Failure Analysis Certificate Programs
Learning is a lifelong process. Completing a certificate program advances your knowledge while increasing your value to your company.
Learn from industry experts in a variety of formats that suit your budget, schedule, and preferred learning style.
As an IACET Accredited Provider, ASM International offers IACET CEUs for its learning events that comply with the ANSI/IACET Continuing Education and Training Standard.
Certificate Programs
Failure Analysis Certificate of Achievement
- Elements of Metallurgy or Metallurgy for the Non-Metallurgist®*
- Principles of Failure Analysis
- Principles of Failure Analysis in Engineering Components
- Corrosion
- Fundamentals of Non-Destructive Testing
- Heat Treating Quality & Inspection
- How to Organize and Run a Failure Investigation
- Mechanical Testing of Metals
- Medical Device Design Validation and Failure Analysis
- Metal AM and Post Processing for Optimized Properties and Performance
- Metallography for Failure Analysis
- Practical Fractography
- Scanning Electron Microscopy
- Welding Inspection and Quality Control
* Test-out option available for degreed candidates.
Testing and Inspection Certificate Program
- Elements of Metallurgy or Metallurgy for the Non-Metallurgist®*
- Mechanical Testing of Metals
- Principles of Failure Analysis
- Fundamentals of Non-Destructive Testing
- Metallographic Techniques
- Practical Interpretation of Microstructures
* Test-out option available for degreed candidates.
Frequently Asked Questions
Attending an instructor-led course at ASM or virtually requires you to be present two to four days, and you have one year access to the course materials in ASM’s e-Learning site. If you choose a self-study course, you are given one year access from the date of purchase to complete the course in the e-Learning site.
Yes. Many lecture courses are offered in a self-study version. Lab courses require in-person training, and some lecture courses are only available with an instructor at ASM or virtually.
Please contact ASM’s Education Department for assistance with registration and help creating a personalized course plan.
Costs will vary depending on how you complete your courses and if you are an ASM Member. For online students, the overall registration costs for non-members could be around $9,250. For in-person learners, registration costs for non-members could be around $16,175. Please contact ASM’s Education Department about available discounts.
Please visit our website at: asminternational.org/learning/courses
A discount will be given to students who elect to purchase their program all at once. You may also elect to register for each course one at a time. However, all courses must be completed within one year of registration. A $75 fee applies to restart any course not completed within one year. Please ask ASM’s Education Department for help creating a course plan.
ASM’s Digital Short courses do not apply to any certificate program but all other versions of ASM courses are recognized equally.
The program is self-paced and there is no deadline for completion, however each course must be completed within one year of registration.
Yes. All previously completed courses will be recognized, within a reasonable amount of time.
Yes. Each class can be applied towards a certificate program as long as it satisfies a requirement.
No. You may work towards certificate completion in any order you wish. If you have not taken courses with ASM before, we do recommend completing Metallurgy for the Non-Metallurgist® first.
You may petition to replace one ASM course with another if it is more relevant to your job function. No exchange is guaranteed for approval. Please contact ASM’s Education Department for assistance.
Yes. You may test out of Metallurgy for the Non-Metallurgist® only. You must have a minimum of a bachelor's level degree in either materials science or metallurgy. Please contact ASM’s Education Department to submit your transcripts and request the test-out option. The cost is $99 for members only.