User Experience Training & Course Directory
UX training has become big business and with a wealth of different approaches, it can be difficult to know how to choose a UX course. Professionals from the UX Jobs Board community often ask about the best UX courses in their location, so we’ve come up with this comprehensive directory of UX related courses in the USA, UK, Canada and beyond.
This directory is the largest of its kind and features everything from short, remote courses to dedicated User Experience degrees. Gaining a broad perspective of the training programmes available will help you assess which user experience course will be of greatest value to your career.
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UX COURSE CATEGORIES:
Remote Learning UX Training Courses
UX Training Courses in the UK
UX Training Courses in the USA & Canada
UX Related Degree Courses
UX Training Elsewhere
Remote Learning UX Training Courses
MUXL – UX Academy
8 weeks course
Face-to-Face Teaching Once a week, 6pm-8.30pm
Foundation course in UX & UCD
Career Foundry
“Become a Certified UX Designer”
Online remote learning, mentoring via Skype
10 months, Part-Time
Lynda (.com)
Subscription service (free trial available)
Online Video Tutorial selection (1400+)
Plural Sight
Subscription service
Online Video Tutorial selection, including UX related
User Interface Engineering
Subscription service (option to pay per video seminar)
Online collection (290+) of ‘Seminar[s] by Experts in all things UX”
Coursera
Subscription Service (7 day free trial available)
Collection of courses created by leading U.S university faculties, covering UX, UI, Prototyping, Design, Human Computer Interaction etc.
Courses vary in length, ranging from 3 weeks to 10 weeks
Certificate of completion available for each course
Gymnasium
Free – must create an account
Collection of Online classes designed for creative, independent learning
UX, Design, JavaScript, Axure RP, Sketch etc. are covered
Design Lab
Pay per course
Selection of online courses with mentoring available via Skype or a similar application
Courses cover UX, HCI, Design, Prototyping and Branding
Each course is 4 weeks Part-Time (from 20-40 hours)
Design Lab
“UX Academy”
Online course, with mentoring and group discussions with fellow participants – “Break into UI/UX design with our first online bootcamp made for career-switchers”
12 weeks, Full-Time (40 hours per week) or 24 weeks, Part-Time (20 hours per week)
Springboard
Monthly subscription
“UX Design” – “Go from beginner to launching a UX portfolio”
Includes coaching on prototyping tools and similar apps, Axure RP, Invision, Photoshop, Sketch etc.
2-4 Months to complete (100+ hours)
Treehouse
Subscription service
Online Video Tutorial selection, including UX related
Udemy
Pay per video – once paid for, the video is accessible for life
Online Video Tutorial selection, broad range of UX topics covered
Certificate of completion offered once the video is watched in its entirety
Tutsplus
Subscription service (10 day free trial available)
Online Video Tutorial selection, including UX related
Imparture Training
Pay per course
“User Experience Design and Testing”
Interactive group activities, mentoring, instructor-led
2 weeks, 4 lessons, each 2.5 hours
Udactity
Free – must create an account
Online remote learning
“UX Design for Mobile Developers by Google” – “Learn to design a 5-Star Android App”
ImaginXP
Pay per course
Online remote learning
Several UX related courses are offered, ranging from 2-5 weeks
AcadGild
“Graphic Design and UX Training Certification Course”
Online remote learning (live instructor)
12 weeks, (72 hours or mentoring, 200+ hours of assignments)
Thinkful
Subscription service
“Become a UX designer”
Online remote learning
2 months (on average) to complete
Skill Crush
“Learn How to Become a Web Designer”
Online remote learning
3 days
Certificate of completion
Bloc
“UX Design Bootcamp”
Online remote learning
16 weeks (25 hours per week) or 32 weeks (10 hours per week)
Ithakai
“User Experience Design Intensive”
Online remote learning
12 weeks, Part-Time (6 months’ post-completion support)
Certificate of completion
UX. Training
Pay per course
Online remote learning (option of ‘in-house’ training offered)
Variety of short courses, ranging from 1 session to 4 per course
