Washington, DC — The Krach Institute for Tech Diplomacy at Purdue announced today seven new MicroSeries Certificate Programs that group its Tech Diplomacy Academy courses into specialized paths, each leading to an Advanced Certificate from Purdue University and the Krach Institute. The Academy is the world's first online education platform dedicated to preparing leaders across government, industry, and civil society to understand how critical and emerging technologies shape national power, economic competitiveness, and freedom.

The new MicroSeries programs offer participants a structured path to deeper specialization  in the technologies shaping geopolitical competition, including artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, quantum computing, advanced manufacturing, energy innovation, robotics, and aerospace. By drawing on the Academy's existing catalog, they offer learners a focused way to build the technical and strategic literacy needed to lead in an era defined by technology competition - at no cost.

The Tech Diplomacy MicroSeries format organizes the Academy's 22 standalone Tech Primer courses into sequences of three to five thematically linked courses, giving participants a clear path to deeper specialization.Each MicroSeries culminates in an Advanced Certificate awarded by Purdue University and the Krach Institute – a portable, professional credential that signals applied understanding of a high-impact technology domain and its broader economic, policy, security, and geopolitical implications.

“Technology is reshaping every sector of society, yet most leaders were never formally trained to understand the technologies driving that change and what they mean for economic and national security,” said Lee Rubenstein, Chair of the Tech Diplomacy Academy at the Krach Institute for Tech Diplomacy at Purdue. “Whether you're a policymaker, business leader, educator, student, or lifelong learner, understanding emerging technologies is no longer optional. These new MicroSeries programs help learners build practical knowledge in the technologies shaping our economic and security future and earn credentials that demonstrate their expertise.”

THE SEVEN MICROSERIES PROGRAMS:

• AI Applications & Impact: Five courses that help participants understand how AI systems are built, where they are being deployed, and how they are reshaping decision-making, autonomy, robotics, and information integrity.

• Building Resilient & Scalable Manufacturing Systems: Five courses focused on the technologies and supply chains behind modern manufacturing, including semiconductors, robotics, and the industrial systems needed to strengthen economic security and national competitiveness.

• Cybersecurity: Emerging Opportunities & Threats: Four courses that examine the future of digital security, from cryptography and quantum computing to 5G/6G networks and the strategies needed to protect trusted digital infrastructure.

• Energy Innovation for a Sustainable Future: Three courses exploring the technologies shaping the future energy economy, including nuclear innovation, advanced turbines, and the energy systems needed to support industrial growth, AI, and national resilience.

• Robotics: Innovations & Risks: Five courses that examine how autonomous systems are transforming operations across land, air, and space, while also addressing the governance, security, and policy challenges that come with rapid adoption.

• The Future of Flight Technology: Three courses focused on the next generation of aerospace capabilities, including hypersonics, space presence, and advanced propulsion systems that are reshaping defense, mobility, and global competition.

• New Frontier Systems: AI, Chips, and Quantum: Three courses that connect the core enabling technologies at the center of global tech competition, helping participants understand how artificial intelligence, semiconductors, and quantum systems are changing economic and national security strategy.

  
  

The MicroSeries model is purpose-built for a world where defining decisions in boardrooms, legislatures, agencies, and command centers increasingly depend on an understanding of technologies many decision-makers have never had the opportunity to study in depth. By removing cost barriers, making learning modular and self-paced, and expanding access through multilingual translations, the Tech Diplomacy Academy is furthering its mission to ensure that technology always advances freedom.

Today, the Tech Diplomacy Academy is helping equip leaders around the world with the knowledge needed to navigate an increasingly complex technology landscape and make decisions that strengthen economic prosperity, national security, and democratic values. Participants include professionals from the U.S. Department of State, the U.S. Department of Commerce, and NATO’s Defense Innovation Accelerator for the North Atlantic. To date, more than 35,000 learners in over 30 countries, including Mexico, Honduras, Dominican Republic, Sweden, Italy, Ukraine, and Kenya, have participated in the Academy, supported by partnerships with organizations such as LinkedIn Learning, the Project Management Institute, and the Sourcing Industry Group.

For more information and to enroll in the Tech Diplomacy Academy please visit https://techdiplomacyacademy.org/.

About the Tech Diplomacy Academy

The Tech Diplomacy Academy is the world’s first online education platform dedicated to training government, business, technology and citizen leaders at scale about critical and emerging technologies, and how to compete and lead in a contested technology and geopolitical landscape. The Tech Diplomacy Academy is being used by a growing roster of global organizations including the U.S. Department of State, the U.S. Department of Commerce, NATO’s Defense Innovation Accelerator for the North Atlantic (DIANA), the Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI), U.S.-Taiwan Business Council, Guidehouse, Indiana’s Applied Research Institute (ARI), and TalentCraft. Purdue University has integrated the Tech Diplomacy Academy into its Purdue University Online platform, expanding access to learners around the world.

About the Krach Institute for Tech Diplomacy at Purdue

The Krach Institute is the world’s preeminent trusted technology accelerator. As the leader in the new category of Tech Diplomacy, the Institute integrates technological expertise, Silicon Valley strategies, and foreign policy tools to build the Global Trusted Tech Network—a network of governments, companies, organizations, and individuals committed to accelerating the adoption of trusted technology and ensuring technology advances freedom.

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