Center for Professional Education
The Center for Professional Education (CPE) has been connecting individuals and organizations with professional development classes and certificate programs since 1999.
Partnership Opportunities
With a well-established reputation for providing high-quality professional development programs at UT Austin, CPE is an ideal partner for CSU's looking to quickly bring non-credit professional education programs to market. CPE maintains an email list of more than 50,000 adult learners looking for continuing education to support their career growth.
Current Cross-Campus Partnerships
- Essentials of Practical Design Thinking is a self-paced online introductory course developed by Dr. Julie Schell, Assistant Vice Provost for Academic Technology.
- Dr. Clay Spinuzzi and other faculty in the Department of Rhetoric and Writing teach courses that are part of CPE's Communication Skills for Professionals Certificate Program.

Contact Us
Erin Harris
Director of Course Programming
512-471-2901
eharris@austin.utexas.edu