Butter Academy
Pay per course
Online remote learning
6 weeks, Part-Time
UX Design Edge
Pay per course
Online remote learning (option for ‘on-site’ classes available)
Numerous UX related training courses
Jellyfish (powered by Red & Yellow)
“User Experience Design”
Online remote learning
6 weeks, Part-Time
University of Cape Town
“User Experience Design online short course”
Online remote learning
10 Weeks, Part-Time
Certificate of completion offered
HOWU (How Design University)
Pay per course
Online remote learning
Selection of UX-related courses
Certificate in UX Design available on completion of: “Intro into UX Design”, “UX Design Methods: Wireframes and Prototypes”, and “The Future of UX Design Lies in Your Hands”
Hack Design
Free
Online remote learning
UX-related “lessons” every week
My.Path
Free
Online remote learning
Several UX related courses
Skillshare
Online remote learning
Several UX related courses
E-Corp Training
“UI Design” and other UX related courses
Online remote learning
PHPKINGDOM
“Front End UI Online Training” and other several UX/UI related courses
Online remote learning
KHAN ACADEMY
Free
Online remote learning
+Acumen
3 UX/UI related courses
Free
Online remote learning
Harvard University Extension School
Online remote learning (and/or on-campus)
Several UX-related courses
UX Training Courses in the UK
Long Courses
General Assembly
5 UX-related courses, including “User Experience Design Immersive”
Variety of training locations worldwide (online remote learning also available)
Courses range from 1-10 weeks (UX Design Immersive is 10 weeks, Full-Time)
Career support offered
Training Dragon
“Graphic Designer Career Programme”
London
2-3 months, Full-Time or 6-12 months, Part-Time
UWE Bristol (University of the West of England)
“Designing the User Experience”
Bristol (Frenchay Campus)
12 weeks, Part-Time
Short Courses
Bunnyfoot
Several UX-related short courses
London (‘in-house’ also available)
1-2 days, Full-Time
Akendi
Several UX-related courses
London
1-2 days each
Certificates available: User Experience Specialist (CXS), User Experience Designer (CXD), User Experience Researcher (CXR), all require collection of short courses followed by a 3 hour exam
User Vision
Pay per course
London/ Edinburgh/ Dubai
Range of UX events and training days (dependent on User Vision’s schedule)
Experience Dynamics
Collection of UX-related courses and free UX webinars
London, Boston, Portland, Houston
1-3 days, Full-Time
“User Experience Practitioner” certificate available
User Focus
Several UX-related short courses
London (‘in-house’ also available)
1-5 days, Full-Time
Certificate available: BCS Foundation Certificate in User Experience
Econsultancy
Collection of UX-related courses
London
1 day, except the 3 day “Intensive: Mastering Customer Experiences” course
Infragistics
5 UX-related courses
London, Cranbury (NJ), Sofia, Tokyo, Melville (NY), Montevideo, Bangalore (‘in-house’ also available)
2 days, Full-Time
Media Training Ltd
Pay per course
London
3 UX related training courses
School of UX Design
Pay per course
London and online remote learning
Range of short UX training courses
Human Factors International
Pay per course
London (Variety of other locations available worldwide)
Collection of short courses
Certificates available: Certified Usability Analyst (CUA) and Certified User Experience Analyst (CXA)
System Concepts
Pay per course
London
3 UX related short courses, ranging from 1-2 days in length, Full-Time
Emarketeers
“Mobile Usability and UX Training Course”
London
1 day (with 4 weeks follow on support)
Certificate of attendance offered
Experience Consultancy
“Brand and Customer Experience Design Workshop”
London
½ day
Training Dragon
Pay per course
London (online remote learning/ 1 to 1/ ‘in-house’ available)
4 UX related courses (1 day each)
Certificate of completion offered
Strohacker Design School
“Graphic Design Course”
West Sussex
3 months, Full-Time
Printed portfolio book on completion
Sigma
Pay per course
Macclesfield/ Cambridge/ London/ Birmingham/ Manchester
Several short courses in “Core UX and UI Principles”
Jellyfish
“User Experience Standard”
London/ Brighton
1 day
Metadata Training
“User Experience for Business Analysts”
London
Small class size (max. 12)
Informed Designs (via The Digital Co.)
