Advance Your Career with SWE Learning
SWE Learning supports every step of your career with tailored programs, expert-led courses, and industry-recognized credentials.
Programs for Every Stage of Your Career
Grow with SWE
Leadership Development Program (LDP)
Emerging Collegiate Leaders
The Leadership Development Program (LDP) is designed to cultivate and empower emerging collegiate leaders within SWE. The program equips you with the essential skills, knowledge, and competencies needed to thrive as an influential leader both within SWE and in your future careers.
Collegiate Leadership Institute (CLI)
Undergraduate Students
CLI aims to motivate, equip, and support SWE collegiate members to successfully transition to the engineering workforce by providing valuable learning opportunities in order to accelerate the success of students entering the engineering and technology workforce.
Ignite Leadership Program
Early-Career Professionals
The Ignite Leadership Program is designed to empower participants to recognize their current leadership strengths, identify opportunities for growth, and craft a personalized plan to enhance their leadership abilities.
Academic Leadership for Women in Engineering (ALWE)
Early & Mid-Career Professionals
To address the need for more women in academic leadership positions in engineering and foster the professional growth of women in academia, SWE developed the ALWE program.
Fast Forward
Mid-level Professionals
Fast Forward is a nine-month virtual leadership experience designed for and aligned with the SWE Leadership Competency Model for developing and performing leaders ready to grow their impact at work and beyond. Through peer mentoring circles, sponsor relationships, and a global cohort of technical leaders, participants build the confidence, influence, and clarity to lead authentically – and step fully into their next level of leadership.
Return to Work Program
Career Returners
The Return to Work Program is tailored to help women returning to the workforce after a career break. This program equips you with the tools, resources, and strategies you need to confidently transition back into your professional journey.
Plus, there’s SWE’s Student High School Leadership Academy (SHLA) for precollege students to build their self-confidence and resilience and connect them with peers, mentors, role models, and industry professionals.
Resources, Tools, and Certifications
Unlock Your Potential
Leadership Competency Model (LCM)
When you take the LCM assessment, the system identifies the critical knowledge, skills, and abilities that a leader committed to SWE’s mission should strive for and builds an individualized learning plan to help you reach your potential.
Advance Learning Center (ALC)
SWE’s Advance Learning Center (ALC) provides online access to a valuable collection of live and on-demand professional development content available when your schedule allows. New courses are constantly being developed based on identified learning needs.
Digital Credentialing
SWE offers digital credentials through Credly. A digital credential, or “badge”, is a way to share your accomplishments with the world. SWE currently offers badges for learning achievements, validated experiences, and special program completions.
Earn Your CEUs Through SWE
SWE is accredited by the International Association for Continuing Education and Training (IACET). SWE complies with the ANSI/IACET Standard, which is recognized internationally as a standard of excellence in instructional practices. As a result of this accreditation, SWE is authorized to issue the IACET CEU. Courses offering CEUs are identified with the Accredited IACET Provider logo on the course page.
Let Us Help Advance Your Career
Have questions about SWE professional programs? Contact [email protected].
