Lean Six Sigma - Green Belt
Instruction is led by UT San Antonio College of Engineering faculty and experts from the UT San Antonio Center for Advanced Manufacturing and Lean Systems.
The course consists of four days of lecture-based coverage of topics in Lean, Six-Sigma, and two mentoring sessions of individual hands-on, on-site project formulation and guidance resulting in significant operational savings and/or enhancement of product/service quality.
To ensure learning effectiveness, each participant should be permitted by their employer to spend 20% of their regular work time completing the required process improvement project during the certification program.
The project is expected to produce a significant estimated impact of $50,000 or equivalent in service, product quality, process or cost improvement.
Our Approach
Leveling Up with Lean
Green Belt includes formal lectures alongside a single project formulation that showcases the participants understanding of Lean and Six Sigma concepts, tools, and techniques.
Engineering Faculty-led
All Lean and Six Sigma courses are led by faculty from UT San Antonio's College of Engineering. Lean and Six Sigma instructors are subject matter experts who embed a depth of experiential knowledge, alongside contemporary theory, in their courses.
Everyone Can Benefit
Personnel in all levels of the organization are welcome, including company executives, managers, engineers, front-line and office staff. Personnel in all sectors including service providers, manufacturers, and general offices can benefit.
Learning Outcomes
After completing this course, the participants are expected to:
Student participants will demonstrate the learning effectiveness via actual project definition, exploration, and implementation at their employing organizations.
Student participants will be able to independently conduct Lean Six Sigma projects that lead to significant operational savings.
Student participants will be able to assist Black Belt and mentor Yellow Belt colleagues in pursuing Lean Enterprise Transformation at their employing organizations.
Course Outline
01Lecture Portion
Four days of intensive course coverage of Lean and Six Sigma related topics including tools, methodologies, change management, and daily practices.
02Carry-out Project
An aggregate of two days of individual mentoring sessions. Each participant must complete an improvement project at student’s employment site.
03Total Course Time
Total program takes a minimum of 8 weeks depending on Green Belt level project.
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Lecture Portion (8:30am-4:30pm)
- Lean Basics, Office Kaizen (Improvement) and Applications
- Lean Tools, Methodologies and Value Stream Mapping
- Six-Sigma I: Overview, Statistics Boot Camps
- Six Sigma II: Quality & Process Capability, DMAIC Processes & Tools
- Lean Transformation, Planning, Change Management, and Daily Practice
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Project Initiation & Definition Sessions
Instructor(s) meet with participants virtually or in-person at UT San Antonio or on-site at sponsoring organizations at a mutually agreed upon time slots.
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Carry Out Project
Individual participants produce current state map, identify lean improvement ideas/tools and the future state map with DMAIC process and tools, implementations and data collections.
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Project Mentoring, Guidance and Evaluation
Instructors meet with individual participants virtually or in-person to review progress and results and to provide guidance and rectify project results.
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Project Showcasing Day
Wrapping up the project with a Power Point Presentation. Participants present their findings in a project showcasing day (to be determined). All sponsoring employers are invited.
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Frequently Asked Questions
The UT San Antonio Lean Six Sigma Green Belt program is a professional certification course focused on process improvement, quality management and operational efficiency. Participants study Lean principles, Six Sigma methods and the DMAIC framework, then apply those methods to an improvement project within their organization. Instruction is led by UT San Antonio engineering faculty and experts from the Center for Advanced Manufacturing and Lean Systems. New to the methodology? Read what Lean Six Sigma is and why organizations use it.
The Green Belt program is designed for professionals who lead or support process-improvement projects within their organizations. It may benefit managers, engineers, analysts, supervisors, office professionals, frontline employees and organizational leaders in manufacturing, healthcare, government, service industries and general business operations. Participants should have access to a workplace process that can be studied and improved during the required project.
No. A Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt is not required to enroll in the UT San Antonio Green Belt program. Yellow Belt training is recommended for participants who want an introduction to Lean concepts before beginning the more advanced Green Belt curriculum. The Green Belt course includes foundational Lean material before progressing into Six Sigma statistics, process capability and DMAIC project methods. You can also compare Lean Six Sigma belt levels and their different areas of focus.
The UT San Antonio Lean Six Sigma Green Belt program currently costs $3,000. Tuition includes course workbooks and handouts, multimedia demonstrations, simulations, case-study discussions, project formulation and individual project mentoring. Group discounts may be available, and graduates of eligible UT San Antonio Lean Six Sigma programs may qualify for reduced tuition. Review the current registration information for discount requirements and deadlines.
The Lean Six Sigma Green Belt program generally takes eight to 14 weeks to complete. It begins with four full days of instructor-led training, followed by project-development, implementation and mentoring activities. The exact completion time depends on the scope and progress of the participant’s workplace improvement project. Participants should expect to devote regular work time to completing the project between instructional and mentoring sessions.
The lecture portion of the current Green Belt program is delivered in person at the UT San Antonio Downtown Campus. Project initiation, mentoring and progress-review meetings may take place virtually, at UT San Antonio or at a sponsoring employer’s worksite by mutual agreement. Participants must also complete an improvement project using a process within their employing organization.
Participants study Lean thinking, customer value, waste reduction, Office Kaizen, value-stream mapping, Lean metrics and change management. Six Sigma topics include statistics, quality and process-capability measures, control charts, statistical testing, Design of Experiments and Failure Mode and Effects Analysis. Students apply the Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve and Control phases of DMAIC to a workplace process-improvement project.
Participants must complete the instructional portion of the program and successfully formulate, carry out and present a workplace process-improvement project. The project should use Lean Six Sigma and DMAIC methods to produce a measurable improvement in cost, service, quality or operational performance. Successful participants receive a Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Certificate from UT San Antonio Professional and Continuing Education and the Center for Advanced Manufacturing and Lean Systems.
Discounts Available
Group Discount
Bring two colleagues and receive a 10% discount on all three registrations!
Prior LSS Certification
$600 off for Yellow Belt holder certified by UT San Antonio.
$1,500 off for prior Green Belt certificate without documented project.
Call (210) 458-7223 or sign up to receive more information on Lean Six Sigma training at UT San Antonio.
July 20-23, 2026
Lecture Portion: 8:30am-5:00pm CST
UT San Antonio Downtown Campus
What's included:
- All workbooks and course handouts
- Multimedia demonstrations
- Hands-on simulations
- Review and discussion of case studies
- On-Site implementation and mentoring of projects
- Real world project formulation