Pay per course
Edinburgh (The Scotch Whiskey Experience)
Several UX related short courses (1-2 days in duration)
Future London Academy
“UX and Digital Design Creative Booster”
London
1 week
Certificate of completion
Sutherland Labs (in association with UX | Alliance)
“UX Certification for Project Managers” or “UX-PM 1” (1st stage in 3 tier course run by UX | Alliance)
London
2 days, Full-Time
London Academy of IT
“User Experience (UX) Design Training Course”
London
5 hour short course
Certificate of completion
Institute of Direct and Digital Marketing
“User Experience”
London
1 day
Future Trend
“UX Design with Axure RP (Level 1)”
London
2 days, Full-Time
Hyper Island
“User Experience Lab”
London/ Singapore
3 days, Full-Time
University of The Arts London (UAL): London College of Communication
“User Experience (UX) Design: Lean Methodology”
London
6-8 days, Part-Time
University of Westminster
“Introduction to Usability and User Experience”
London
1 day
UX Training Courses in the USA & Canada
Long Courses
General Assembly
5 UX-related courses, including “User Experience Design Immersive”
Variety of training locations worldwide (online remote learning also available)
Courses range from 1-10 weeks (UX Design Immersive is 10 weeks, Full-Time)
Brain Station
“User Experience Design Course”
NYC
10 weeks, Full-Time (400 hours) or Part-Time (30 hours)
Center Centre
“UX Design Course”
Chattanooga
2 years, Full-Time
Shillington
“Graphic Design Course” (No experience required)
Covers UX Design, Sketch, Adobe Photoshop etc.
3 months, Full-Time or 9 months, Part-Time
Start-up Institute
“Full-Time Program: Web Design”
Boston/ NYC
8 weeks, Full-Time
Make School
Application required
San Francisco
Primary focus on coding, however, exposure to UX, Design and HCI
8 weeks or 2 years (depending on chosen course)
Designation
“Become a UX / UI Designer” – UX and UI Design Boot Camp
Chicago
Mentoring offered until candidates find new jobs in UX/UI
18 weeks, Full-Time
Epicodus
“Programming” – specifically the ‘Design’ module
Portland
7-month programme (Design module is 5 weeks), Full-Time
2020 Shift
“Product Design” (powered by UBER)
NYC
7 weeks, Part-Time,
Dev Mountain
“Immersive UX Design”, or “UX Design After Hours”
Salt Lake City/Provo, Utah
Immersive:13 weeks, Full-Time (600 hours), After Hours: 16 weeks, Part-Time (288 hours)
DevPoint Labs
“User Experience Design Part-Time”
Salt Lake City, Utah
11 weeks, Part-Time
Iron Hack
“UX/UI Design Bootcamp”
Miami
8 weeks, Full-Time
NYCDA (The New York Code + Design Academy)
“User Experience/ User Interface Intensive”, “User Interface & User Experience Design 101”, “Web Development Intensive”
NYC, Atlanta, Austin, Philadelphia, Raleigh, Salt Lake City, Washington D.C
8-12 weeks, Full-Time
HackerYou
“User Experience Design” – ‘Intro’ or ‘Advanced’
Toronto
6 weeks, Part-Time
Bitmaker
“UX & Product Design”
Toronto
10 weeks, Full-Time or 12 weeks, Part-Time
AC4D (Austin Center for Design)
“Certificate in Interaction Design and Social Entrepreneurship”
Austin, TX
1 year, Full-Time
Certificate of completion
Prime Digital Academy
“Immersive User Experience Design”
Minneapolis
18 weeks, Full-Time
RED Academy
“UX Designer Professional” (Other UX courses available)
Vancouver
12 weeks, Full-Time
Beach Coders Academy
“Ultimate UX” (Other UX courses available)
El Segundo, California
4 weeks, Full-Time
CodeCraft School
“UX Design Bootcamp”
Boulder, Colorado
14 weeks, Part-Time (2 weeks online, 12 weeks in-person)
GrowthX Academy
“UX Design”
San Francisco
12 weeks, Full-Time or 20 weeks, Part-Time
Blur State (via Bloc)
“UX/UI”
Fayettville, North Carolina
12 weeks, Part-Time
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Capstone certificate
Online remote learning
1 year, Part-Time
University of Baltimore
“Certificate in User Experience (UX) Design”
Online remote learning
1 year, Part-Time
The University of Washington
