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Design Thinking Courses

Design Thinking courses can help you learn user-centered design, prototyping, brainstorming techniques, and iterative testing. You can build skills in empathy mapping, defining user personas, and conducting usability tests. Many courses introduce tools like Adobe XD, Figma, and Miro, which facilitate collaboration and visualization throughout the design process. Additionally, you'll explore methods for gathering feedback and refining solutions, ensuring that your designs are not only innovative but also aligned with user needs.

Popular Design Thinking Courses and Certifications


  • C

    Coursera

    Enhance User Interface Design with Mood Boards in Miro

    Skills you'll gain: User Story, User Interface (UI), Design Thinking, User Interface (UI) Design, Persona (User Experience), User Acceptance Testing (UAT), Visual Storytelling, User Experience

    Beginner · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

  • 2

    28DIGITAL

    Innovation & Entrepreneurship - From Basics to Open Innovation

    Skills you'll gain: Entrepreneurship, Market Opportunities, Market Research, Market Analysis, Innovation, Target Market, Design Thinking, Go To Market Strategy, Product Strategy, Customer Engagement, Customer Insights, Entrepreneurial Finance, Business Modeling

    4.6
    Rating, 4.6 out of 5 stars
    ·
    329 reviews

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

  • T

    Tecnológico de Monterrey

    Design and innovation of business model

    Skills you'll gain: Business Modeling, Business Architecture, Entrepreneurship, Storytelling, Design Thinking, Business Strategy, Process Design, Innovation, Strategic Thinking, Systems Thinking, New Business Development, Media and Communications, Case Studies, Market Opportunities, Agile Methodology, Value Propositions, Competitive Analysis, General Networking

    3.8
    Rating, 3.8 out of 5 stars
    ·
    10 reviews

    Advanced · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

  • I

    IBM

    AI Workflow: Business Priorities and Data Ingestion

    Skills you'll gain: Design Thinking, Market Opportunities, Data Integration, Data Engineering, Data Science, Analytical Skills, Data Pipelines, Data Validation, Extract, Transform, Load, Data Processing, Workflow Management, Process Modeling, Data Cleansing, Data Quality, Data Collection, Business Priorities, NumPy, Machine Learning, Python Programming

    4.3
    Rating, 4.3 out of 5 stars
    ·
    189 reviews

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

  • U

    University of Virginia

    혁신을 위한 디자인 씽킹

    Skills you'll gain: Design Thinking, Creative Problem-Solving, Creative Thinking, Ideation, Storytelling, Innovation, Strategic Thinking, Peer Review, Open Mindset, Design Strategies, Data Visualization, Graphical Tools

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

  • U

    University of Colorado Boulder

    Managing the New Product Development Process

    Skills you'll gain: New Product Development, Product Development, Product Design, Design Thinking, Persona Development, Innovation, Conceptual Design, Prototyping, Market Research, Design and Product, Ideation, Agile Product Development, Target Market, Target Audience, Customer Analysis, Product Requirements, Wireframing, Market Opportunities, Market Analysis, Customer Insights

    Build toward a degree

    4.8
    Rating, 4.8 out of 5 stars
    ·
    12 reviews

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

  • U

    University of the Arts London

    Fashion Values: Society

    Skills you'll gain: Social Justice, Design Thinking, Social Impact, Community Organizing, Sustainable Design, Diversity Awareness, Advocacy, Creative Thinking, Social Sciences, Sustainable Development, Design, Systems Thinking, Ideation, Empathy, Corporate Sustainability, Sustainability Standards, Problem Solving, Research, Prototyping, Collaboration

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

  • U

    University of Virginia

    Estrategia de IT centrada en el cliente

    Skills you'll gain: Design Thinking, Technology Strategies, IT Management, Agile Methodology, Process Design, Customer experience strategy (CX), Stakeholder Engagement, Solution Design, Business Strategies, Agile Project Management, Business Modeling, Business Process, Stakeholder Management, Performance Metric, Lean Methodologies, Performance Measurement, User Feedback, Value Propositions, Sales

    4.6
    Rating, 4.6 out of 5 stars
    ·
    9 reviews

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

  • I

    IBM

    AI Workflow: Feature Engineering and Bias Detection

    Skills you'll gain: Feature Engineering, Data Ethics, Unsupervised Learning, Dimensionality Reduction, Responsible AI, Text Mining, Data Preprocessing, Data Transformation, Anomaly Detection, Exploratory Data Analysis, Machine Learning, Scikit Learn (Machine Learning Library), Natural Language Processing, Data Science, Quality Assurance, Data Pipelines, Machine Learning Algorithms, Classification Algorithms, Design Thinking, Python Programming

    4.4
    Rating, 4.4 out of 5 stars
    ·
    82 reviews

    Advanced · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

  • I

    Illinois Tech

    New Tech Ventures

    Skills you'll gain: Design Thinking, Global Marketing, Entrepreneurship, Business Modeling, Solution Design, Innovation, Team Building, Sales Presentations, Storytelling, Open Mindset, Market Research, Team Management, Entrepreneurial Finance, New Product Development, Ideation, Business Planning, Commercialization, New Business Development, Teamwork, Team Leadership

    Build toward a degree

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

  • C

    Coursera

    Develop a UX Customer Problem Statement in Miro

    Skills you'll gain: User Experience Design, Experience Design, Design Thinking, User Experience, Customer experience improvement, Solution Design, Business Intelligence, Journey Mapping, User Interface (UI) Design, Customer Analysis, Collaborative Software

    Beginner · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

  • A

    Arizona State University

    Putting it All Together: Problem-Solve Like an Entrepreneur

    Skills you'll gain: Lean Methodologies, Design Thinking, Innovation, Entrepreneurship, Technology Solutions, Customer Analysis, Customer Insights, Market Opportunities, Market Research, User Feedback, Presentations, Storytelling, Interviewing Skills

    4.7
    Rating, 4.7 out of 5 stars
    ·
    19 reviews

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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

  • Enhance User Interface Design with Mood Boards in Miro: Coursera
  • Innovation & Entrepreneurship - From Basics to Open Innovation: 28DIGITAL
  • Design and innovation of business model: Tecnológico de Monterrey
  • AI Workflow: Business Priorities and Data Ingestion: IBM
  • 혁신을 위한 디자인 씽킹: University of Virginia
  • Managing the New Product Development Process: University of Colorado Boulder
  • Fashion Values: Society: University of the Arts London
  • Estrategia de IT centrada en el cliente: University of Virginia
  • AI Workflow: Feature Engineering and Bias Detection: IBM
  • New Tech Ventures: Illinois Tech

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