The SEI offers software architecture courses and certificate and certification programs that are based on extensive SEI and community experience in architecting software-intensive systems. People from more than 400 organizations have attended our courses, and 1,400 of them have earned software-architecture-related certificates.

Courses

Based on decades of experience architecting software-reliant systems and supported by four widely acclaimed books in the SEI Addison-Wesley Series, the SEI Software Architecture Curriculum equips software professionals with state-of-the-art practices, so they can efficiently design software-reliant systems that meet their intended business and quality goals. For a complete schedule, visit our software architecture course page.

Certificate and Certification Programs

The SEI offers the following certificates and certification for software professionals:

• Software Architecture Professional Certificate Program. This certificate gives software architects the needed breadth and depth in software architecture concepts and practices. Beginning with an introduction to software architecture fundamentals, participants gain experience in effective architecture documentation, design, and analysis techniques, and then learn how these techniques can be put to advantage in adopting a product line approach to software.
• Architecture Tradeoff Analysis Method (ATAM) Evaluator Certificate Program. This certificate qualifies software architects to participate in SEI-authorized ATAM evaluations.
• ATAM Leader Certification Program. This certification program certifies software architects to lead SEI-authorized ATAM evaluations. 
• SEI SOA Architect Professional Certificate. This certificate is designed for software engineers and architects responsible for designing, developing, or deploying service-oriented systems, as well as technical and project managers responsible for migrating legacy systems or managing SOA implementations.