“Certificate in Storytelling and Content Strategy” (includes core module: “Content Strategy: Crafting the User Experience”)
Online remote learning
7-8 months, Part-Time
University of Washington
“User-Centred Design (UCD) Certificate”
1 year, Full-Time
Certificate of completion
California state University, Fullerton
“User Experience and Customer-Centred Design”
Online remote learning
Certificate of completion
98 hours of lecture, lab and discussion
Short Courses
Nielson Norman Group
40+ UX-related courses available at NN/g’s “UX Conference”
Variety of training locations worldwide (‘in-house’ also available)
Online exams following each course
Complete 5 courses & 5 exams, receive the “UX Certificate”
Participate in 3 UX Conference’s, receive the “UX Master Certificate”
American Graphics Institute
Pay per course
Boston/ NYC/ Philadelphia (other locations available for remote learning)
Collection of short courses (1-2 Days, 10am- 5pm)
Learning Tree
“User Experience (UX) Design for Successful Software”
Herndon, VA/ NYC (online remote learning available)
3 days
Cooper
“Ux Boot Camp”
San Francisco / NYC
4 days
Experience Dynamics
Collection of UX-related courses and free UX webinars
London, Boston, Portland, Houston
1-3 days, Full-Time
Certificate available: User Experience Practitioner (3 days)
Akendi
Several UX-related courses
Toronto, Edmonton, Montréal, Ottawa, Vancouver
1-2 days each
Certificates available: User Experience Specialist (CXS), User Experience Designer (CXD), User Experience Researcher (CXR), all require collection of short courses followed by a 3 hour exam
Human Factors International
Pay per course
NYC, San Francisco (other locations available worldwide)
Collection of short courses
Certificates available: Certified Usability Analyst (CUA) and Certified User Experience Analyst (CXA)
Awesome Design School
Collection of UX-related short courses
NYC
Pratt Institute
Collection of UX/UI courses
NYC
Certificate of completion available for each course
Noble Desktop
“User Experience Design in a Day” – “User Experience Fundamentals” – “Prototyping & User Testing”
NYC
Short courses (½ – 1 day)
Spectrum Creative Consulting
Selection of UX related short courses
NYC (Brooklyn)
1 day
Accelebrate
“Agile User Experience Design”
Private course, tailored to groups of min. 3 people
USA/Canada: locations available on request, online remote learning also offered
2 days, Full-Time
UX Related Degree Programmes
UK Universities
Loughborough University
“User Centred Design” (BSc Hons)
3-4 years, Full-Time
University of Brighton
“User Experience Design” (MSc)
1 year, Full-Time or 2 years, Part-Time
Kingston University (London)
“User Experience Design” (MSc)
1 year, Full-Time or 2-3 years, Part-Time
Norwich University of the Arts
“User Experience Design” (BSc)
3 years, Full-Time
University of Dundee
“User Experience Design” (MSc)
1 year, Full-Time
University of Dundee
“Digital Interaction Design” (BSc)
4 years, Full-Time
University of the Arts London (London College of Communication)
“Information and Interface Design” (BA) and “Interaction Design Communication” (MA)
(BA):3 years, Full-Time, (MA):15 months, Full-Time
Learn more (BA) or Learn more (MA)
Middlesex University (London)
“Creative Technology” (MA/MSc)
1 year, Full-Time
University of Portsmouth
“Data Visualisation Design” (MA)
1 year, Full-Time or 2 years, Part-Time
University College London
“Digital Anthropology” (MSc)
1 year, Full-Time
Brunel University (London)
“Digital Service Design” (MSc)
1 year, Full-Time
University of Central Lancashire
“Interaction Design” (MRes)
1 year, Full-Time or 2 years, Part-Time
University of Nottingham
“Human Computer Interaction” (MSc)
1 year, Full-Time
City University (London)
“Human Computer Interaction” (MSc)
1 year, Full-Time or 2 years, Part-Time
Swansea University
“Human Computer Interaction” (MRes)
1 year, Full-Time or 2 years, Part-Time
University of Birmingham
“Human Computer Interaction” (MSc)
1 year, Full-Time
