NC State University’s Office of Professional Development (OPD) is a unit of the office of Continuing and Lifelong Education. Dedicated to the development and delivery of non-degree professional training courses, OPD provides you with a broad range of quality educational opportunities in a flexible, comfortable, and affordable learning environment.

The Office of Professional Development (OPD) develops, promotes, and coordinates noncredit seminars, certificate programs, and conferences to a broad market on a wide range of topics. Program areas include: 

• test preparation;
• accounting and taxation;
• agriculture;
• communications;
• education;
• engineering;
• English as a second language;
• environmental;
• management;
• textiles;
• and general interest.

Events management services are available to help both campus and non campus groups more efficiently and productively administer educational seminars, workshops, and conferences.

Savannah Vince, Associate Director
Website: ncsu.edu/opd
Phone: (919) 515-8179
Email: ContinuingEducation@ncsu.edu