Excellence in Learning Welcome to the Northern Illinois University certification website!
This website gives access to information about NIU certification programs for teachers and other educators. We hope that you will find the site to be a useful resource.
Please note, however, that the information on this site is not intended to serve in lieu of an advisor. Each department with a certification program has identified one or more staff persons to help current and potential certification candidates understand NIU requirements and plan their programs of study.
Specific questions should be addressed to the advisor for the certification area in which you are interested.
General questions may be addressed to ecummings@niu.edu at the University Office of Teacher Certification.
For comprehensive information about State of Illinois certification requirements,
please visit the certification website for the Illinois State Board of Education and/or your local Regional Office of Education 
.