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| area_served = Worldwide
| language_count = English, Spanish, French
| commercial =
| owner = [[edX]]
| launch_date = September 2016
| industry = Higher
| key_people = [[Anant Agarwal]]
| url = {{url|https://www.edx.org/micromasters}}
}}'''MicroMasters''' programs are a series of [[Massive open online course|online graduate level courses]] offered by universities through [[edX]] that one can take to develop standalone skills for career advancement or earn [[Microdegree|graduate level credentials]]<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/adamgordon/2018/02/13/voice-of-employers-rings-out-as-moocs-go-from-education-to-qualification/#3b27ffd2564b|title='MicroMasters' Surge As MOOCs Go From Education To Qualification|last=Gordon|first=Adam|work=Forbes|access-date=2018-03-01|language=en}}</ref> from its respective universities, equivalent to a semester of a full master's degree.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2018/04/college-online-degree-blended-learning/557642/|title=The Future of College Looks Like the Future of Retail|last=Selingo|first=Jeffrey|date=2018-04-16|access-date=2018-08-09}}</ref>
First launched in September 2016 with 19 MicroMasters programs from 14 different universities as an extension of its [[Mooc|MOOC]] programs,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://campustechnology.com/articles/2019/02/27/moocs-and-the-masters-degree.aspx|title=MOOCs and the Master's Degree|last=Schaffhauser|first=Dian|date=2019-02-27|website=Campus Technology|access-date=2019-03-27}}</ref>
These programs are designed to bridge the gap between job candidates with a bachelor's degree and companies that want employees with an advanced degree by offering credentials that are equivalent to 25 to 50 percent of a master's degree or 20 to 30 [[European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System|ECTS]] in Europe.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.goodcall.com/news/micromasters-next-stop-graduate-degrees-09048|title=MicroMasters: The Next Big Thing After a Bachelor’s Degree?|last=Williams|first=Terri|date=2016-10-21|website=GoodCall|access-date=2018-09-17}}</ref>
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The development of the MicroMasters was originally conceived by MIT and offered as a pilot with in its supply chain management program, consulting industry leaders. edX subsequently applied for a trademark for "MicroMasters" in response to [[Udacity]] registering "nanodegree" as its trademark in 2014.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.edsurge.com/news/2016-11-03-why-udacity-and-edx-want-to-trademark-the-degrees-of-the-future-and-what-s-at-stake-for-students|title=Why Udacity and EdX Want to Trademark the Degrees of the Future—and What’s at Stake for Students|last=Young|first=Jeffrey|date=2016-11-03|website=EdSurge|access-date=2018-05-30}}</ref> The first 19 MicroMasters programs were subsequently launched in September 2016, in collaboration with 14 different universities. This also included Rochester Institute of Technology's MicroMasters in project management, allowing learners to use it to fulfil the prerequisite of project management education for the [[Project Management Professional|PMP certification]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://wiki.rit.edu/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=140249596|title=What is the difference between the PMP certification and the Project Management MicroMasters certificate?|last=Bush|first=Katie|date=2018-01-17|website=RIT Confluence Wiki|access-date=2018-09-17}}</ref>
In 2017, [[General Electric]]
In 2018, [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology|MIT]] admitted its first batch of 40 students into its blended supply chain management program from graduates of its MicroMasters program, reducing its usual 10-month program to 5 months.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://scm.mit.edu/program/blended-masters-degree-supply-chain-management|title=SCMb Program Details {{!}} MIT Supply Chain Management|website=scm.mit.edu|language=en|access-date=2018-03-01}}</ref> This pilot also saw 200,000 people signing up, 19,000 earning certificates and 800 sitting for the final proctored examination.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/moocs-are-solution-search-problem|title=Moocs are a solution in search of a problem|last=Fellingham|first=Chris|date=2018-04-26|website=Times Higher Education|access-date=2018-05-02}}</ref> It was reported in July 2018 that the students who were admitted into the blended program had better than average scores across the board than those who were in the residential program.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://news.elearninginside.com/mits-hybrid-micromasters-program-reports-early-success/|title=MIT’s Hybrid MicroMaster’s Program Reports Early Success|last=Etherington|first=Cait|date=2018-07-17|website=ElearningInside News|access-date=2018-07-23}}</ref>
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In October 2016, the Lumina Foundation granted $900,000 to edX to create 30 more MicroMasters certificate programs.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.luminafoundation.org/grants-database/9860|title=edX, Inc.|website=Lumina Foundation|access-date=2019-03-19}}</ref>
== Program
=== Prerequisites ===
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=== Certification ===
To qualify for a certificate for successfully completing a MicroMasters
For learners interested in developing skills for professional advancement, the certificate for completing a MicroMasters
=== Continuing
For learners interested in academic credit, the learner must be admitted into the university's respective master's program. Some programs, such as the MicroMasters Program in Supply Chain Management by MIT also operate on a [[blended learning]] model which include a timed examination as well as a final proctored examination. Admission requirements for its on-campus blended learning program differ from its traditional residential admission requirements as applicants are not required to submit scores in a [[Graduate Record Examinations|GRE]] or [[Graduate Management Admission Test|GMAT]] as performance in the Micromasters program will be taken as a substitute for it.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://scm.mit.edu/blended-admissions|title=SCMb Masters Degree Admissions {{!}} MIT Supply Chain Management|website=scm.mit.edu|language=en|access-date=2018-03-16}}</ref> Some other programs still follow usual admission guidelines and the MicroMasters program has little to no impact on their application apart from receiving advanced credits upon admission into its respective programs. Generally, most courses include practice exercises which are ungraded as well as graded assignments with limited attempts.
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|Statistics and Data Science
|Massachusetts Institute of Technology
|Chulalongkorn University, Covenant University, Curtin University, Deakin University, Doane University, Galileo University, Harvard Extension School, Holy Spirit University of Kaslik,
|PhD in Social and Engineering Systems, MS in Professional Studies, MBA, MBA in Healthcare Management, Master of Predictive Analytics, Master of Business Analytics, Master of Health Economics, Master of Information Systems, Master of Public Health, Master of Data Analytics, Master of Cyber Security Professional, Master of Nutrition and Population Health, Master of Information Technology, Master of Data Science, Master of Business Management, MSc in Business Management, Master of Information Management, MSc in Information Management
|Booz Allen Hamilton
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