Industrial design courses can help you learn design thinking, prototyping techniques, user-centered design principles, and sustainable product development. You can build skills in sketching, 3D modeling, and material selection, as well as understanding ergonomics and manufacturing processes. Many courses introduce tools like CAD software, Adobe Creative Suite, and rapid prototyping equipment, that support bringing your design ideas to life and effectively communicating them to stakeholders.

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Skills you'll gain: Human Centered Design, Stakeholder Engagement, Design Thinking, Design Research, Creativity, Ideation, Stakeholder Analysis, Cooperation, Data Collection, Storytelling, Collaboration, Innovation, Stakeholder Communications, Data Storytelling, User Research, Process Mapping, Communication, Needs Assessment, Diversity and Inclusion, Coordination
★ 4.3 (15) · Mixed · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Skills you'll gain: Diagram Design, Unified Modeling Language, Cloud Deployment, Model Deployment, Information Privacy, MLOps (Machine Learning Operations), Application Programming Interface (API), AI Product Strategy, Analysis, Data Pipelines, Cloud API, Feature Engineering, Cost Management, Performance Analysis, Business Risk Management
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Content Performance Analysis, Content Strategy, Stakeholder Communications, User Experience, UI/UX Strategy, User Experience Design, UI/UX Research, Content Development and Management, Design Research, User Research, Stakeholder Engagement, Stakeholder Management, User Interface and User Experience (UI/UX) Design, Test Planning, Benchmarking, User Feedback, Performance Measurement, Data-Driven Decision-Making, Research Reports, Competitive Analysis
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Skills you'll gain: AutoCAD, Architectural Drawing, Technical Drawing, Computer-Aided Design, Drafting and Engineering Design, Architectural Design, Design Specifications, Building Design, Safety Standards, Technical Design
★ 4.8 (10) · Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: 3D Modeling, 3D Assets, Architectural Design, Model Optimization, Architecture and Construction, Computer Graphics, Computer Graphic Techniques, Graphical Tools, Design Elements And Principles
Advanced · Course · 1 - 3 Months

University of Colorado Boulder
Skills you'll gain: Object Oriented Design, Object Oriented Programming (OOP), Software Design Patterns, Unified Modeling Language, Software Design, Java, Java Programming, Software Architecture, User Interface and User Experience (UI/UX) Design, API Design, Software Development, AI Integrations
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Skills you'll gain: Unity Engine, User Interface (UI), UI Components, Visualization (Computer Graphics), Computer Graphics, Computer Graphic Techniques, Code Reusability, C# (Programming Language)
Mixed · Course · 1 - 3 Months

University of Colorado System
Skills you'll gain: Object Oriented Design, Object Oriented Programming (OOP), Unity Engine, Software Design Patterns, Data Structures, C# (Programming Language), Video Game Development, Software Design, Programming Principles, Graph Theory, Software Architecture, Algorithms
★ 4.6 (149) · Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: HTML and CSS, Responsive Web Design, Bootstrap (Front-End Framework), Web Design, Web Design and Development, Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), Web Applications, Hypertext Markup Language (HTML), Front-End Web Development, User Interface (UI), User Interface (UI) Design, Frontend Integration, UI Components, Web Development, Web Development Tools
Beginner · Specialization · 1 - 3 Months

Skills you'll gain: Network Architecture, Model Optimization, Artificial Neural Networks, Model Training, Performance Testing, Deep Learning, Vision Transformer (ViT)
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: 3D Modeling, Post-Production, 3D Assets, Virtual Environment, Computer Graphic Techniques, Architectural Design, Visualization (Computer Graphics), Image Quality, Design, File Management
Advanced · Course · 3 - 6 Months

Skills you'll gain: Canva (Software), Content Creation, Visual Storytelling, Design Elements And Principles, Digital Design, Graphical Tools, Design, Graphics Software, Graphic and Visual Design Software
★ 4.6 (288) · Beginner · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours