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Learn user experience design through project-based learning

The online capstone certificate in User Experience Design from the University of Wisconsin–Madison provides you with UX training to improve interactions between users and information technologies in any industry sector. Whether you’re seeking introductory skills or a deeper understanding of user experience design, you’ll benefit from joining a new network of like-minded learners and expert faculty.

All graduate-level courses are online, allowing you to balance your education, work, and life while learning to work effectively as part of a virtual UX team
You’ll learn to apply real-world techniques and tools that improve the usability, accessibility, and pleasure with which people interact with digital spaces
Upon completion, you will be skilled at service design, interaction design, user experience, information architecture, prototyping, interface design, and usability testing and evaluation.

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Capstone certificate

User Experience Design Capstone

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.

Fall 2025

Deadline: 08/15/25

Tuition

$1,200 per credit

Credits

10 graduate-level credits

Modality

Online

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