Become a Machine Learning Engineer in 9 months

Explore technical and ethical aspects of machine learning, and prepare to launch your career.

  • 100% online, nine-months, part-time

  • 1-on-1 mentorship and career coaching

  • Build and deploy your own machine learning or deep learning prototype

Students rate our career coaches 4.9

and our mentors 4.8 for satisfaction.

Get job-ready and earn a certificate that proves your skills

With the World Economic Forum estimating 40% growth, or 1 million new jobs, for AI and machine learning specialists by 2027, you can prepare to break into a massively in-demand field.

  • Master the full machine learning pipeline through 10 hands-on projects

  • Explore best practices for responsible AI development, an evolving topic in the industry

  • Propel your career with a recognized certificate from UC San Diego Extended Studies, one of the top 10 public universities in the nation for over a decade.

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Take the guesswork out of getting ahead

Online, flexible and fast

Learn on your schedule in less time. No need to put your life on hold.

Project based to turn learning into action

Build skills and put them to work through projects that will kick your learning into motion.

Human support from day one

Get expert 1-on-1 support from a mentor, career coach, and student advisor. They’ll help you meet your goals.

Become a machine learning engineer, boost your earnings

$173,568

Median advertised salary of job postings in California with 0-3 years minimum experience required.

Lightcast; October 2022 - September 2023

In this machine learning engineering & AI bootcamp you will:

  • Master the full machine learning pipeline, from data preprocessing and feature engineering, to model deployment and scaling

  • Build and deploy your own machine learning or deep learning prototype

  • Learn to build models that are fair, transparent, and unbiased

Plus, you’ll learn the frameworks and tools ML engineers use, like:

In just 9 months, you'll learn to master big data to solve big business problems and transform your career.

Prove your skills through an end-to-end capstone project

Design a machine/deep learning system, build a prototype and deploy a running application that can be accessed via API or web service — no other bootcamp does this.

Complete the multi-phase capstone with the support of your mentor:

  • Phase One: Build a working prototype. Develop your project proposal, collect your data, wrangle and explore data, and create a machine learning or deep learning prototype.

  • Phase Two: Deploy your prototype. Create a deployment architecture, run your code end-to-end with testing, and deploy your application to production.

  • Mastery from your mentor

    Build skills faster with an expert in your corner who will keep you accountable and give you an insider's view.

  • Counsel from your career coach

    Build a search strategy, target the right employers, and refine your resume and interviewing skills.

  • Support from your student advisor

    Your student advisor has your back and will keep you on track to graduation.

  • Collaboration from your community

    You’ve got a built-in community — students who, just like you, are betting big on themselves.

100% online curriculum

Ready to get started?

Apply for the next cohort, and start working towards a new career in less than 6 months.

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