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Graduate Degrees and Certificates
via Off-Campus Distance Learning

Choose from the following offerings:

Through UT-Monash

The University of Tennessee’s Maintenance and Reliability Center partners with Monash University, Australia’s largest university and an accredited member of Australia’s “Big Eight”, to provide an application-oriented program of advanced education. This program is now in the 8th year in North America and has been in existence over twenty years in Australia. This web-enhanced self study program has proven very successful for working professionals who can not reside near campus. Click here for a current “Information and Course Catalog” containing details of the programs that include:

  • Master’s Degree in Maintenance & Reliability Engineering
  • Certificate in Reliability Engineering
  • Certificate in Maintenance Management

Through UT

The University of Tennessee’s College of Engineering now offers both a Graduate Certificate and a Master’s Degree in Reliability and Maintainability Engineering. This real-time internet-delivered program features a classical and statistically based approach to applying reliability and maintainability principles to equipment and processes. Click here for more information about the programs and the delivery systems for:

  • Master’s Degree in Reliability & Maintainability Engineering
  • Graduate Certificate in Reliability & Maintainability Engineering

Non-Degree Programs

Overview of Modern Maintenance and Reliability Concepts

This one-week course is an excellent overview and survey of modern concepts. While primarily designed to prepare our MRC engineering intern students for their summer work experience, it is ideal for any one new to the field of maintenance and reliability as well as being an excellent refresher course for those who are more experienced and want to stay current. Click here for additional information and an application.

Asset Management: How Maintenance and Reliability Drive the Bottom Line

This 2+ day seminar for executives and upper management conveys the extreme value and importance of maintenance & reliability to the enterprise and its financial results. This seminar offers insight as to the "why" and "when" rather than the "what" and "how". The MRC partners with the College of Business to offer a program led by both leading academics and experienced industrial executives. Click here for additional information.

Custom Programs

Available upon request. Please contact us at mrc@utk.edu.

Monash Classroom at Residential School

MRC Overview

2006 Graduates of the UT-Monash program

  • Paul Casto, MSMRE
  • Roger Collard, MSMRE
  • Mike Fidel, MSMRE
  • Todd Wilen, MSMRE
  • Bruce Carr, Graduate Certificate in Reliability Engr. Click here to read about Bruce Carr’s trip to Australia to receive his Graduate Certificate

Contact Information

Maintenance and Reliability Center
506 East Stadium
Knoxville, TN 37996
Phone: (865) 974-9625
Fax: (865) 974-4995