280 Short courses in Design

EdX is an online learning platform trusted by over 12 million users offering the Design Thinking - Empathizing to Understand the Problem Certificate in collaboration with Rochester Institute of Technology - RITx. Learn how to identify and understand product or business problems through active listening, empathy and user-focused research.

Design thinking has emerged as a powerful new problem-solving approach. It’s used in public, private, and nonprofit sectors for solving tomorrow’s user problems, fueling growth, and delivering a unique customer experience. The Design Thinking Workshop programme is offered at the Harvard University. 

Join Landscape Architecture - An Introduction at the University of the Arts London (UAL) and through practical and theoretical study, you will be introduced to the fundamentals of designing urban landscapes whilst taking on a design project of your own.

This Professional Soft Furnishings and Curtain Making at National Design Academy  is the ideal course if you want to design and make beautiful hand finished curtain projects for your home, or if you would like to set up your own lucrative soft furnishings business and workroom.

This exciting hands-on Art, Design and Creative Studies (SEG Award - Level 2 Certificate) course at the Arts University Bournemouth has been specifically designed to equip you with the necessary tools and overall principles to develop your personal creativity in art, design, and crafts.

Kadenze's The Complete Typographer IIseries delivers a comprehensive package of typographic history, theory, typeface design, technology, design practice, and commerce.

This Street Network Planning and Design course can count towards the MSc Transport Engineering and Planning at the UWE Bristol (University of the West of England).

The Design of Steel Structures According to Eurocode course provided by KTH Royal Institute of Technology covers the design of steel structures from a basic to advanced level. The course is about how to find the resistance (or load capacity) of structures by means of design calculations. The design calculations follow the European standard EN 1993 – Design of steel structures.

On University College London (UCL)'s Civic Design short course you'll learn to deliver urban initiatives in collaboration with local communities.

The Predictive Multiscale Materials Design course offered by Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) will help you discover how to integrate advanced technologies to drive the development of next-generation smart materials.

Learn how to use a broad range of new mixed media techniques and visual elements from a variety of sources. You will discover collage as a tool for thinking, realising your ideas, and enriching your work. This Contemporary Collage course is offered at the University of the Arts London (UAL).

This Manufacture Materials Design module at The Open University UK introduces materials processing from the perspective of a design engineer. During the module, you’ll study a range of manufacturing processes and explore how components are made, focusing on the interactions between manufacture, materials and design.

After developing an understanding of the workings of natural environments in the Natural Garden Design course from Warnborough College, you learn to create innovative plans for low maintenance bush gardens. 

This Playground Design course from Warnborough College emphasises the design and construction of playgrounds and small community parks. 

This Developing FPGA - Accelerated cloud applications with SDAccel - Practice course offered by Coursera in partnership with Politecnico di Milano is for anyone passionate about learning how to develop FPGA-accelerated applications with SDAccel!

Drawing and painting are essential skills for textile designers, and this Drawing and Painting for Textile Design course at the University of the Arts London (UAL) will help you develop the techniques, confidence and inspiration you need to create your own original and unique designs.

Learn fundamental UX design skills in this, design-led course. Conceive, prototype, and produce human-centered digital experiences with this UX Design for Beginners course at the University of the Arts London (UAL).

This Jewellery Making with Plastic and Metal course at the University of the Arts London (UAL) explores the use of several different types of plastics and the ways in which they can be combined with metal to create contemporary and colourful jewellery.

Kadenze's The Complete Typographer I series delivers a comprehensive package of typographic history, theory, typeface design, technology, design practice, and commerce. 

This Collecting Contemporary Art course at the University of the Arts London (UAL) is an introduction to the business of collecting contemporary art exploring various dimensions of how art is bought and sold.