1. University of California Santa Cruz Extension in Silicon Valley has been approved as a Global Registered Education Provider (GREP) by the Project Management Institute (PMI). UCSC Extension is the South Bay's only institution of higher education to hold this distinction and makes its entire Project Management Certificate available through classroom, online and onsite options.

2. Our project management courses have been approved by major universities for credit toward a Master’s Degree in Project and Program Management.

3. We have some of the nation's best teachers who bring practical, everyday experience into the classroom.

4. Most students attend our classes because of referrals—by those who have taken the classes and have found them to be highly effective in their every day working environments.

5. Our courses are geared toward practical application, not high-sounding theory.

6. Students earning their PPM Certificate have had a high success rate in passing nationally recognized PMI examinations.

7. Many of our in-class courses are also offered online, so students can take courses at either our Santa Clara facility, or at home working around their schedules.

8. Most of our courses are offered during weekday evenings from 6:30 to 9:30 PM, and Saturdays, so students don’t have to miss work.

9. Students learn modern project management techniques through case studies, team exercises and project simulations designed to establish confidence and competence.