concentrations in design and manufacturing, energy, and mechanics; a Master of Engineering in Systems Engineering and Technology Management; and a Master of Science in Information Technology, with concentrations in web science (engineering the future of the web) and data science and analytics (X-informatics, data mining, and big data analysis).

A series of informational webinars is being held this spring about the programs. Each webinar will begin at 12:15 p.m. and will last approximately 30 minutes. The webinars are free and all webinar attendees will have their degree application fees waived. The webinar schedule is as follows:

Master of Engineering in Mechanical Engineering

April 12 | Register now

May 3 | Register now

June 7 | Register now


Master of Science in Information Technology

April 19 | Register now

May 10 | Register now

June 14 | Register now


Master of Engineering in Systems Engineering and Technology Management

April 26 | Register now

May 17 | Register now

June 21  | Register now