Smart and Autonomous Vehicle Graduate Certificate

Detroit Mercy’s Graduate Certificate in Smart and Autonomous Vehicles (SAV) prepares students and practicing engineers to work on self-driving vehicles and Advanced Driver-Assistance Systems (ADAS). The program builds strong technical and systems knowledge for this fast-growing field.

Certificate Focus

Explore key areas that power autonomous vehicles, including:

• Motion capability
• Sensing and perception (with an emphasis on computer vision)
• Mapping and localization
• Algorithms for control and cognition

Courses in the SAV Certificate were created by Detroit Mercy faculty, based on years of research and experience in award-winning vehicle development.

Detroit Mercy student teams have consistently competed — and won — at the Intelligent Ground Vehicle Competition. SAV courses use the latest technologies, methods and tools from universities, corporations and national labs.

How It Works

The program includes three core courses and two electives and features a significant amount of hands-on, project-based work that puts classroom theory into practice.

The certificate can usually be completed in one calendar year.