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.

Parsons School of Design, The New School
Skills you'll gain: Design Thinking, Market Opportunities, Design Strategies, Business Risk Management, Design and Product, Experience Design, Risk Analysis, New Business Development, Human Centered Design, User Experience Design, Innovation, Design, User Experience, Ideation, Business Modeling, Lean Methodologies, Market Analysis, Ethical Standards And Conduct
★ 4.7 (17) · Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Northwestern University
Skills you'll gain: Design Thinking, Innovation, Ideation, Human Centered Design, Design Strategies, Organizational Leadership, Brainstorming, Leadership, Storyboarding, User Feedback, Customer Engagement, Creative Thinking, Design Research, Collaboration
★ 4.2 (335) · Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Parsons School of Design, The New School
Skills you'll gain: Solution Design, Conversion Funnel Analysis, Design Thinking, Sustainable Business, Process Design, Business Solutions, Business Modeling, Growth Strategies, Strategic Thinking, Innovation, Value Propositions, User Experience, Prototyping, Consumer Behaviour, Customer Insights
★ 4.6 (13) · Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks
University of Virginia
Skills you'll gain: Design Thinking, Human Centered Design, Experience Design, Innovation, Ideation, Creative Thinking, Thought Leadership, Personal Attributes, Curiosity, Strategic Thinking, Open Mindset, Cognitive flexibility, Overcoming Obstacles, Creativity, Collaboration, Empathy
★ 4.7 (69) · Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

University of Toronto
Skills you'll gain: Human Centered Design, User Research, Design Thinking, Design Research, Prototyping, Qualitative Research, Innovation, User Feedback, Diversity and Inclusion, Empathy, Diversity Awareness, Ideation, Creativity, Product Testing
★ 4.8 (175) · Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Canva (Software), Graphics Software, Graphic Design, Graphical Tools, Graphic and Visual Design Software, Graphic and Visual Design, 3D Modeling, Web Presence
★ 4.5 (124) · Beginner · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

Skills you'll gain: Marketing Collateral, Marketing Materials, Canva (Software), Promotional Materials, Marketing Design, Marketing, Creative Design, Business, Design, Graphic and Visual Design, Graphic and Visual Design Software, Graphic Design, Color Matching, Design Elements And Principles
★ 4.6 (237) · Advanced · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

Scrimba
Skills you'll gain: Responsive Web Design, HTML and CSS, Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), Web Design, Web Design and Development, Front-End Web Development, Hypertext Markup Language (HTML), Web Development, Application Deployment, Cloud Deployment, User Interface (UI), User Interface (UI) Design, Typography, Cloud Hosting, Software Engineering
★ 4.7 (29) · Intermediate · Specialization · 1 - 4 Weeks

University of Colorado Boulder
Skills you'll gain: Color Theory, Graphic Design, Color Matching, Typography, Graphic and Visual Design, User Experience Design, Graphic and Visual Design Software, Digital Design, Design, Creative Design, Design Elements And Principles, Visual Design, Design Software, Web Design and Development, Image Quality
★ 4.7 (271) · Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Duke University
Skills you'll gain: Design Thinking, Design, Human Centered Design, Open Mindset, User Experience Design, Workplace inclusivity, Design Elements And Principles, Diversity Equity and Inclusion Initiatives, Diversity Awareness, Social Impact, Social Justice, Creativity, Team Collaboration
★ 4.7 (15) · Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

University of Maryland, College Park
Skills you'll gain: Product Development, New Product Development, Wireframing, Product Design, User Experience Design, Prototyping, Persona (User Experience), Design Thinking, Experience Design, Conceptual Design, Agile Product Development, Product Testing, Project Management, Product Lifecycle Management, Product Management, Service Design, Agile Methodology
★ 4.2 (101) · Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

University of Virginia
Skills you'll gain: Design Thinking, Journey Mapping, Stakeholder Engagement, Innovation, Prototyping, Stakeholder Analysis, Brainstorming, Storytelling, Human Centered Design, Social Impact, Ideation, Creativity, Service Design, Design Research, Problem Solving, Complex Problem Solving, Patient-centered Care, Data Visualization
★ 4.7 (423) · Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks