Top Design Thinking Courses you should take in 2025

Courses are a great way to deepen your understanding of a Design Thinking. They are designed to be comprehensive and cover a wide range of topics. Here are the top 8 Design Thinking courses to consider in 2025.

List of Design Thinking Courses

Design Thinking courses are plentiful and varied. Here are the top 8 Design Thinking courses to consider in 2025.

Design Thinking Specialization

In this Specialization, you will master design thinking competencies in an engaging hands-on, project-based format. We will guide you through a detailed 14-Step process where you will tackle a human-centered problem that you want to solve. You will learn and practice all of the most important tool…

DESIGN HINKING

In this program, you will master a robust, human-centered approach to designing and improving products, experiences and systems at any scale. Working either on your own or with a team of your choosing, you’ll start by defining the problem or challenge you seek to address and then gather key user in…

Design Thinking Bootcamp: Make Impact and Drive Growth in Your Organization

Learn and apply skills to solve real business challenges using human-centered design techniques in this workshop at Stanford’s d.school. At Design Thinking Bootcamp, we understand that every product, service, and experience you work on must deliver. Our intensive program is focused on helping you s…

Mastering Design Thinking

This course runs over 3 months with an estimated 6-8 hours per week of study time This course is delivered in our Self-Paced Online format which enables you to participate at your own pace within weekly modules You will learn through a variety of formats including: interactive videos, practice quiz…

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Design Thinking for Innovation

Today innovation is everyone's business. Whether you are a manager in a global corporation, an entrepreneur starting up, in a government role, or a teacher in an elementary school, everyone is expected to get lean – to do better with less. And that is why we all need design thinking. At every level…

Design-Led Strategy: Design thinking for business strategy and entrepreneurship

This course is for entrepreneurial managers who are looking for tools and techniques to introduce exciting, innovative products or services to market quickly and informed by high-quality customer insights. It is applicable to a range of organizations from small-medium sized enterprises through to c…

Foundations in Design Thinking Certificate

Learn and practice the core concepts of design thinking from IDEO—the company that has been honing the methods of a human-centered approach to business for over 40 years. We’ve designed this program to give you a foundational, practical understanding of the essential design thinking skills and mind…

DESIGN THINKING ESSENTIALS

In this design thinking course, you will learn repeatable, scalable processes for finding, articulating and solving problems. Whether designing a product, building a system, or meeting an innovation challenge – effective design thinking practices provide a roadmap to rapidly generate ideas, test th…

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👋 Hi there! I’m Rina, a Product Designer at Meta. Previously, I was a UX designer working on Alexa at Amazon working on communications, device onboarding, fitness, and visual UI systems. Before transitioning into UX, I studied Architecture at Cornell University. I have mentored 40+ people (via Mentorcruise, Design Lab, …

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Hi, I'm Nik, a Lead Technical Program Manager with 11 years at Mastercard, Boston MBA, and started my career as a software developer. I’ve interviewed hundreds of candidates and received multiple offers, so I have deep insights into the hiring process and can bring some insigts to help you. Want …

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The UX job market is tough, but I’m here to help! 92.3% of my 200+ mentees land their next job or promotion within 6 months of mentorship. My mentoring stats: • 85% of my mentees receive interview callbacks within 1 month of updating their portfolios • 76% of my mentees …

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Hey! 😊 I'm a product designer and I love systems and design strategy. I worked with cool brands like IBM, Lloyds Bank, The Telegraph, Google, and more, in both B2C and B2B spaces. My everyday goal is to solve tricky problems and come up with game-changing solutions for businesses and …

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As a dynamic UX leader and architect, I'm driven by innovation and a passion for design. With extensive experience in digital projects for a diverse range of clients, from startups to industry giants like Amazon and Disney, my expertise lies in creating optimal solutions through iterative design and a deep …

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Hi there! I'm Riccardo, an Italian UX Design Lead living in Tokyo since 2010. With 13+ years of relevant experience in UX Design, Interaction Design, and Design Thinking, I spent most of my career in Japan, designing for startups as well as big corporations. Nowadays I work as Lead UX …

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