University of Bath
“Human Computer Interaction” (MSc)
1 year, Full-Time or 2 years with placement
University College London
“Human-Computer Interaction” (MSc)
1 year, Full-Time or 2 years, Part-Time
University of St Andrews
“Human Computer Interaction” (MSc)
1 year, Full-Time or 2 years, Part-Time
University of Manchester
“Computer Science (Human Computer Interaction)” (BSc Hons)
3 years, Full-Time or 4 years with ‘industrial experience’
Newcastle University
“Computer Science (HCI)” (BSc Hons)
3 years, Full-Time
University of Wolverhampton
“Human Computer Interaction” (MSc)
1 year, Full-Time or 2 years, Part-Time
University of York
“Human-Centred Interactive Technologies” (MSc)
1 year, Full-Time
University of Dundee
“Applied Computing: Human Computer Interaction” (BSc)
3 years, Full-Time
The Open University
“Computing & IT and Psychology” (BSc)
3 years, Full-Time or 6 years Part-Time
University of Leeds
“Design” (MA)
1 year, Full-Time or 2 years, Part-Time
University of Huddersfield
“Digital Media” (MA)
2 years, Part-Time
Sheffield Hallam University
“Graphic Design” (BA Hons)
3-4 years, Full-Time
De Montfort University (Leicester)
“Graphic Design (Interactive)” (BA Hons)
3-4 years, Full-Time
USA Universities
Savannah College of Art and Design (Georgia)
“UX Design” (B.F.A)
180 hours
UC San Diego | Extension
“User Experience (UX) Design”
Mixture of on-site and online remote learning
1-2 years, Part-Time
Philadelphia University
“User Experience and Interaction Design” (MS)
2 years, Full-Time
Michigan State University
“Experience Architecture” (BA)
4 years, Full-Time
Bentley University
“Human Factors in Information Design” (MS)
Mixture of on-site and online remote learning
1 year, Full-Time or 2-3 years, Part-Time
Georgia Tech
“Human Computer Interaction” (MS)
1-2 years, Full-Time
Open Learning Initiative (via Carnegie Mellon University)
Several UX-related courses
Carnegie Mellon University (The HCI Institute)
“Human Computer Interaction” (MS)
1 year, Full-Time
University of California, Irvine
“Human-Computer Interaction and Design” (MS)
1 year, Full-Time or 2 years, Part-Time
Indiana University
“Human Computer Interaction Design” (MS)
2 years, Full-Time
Drexel University
“Interactive Digital Media”
4 years, Full-Time
NYU | Tandon School of Engineering
“Integrated Digital Media”
4 year (BS) or 1 year (MS)
Rutgers University
“User Experience Design (UXD)” (MBS)
2 years, Full-Time
Stanford University
“Computer Science” (BS) (offers specialisation in HCI) & “Science in Symbolic Systems” (BS/MS)
University of Michigan
“Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) Specialisation”
University of Washington
“Human Centred Design and Engineering” (BS & MS)
Winthrop University
“Digital Information Design” (BS)
DePaul University (Chicago)
“Human-Computer Interaction” (MS)
UX Training Elsewhere
Accelerate
“User Experience Fundamentals”
Hong Kong
8 weeks
Red & Yellow
“User Experience Design (UX) Course”
Cape Town/ Johannesburg
6 weeks
Sit Back
Collection of UX related short courses
Sydney, Australia
1 day (1/2 day)
Ax-Stream
Variety of locations in Europe (‘in-house’ also available)
Several UX related short courses (1-2 days)
NYCDA (The New York Code + Design Academy)
“User Experience/ User Interface Intensive”, “User Interface & User Experience Design 101”, “Web Development Intensive”
Amsterdam
Varying lengths
Iron Hack
UX/UI Design Bootcamp
Paris/Barcelona/Madrid
8 weeks, Full-Time (Predominantly taught in English but in Spanish at the Madrid site)
Summer School Utrecht
“Innovation Lab: User-Experience Innovation and Service Design”
Netherlands
2 weeks
Certificate of Completion (4.0 ECTS credits available)
European Summer School
“Design Thinking” (In English)
Prague, Czech Republic
10 Days
Certificate of Attendance (5.0 ECTS credits available)
Tag Innovation School (Taught in Italian)
“UX Design Master” – (6 month guaranteed paid Internship)
Milan, Italy
12 weeks, Full-Time