Our history of delivering quality education to the region

Since 1985, the Oregon Center for Advanced Technology Education has served as the Oregon University System’s regional hub for distance education in engineering and computer science.

The Center connects technology professionals in Oregon’s Silicon Forest with leading instructors of graduate-level courses from Oregon State University and Portland State University.

At OCATE, we respect the time, money and professional development needs of our students, employers, or professionals, by working with our industry and academic partners to meet educational demand.

OCATE is also home of the free technology lecture series, drawing hundreds of professionals to our web cast and on-site lectures to hear internationally recognized speakers discuss the latest technology concepts, applications and trends.

OCATE Mission:
OCATE provides engineering and technology professionals continuing education that delivers:

• courses conveniently
• technology applications
• current industry practices
• instructors from leading educational institutions and technology companies