Foundations in Design Thinking Certificate
Foundations in Design Thinking Certificate
Certificate Program Overview
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1 Take Insights for Innovation
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Insights for Innovation
Learn to use insights to turn customer needs into human-centered solutionsCohort Course 5 Weeks- Regular price
- $699
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- $699
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2 Take From Ideas to Action
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From Ideas to Action
Learn to prototype, experiment, and iterate to move your ideas forwardCohort Course 5 Weeks- Regular price
- $799
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- $799
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3 Receive and Share Your Certificate
After completing the two courses, you’ll receive your Foundations in Design Thinking Certificate of completion via email as a downloadable PDF within 1-2 weeks of completing the final required course. Certificates are configured for uploading and sharing on LinkedIn.
Commonly Asked Questions
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Course OrderWhile courses can be taken in any order, we recommend completing Insights for Innovation first.
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Completion TimeThe program takes 2-3 months to complete if courses are taken consecutively. However, there is no deadline for certificate completion.
Certificate Program Requirements
Frequently Asked Questions
Certificate programs are comprised of multiple courses and typically take 3-6 months to complete. Once you complete all required courses, you will be awarded a certificate of completion. There is no deadline for the completion of the programs and you do not have to purchase all required courses at the same time to be eligible for a certificate.
While you can enroll in multiple courses concurrently, we strongly advise that you do so only if you are able to commit to a minimum of 5 hrs/week for each course (i.e. 10 hrs/week for 2 courses) to ensure the most valuable learning experience. If that does not feel feasible, we recommend taking the courses separately and exploring future dates on our course calendar.
Please make sure to select your desired cohort date for each course from the dropdown menu during checkout.
All of our courses are fully online and self-paced, so you can take them from any time zone, anywhere in the world.
During 5-week cohort courses, your course teaching team will host scheduled virtual community conversations which are optional. Timing will be announced during the first week of the course and is set to accommodate as many time zones as possible. Don’t worry if you aren’t able to make it, as these are purely optional.
Absolutely! We have had many teams go through our courses together with great success. For those taking our courses as a team, we provide a couple of additional benefits:
1. A Team Learning Guide, developed to provide your team with resources to facilitate offline discussion to complement the in-course experience.
2. A Manage Learners function, which provides visibility into your team's progress within the course.
3. The ability to create a private Learning Circle, which is a closed space for discussion on the learning platform specifically for your team.
For more information, visit our Team Learning page.
You can purchase a certificate by enrolling in all the courses associated with that certificate. You can see which courses make up a certificate in the Certificate Program Overview section on all certificate pages. When you click enroll in each cohort course, you will proceed to our checkout where we accept various credit cards, PayPal, or Shop Pay.
We also offer installment plans which you can select at checkout if you use the Shop Pay method of payment. Available for U.S. learners at the moment.
Loved by Learners Across the Globe
Foundations in Design Thinking Certificate
Certificate Program“The course is well-paced and allows you to connect with others who are also developing their design thinking skillsets. There are coaches to support you and give guidance throughout the course. The community aspect of the course is very helpful.”
Foundations in Design Thinking Certificate
Certificate Program"After taking the courses, I started working on small scale design thinking projects in academia. I’ve since transitioned into the industry and I’m working as a Design Thinking consultant now! I don’t think I would have been invited for the interview without the courses. They gave my CV an edge.”
Foundations in Design Thinking Certificate
Certificate Program“The progressive elaboration of the materials, weekly TA sessions, and the continued focus on bias to action have been most meaningful. If universities taught like IDEO, every college would be a Stanford!”
Foundations in Design Thinking Certificate
Certificate Program“I am a firm believer that today’s challenges require us to bring all of our creative capacity to the forefront. IDEO U has given me the opportunity to expand my perspectives, a space to network with like-minded individuals, and the tools to navigate these uncertain times.”
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See
Our courses engage you through stories, expertise, and humor. Each lesson has a series of 3-5 minute videos that explain the why, what, and how of a specific topic. Plus we bring everything to life through case studies from around the globe.
Try
In order to develop new skills, you need to try them out through repeated practice and exposure to new contexts. Our courses provide opportunities to try out new behaviors online and through real-world projects.
Reflect
Our learning experiences have a variety of reflective activities to help you make the connections to your specific work challenges. Reflection is one of the most effective ways to deepen your professional impact.
Share
Knowledge is constructed through interaction with others—which is the foundation of our cohort experience. It’s through sharing and discussing with qualified teaching leads and a global peer network that you build greater understanding.