Explore our comprehensive diploma programs to learn more about a ‘Diploma in Social Innovation‘ or a ‘Global Leadership Diploma.’ Stand-alone courses (which also count toward the diplomas) are listed below.
Upcoming Online, Live Virtual & Onsite Courses:
Online courses focus on asynchronous learning, but include weekly opportunities to come together with your classmates, live virtual workshops emphasize the virtual classroom experience with complementary asynchronous materials, and onsite courses take place at the University for Peace in Costa Rica.
- Tackling Finance in the Social Sector: From Fundraising to Impact Investment – May 6, 2025 – ONLINE
- Skills for Effective Negotiations – June 3, 2025 – LIVE VIRTUAL
- Entrepreneurship, Innovation, and Social Change – July 1, 2025 – ONLINE
- Ethical Marketing – July 15, 2025 – ONLINE
- Global Citizenship Education – August 1, 2025 – LIVE VIRTUAL
- Design Thinking – August 5, 2025 – LIVE VIRTUAL
- Intercultural Communication and Collaboration – August 8-9, 2025 – ONSITE
- Regenerative Leadership – August 19, 2025 – ONLINE
- Monitoring & Evaluation Fundamentals: Measuring Outcomes & Impact – September 2, 2025 – ONLINE
- Positive Leadership – September 4-5, 2025 – ONSITE
- Skills for Effective Negotiations – September 6, 2025 – ONSITE
- Positive Leadership – September 23, 2025 – LIVE VIRTUAL
- Organizational Happiness Certification – October 22, 2025 – LIVE VIRTUAL
- High Performance Teams: Embracing our differences – October 25, 2025 – ONSITE
- High-Performance Teams: Embracing our Differences – October 28, 2025 – LIVE VIRTUAL
- Educating in Changing Times: Reflect, Rethink and Rebuild – January, 2026 – ONLINE
- Designing Your Life: Innovating from the Inside Out– January, 2026 – ONLINE
- Empowered Communication – February, 2026 – ONSITE
- Gross Global Happiness – March 6-8, 2026 – ONSITE
- Design Thinking – TBD – ONSITE **Write us at centre@upeace.org if you’d like to be on a list to learn more
All of the above courses count toward our Diploma programs! A ‘Global Leadership Diploma‘ provides the space to develop the skills, creative confidence, and networks needed to approach complex problems in a fast-changing world. A ‘Diploma in Social Innovation‘ brings together the tools, inspiration, and feedback you need to develop and launch a social business, organization, or project or fine-tune one already in progress.
Flexible Start Options
Begin your diploma journey at the time that works best for you — new cohorts start throughout the year!
Upcoming start dates:
- January 10
- April 15
- July 1
- September 15
Email us at centre@upeace.org to set up a time to discuss how to start your diploma journey! We’ll send you cohort reminders when you’re registered for one of our diplomas.
We also have a wide variety of workshop offerings that can be organized on demand. They can be presented at your home institution, or if you can provide six participants or more, we’ll gladly organize a special workshop at the University for Peace campus on convenient dates for you and your team.
