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User Experience Design Capstone

Capstone Certificate in User Experience Design

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Is this program right for you?

Want to design human-centered technologies and create more natural, intuitive, and satisfying user experiences? The graduate-level capstone certificate in User Experience Design gets you there in just one year, backed by the prestige and quality you expect from UW–Madison.

  • This certificate uniquely merges expertise in information, media, people, and technology
  • Community is an important component. Students enter in a cohort, work together across all classes, form teams, comment, and contribute to virtual feedback sessions
  • Learn how to contribute to the development of new technologies, assess user interactions, create conceptual designs and apply your growing skills to real projects

Education that works for you

Learn to increase user satisfaction and improve the encounters between users and interactive systems with a one-year online graduate certificate in User Experience Design from the University of Wisconsin–Madison.

Program type

Capstone certificate

Collection of courses in a single discipline, does not result in a degree

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Certificate awarded

Capstone Certificate in User Experience Design

Commitment

1 year

Tuition

$1,200 per credit

Format

Online

Primarily online

Credits

10 graduate-level credits

Admission terms

Program admits for fall term

STEM opt eligible

No

International eligibility

Yes, with restrictions.

Application deadlines

Fall 2025

  • Deadline: August 15, 2025

Fall 2026

  • Deadline: August 15, 2026

Fall 2027

  • Deadline: August 15, 2027
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Program requirements

All applicants must:

  • Have a bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution
  • Have a minimum undergraduate GPA of 3.0
  • Submit evidence of English language proficiency, if applicable. See the Graduate School Requirements for more information

Ideal applicants will:

  • Have general experience with web, mobile and other interactive technologies. Prior computer programming experience is not required.

Application materials required

  • Online application
  • Statement of interest
  • Transcripts

For complete application details visit UW–Madison’s Guide →

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Results that work for you

User Experience Design Capstone

$98,000

Market salary in 2019

Job titles

  • User experience (UX) designer
  • User interface (UI) designer
  • User interface (UI) developer
  • User experience (UX) researcher

Top industries

  • Administrative and support services
  • Professional, scientific, and technical services
  • Insurance carriers and related activities
  • Publishing industries (except Internet)
  • Credit intermediation and related activities

Top employers

  • Anthem Blue Cross
  • Amazon
  • IBM
  • American Express
  • J.P. Morgan Chase Company
  • Pegasystems Incorporated

14.9%

Projected growth for Web Developers from 2016-2026. Source: Burning Glass Technologies: Labor Insight. 2020.

What you’ll learn

Immerse yourself in the user’s perspective with the User Experience Design Capstone program. Through a blend of lectures, workshops and a potential real-world project, you’ll gain the skills needed to design and test user-centered interfaces and services.

For complete curricular details visit UW-Madison’s Guide →
  • Service design
  • Interface design
  • Usability testing and evaluation

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