Each IGEC offers an interdisciplinary graduate certificate focused on a complex societal challenge, providing graduate and professional students with opportunities to learn and collaborate across disciplines and work alongside interdisciplinary teams of faculty and peers. The certificates draw on expertise from across the university, offering a wide range of elective courses taught by faculty from numerous schools and departments. In partnership with Duke Graduate School, IGEC faculty contribute to programs and departments across Duke University, including the School of Medicine, the Nicholas School of the Environment, the Pratt School of Engineering, the Sanford School of Public Policy, and Trinity College of Arts & Sciences.

An interdisciplinary graduate certificate is an academic credential that complements a student's primary degree program and can be completed without extending time to degree. Certificates are open to all degree-seeking Duke graduate and professional students, regardless of department, discipline, or degree program. Members of the Duke community who are not eligible to pursue a graduate certificate are still welcome to participate in the intellectual life of the IGECs through a variety of open learning opportunities.

We currently offer interdisciplinary graduate certificates in:

IMPACT Climate & Health

Climate change is reshaping environmental exposures and, in turn, human health. Air pollution, extreme heat, and other climate‑exacerbated hazards affect nearly every organ system and drive disproportionate burdens of chronic disease and premature mortality. Our program was created to rigorously investigate these pathways and to translate evidence into equitable, scalable solutions.

Information Science & Engineering for the Public Sector (ISEPS)

Public sector challenges—from aging infrastructure to climate adaptation and public health—demand innovative, data-driven solutions. Our program equips scholars to integrate AI, engineering, and policy to design ethical, evidence-based strategies that strengthen systems and advance resilience.

Society-Centered AI (SCAI)

AI is reshaping labor markets, democratic institutions, privacy, social inequality, and global information ecosystems. At Duke, SCAI scholars work across disciplines to define societal values, engineer AI systems aligned with those values, and measure their real world effects through cutting edge empirical research.