Green Belt Certification

Level up your Lean Six Sigma (LSS) expertise with our Green Belt Certification, offered in partnership with UC San Diego Extended Studies!

2026 Cohort

  • Date: Starts October 9; runs October 9, 16, 23, 30, November 13, 20
  • Final project presentations: January 28 (in-person, Oakland)
  • Instructor: Sabine Rentschar, UC San Diego (bio)
  • Format: Virtual, live instructor-led sessions, Fridays 9:00 AM–12:00 PM.

Program Highlights

  • Empower your career and drive positive change at UCOP through this project-based Green Belt certification.
  • Course details: Green Belt Course info
  • Project: Each project includes applying what you learn to a UCOP process. Please consider a process that has a problem (too long, too many issues, too convoluted, etc.) OR let us know so we can identify a process for you or have you join an existing team.

Cost: $2,595 per person (reduced rate secured for UCOP participants).

What's included:

  • Full Green Belt curriculum and certification with expert coaching
  • A UCOP-only Teams space for networking, peer support, and discussion of UCOP-specific process challenges throughout the course
  • The cohort may include a small number of participants from outside UCOP, but UCOP-specific coaching and coordination offered virtually 

Next steps: If you'd like to join, just confirm your interest by contacting us at oecoe@ucop.edu and we'll take care of enrollment coordination and invoicing.

Lean Six Sigma Green Belt

UC San Diego Division of Extended Studies is open to the public and harnesses the power of education to transform lives. Our unique educational formats support lifelong learning and meet the evolving needs of our students, businesses and the larger community. Learn more at extendedstudies.ucsd.edu

Guidelines for Selecting Your LSS Green Belt Project

Choosing the right project is crucial to your success in the LSS Green Belt certification.  Here's what you need to know:

Ideal Project Attributes

  1. High-Impact Focus: Address existing problems or opportunities that can greatly improve customer satisfaction or long-term performance
  2. Quality and Waste Reduction: Target issues such as defects, cycle time, over-processing, excess motion/transportation, wait time, or variability
  3. Scope and Timeline: Choose a project within your job scope that's quantifiable, measurable, and completable within 12 weeks (3 months)
  4. Data Availability: Ensure sufficient data can be obtained in a reasonable timeframe
  5. Financial Impact: Aim for an expected impact of at least $40K in hard or soft savings for UCOP
  6. Stakeholder Support: Secure endorsement from your supervisor and other critical stakeholders before applying
  7. Sustainable Improvement: Implement control systems that allow the process owner to manage the improved process

Project Types to Avoid

  • Projects lacking easily attainable data for performance evaluation
  • Implementation of pre-established solutions (e.g., software systems)
  • Designing new processes, products, or services from scratch
  • Projects with minimal organizational impact
  • Goals that aren't measurable
  • Timelines extending beyond 12 weeks (3 months)

*All UCOP projects agree to share a sanitized version of their final presentation on the UCOP OE CoE website.