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Design courses can help you learn graphic design principles, user interface design, branding strategies, and visual storytelling techniques. You can build skills in color theory, typography, layout composition, and creating user-centered designs. Many courses introduce tools like Adobe Creative Suite, Sketch, and Figma, that support bringing your design concepts to life and collaborating effectively with teams.

Popular Design Courses and Certifications


  • I

    Imperial College London

    Global Health Innovations

    Skills you'll gain: Innovation, Product Development, Intellectual Property, Design Thinking, Oral Expression, Sales Presentations, New Product Development, Health Systems, Verbal Communication Skills, Presentations, Public Speaking, Stakeholder Analysis, Sales Presentation, Stakeholder Communications, Commercialization, Ideation, Organizational Structure, Persuasive Communication, Entrepreneurship, Public Health

    4.7
    Rating, 4.7 out of 5 stars
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    299 reviews

    Beginner · Specialization · 1 - 3 Months

  • J

    Johns Hopkins University

    Foundations of Healthcare Systems Engineering

    Skills you'll gain: Verification And Validation, Health Systems, Systems Engineering, Engineering Design Process, Health Care, Systems Integration, Requirements Analysis, Enterprise Architecture, Conceptual Design

    4.7
    Rating, 4.7 out of 5 stars
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    305 reviews

    Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

  • S

    Starweaver

    Strategic Leadership in Hospitality

    Skills you'll gain: Customer experience improvement, Revenue Management, Customer experience strategy (CX), Service Design, Design Thinking, Change Management, Social Media Analytics, Hospitality Services, Capital Expenditure, Organizational Change, Content Creation, Hospitality Management, Financial Forecasting, Finance, Operations Management, Search Engine Optimization, Prototyping, Strategic Planning, Capital Budgeting, Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)

    4.5
    Rating, 4.5 out of 5 stars
    ·
    126 reviews

    Intermediate · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

  • U

    University of Colorado Boulder

    Circular Product Design Frameworks and Certifications

    Skills you'll gain: Sustainable Design, Human Centered Design, Environmental Regulations, Sustainability Standards, Design Thinking, Sustainable Business, Product Development, Product Design, Regulatory Compliance, Corporate Sustainability, Product Lifecycle Management, Design Strategies, Corporate Strategy, Climate Change Mitigation, Stakeholder Engagement

    Build toward a degree

    5
    Rating, 5 out of 5 stars
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    6 reviews

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

  • E

    EDUCBA

    .NET Core Mastery: Advanced Techniques for Exp Developers

    Skills you'll gain: Load Balancing, ASP.NET, Test Driven Development (TDD), Debugging, C# (Programming Language), Software Testing, Scalability, Performance Testing, Restful API, Unit Testing, Web Development, Microservices, .NET Framework, Object-Relational Mapping, Software Architecture, Web Applications, Test Engineering, Object Oriented Design, Cloud Deployment, Distributed Computing

    4.7
    Rating, 4.7 out of 5 stars
    ·
    244 reviews

    Intermediate · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

  • S

    SkillUp

    Project Lifecycle, Information Sharing, and Risk Management

    Skills you'll gain: Project Management Life Cycle, Risk Management, Project Risk Management, Stakeholder Management, Risk Management Framework, Project Management, Risk Mitigation, Active Listening, Stakeholder Engagement, Project Management Institute (PMI) Methodology, Systems Development Life Cycle, Communication Strategies, Risk Analysis, Communication, Stakeholder Communications, Agile Methodology, Backlogs, Conflict Management, Project Documentation, Communication Planning

    4.7
    Rating, 4.7 out of 5 stars
    ·
    242 reviews

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

  • I

    IBM

    Agentic AI with LangChain and LangGraph

    Skills you'll gain: LangGraph, Agentic Workflows, AI Orchestration, AI Workflows, Generative AI Agents, Agentic systems, LangChain, LLM Application, Responsible AI, Retrieval-Augmented Generation, Generative AI, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI/ML), Software Development, Python Programming, Data Science

    4.6
    Rating, 4.6 out of 5 stars
    ·
    97 reviews

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

  • U

    University of Colorado Boulder

    Active Optical Devices

    Skills you'll gain: Semiconductors, Display Devices, Computer Displays, Systems Design, Electrical Engineering, Technical Design, Electronics, Electronics Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Engineering, Scientific, and Technical Instruments, Hardware Design, Electronic Hardware, Materials science, Electronic Components, Image Quality, Technology Solutions, Engineering Calculations, Mathematical Modeling, Physics, Emerging Technologies

    Build toward a degree

    3.8
    Rating, 3.8 out of 5 stars
    ·
    117 reviews

    Advanced · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

  • C

    Coursera

    Mapping the Mission: User Personas & Journey Design in Figma

    Skills you'll gain: Journey Mapping, User Experience, Design Research, Design Strategies, UI/UX Strategy

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

  • I

    Institute for the Future

    Collaborative Foresight: How to Game the Future

    Skills you'll gain: Forecasting, Systems Thinking, Responsible AI, Strategic Thinking, Creative Problem-Solving, Creative Thinking, Collaboration, Interviewing Skills, Emerging Technologies, Ideation, Strategic Planning, Innovation, Ethical Standards And Conduct, Empathy, Discussion Facilitation, Creativity

    4.8
    Rating, 4.8 out of 5 stars
    ·
    310 reviews

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

  • Status: Bestseller
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    M

    Microsoft

    Microsoft Data Visualization

    Skills you'll gain: Data Storytelling, Data Analysis Expressions (DAX), Data Presentation, Power BI, Data Ethics, Dashboard Creation, Dashboard, Data Visualization Software, Data Modeling, Data Governance, Extract, Transform, Load, Data Visualization, Business Intelligence, Interactive Data Visualization, Statistical Visualization, Data Analysis, Statistical Analysis, Correlation Analysis, Data Architecture, Data Cleansing

    4.7
    Rating, 4.7 out of 5 stars
    ·
    183 reviews

    Beginner · Professional Certificate · 3 - 6 Months

  • U

    Universidade de São Paulo

    Laboratório de Programação Orientada a Objetos - Parte 1

    Skills you'll gain: Model View Controller, Unified Modeling Language, Object Oriented Programming (OOP), Software Design Patterns, Object Oriented Design, Software Design, Java Programming, Computer Programming, Maintainability, Program Development, Debugging, Software Architecture, Programming Principles, Software Testing, Other Programming Languages, Prototyping

    4.8
    Rating, 4.8 out of 5 stars
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    188 reviews

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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In summary, here are 10 of our most popular design courses

  • Global Health Innovations: Imperial College London
  • Foundations of Healthcare Systems Engineering: Johns Hopkins University
  • Strategic Leadership in Hospitality: Starweaver
  • Circular Product Design Frameworks and Certifications: University of Colorado Boulder
  • .NET Core Mastery: Advanced Techniques for Exp Developers: EDUCBA
  • Project Lifecycle, Information Sharing, and Risk Management: SkillUp
  • Agentic AI with LangChain and LangGraph: IBM
  • Active Optical Devices: University of Colorado Boulder
  • Mapping the Mission: User Personas & Journey Design in Figma: Coursera
  • Collaborative Foresight: How to Game the Future: Institute for the Future

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