About Us
Georgia Institute of Technology’s Distance Learning has provided high-quality, technologically superior courses—graduate and noncredit professional development—for more than 30 years.
Our unit, Distance Learning and Professional Education, has been helping individuals for more than 80 years. As the technology has advanced so have we.
Online Master's Degrees
Founded in 1977, Distance Learning educates more than 600 students each year through an extensive and comprehensive catalog of more than 100 semester-based credit courses that rivals traditional programs.
Our dedicated staff includes 15 instructional media specialists who digitally capture lectures and course assignments with state-of-the-art equipment. Graduate course materials are posted online within 24 to 48 hours for students on every continent except Antarctica—and, yes, we are looking for that special student to study there. Learn More >
Noncredit Professional Development
Our online noncredit professional development courses offer career-minded individuals an opportunity to upgrade their skills and credentials without losing time at the office.
Whether it be in our master’s degree courses for noncredit or earning Continuing Education Units, our students receive the same technical support and assistance.
Georgia Tech Accreditation
- Southern Association of Colleges and Schools
- Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology
- Western Cooperative for Educational Telecommunications
Georgia Tech Rankings
- Institute is No. 7 among public universities
- School of Engineering’s Graduate Program No. 4 in the nation
- Industrial and Systems Engineering ranked No. 1 for 17th straight year
- Biomedical engineering graduate program ranked No. 2
- Civil engineering graduate program ranked No. 4
- Aerospace engineering graduate program ranked No. 5
- Computer engineering graduate program ranked No. 6
- Environmental engineering graduate program ranked No. 6
- Electrical engineering graduate program ranked No. 7
- Mechanical engineering graduate program ranked No. 7
- School of Management ranked No. 29 in the nation