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UX DESIGN CERTIFICATE

Land a job as the one making technology easier and more enjoyable for everyone

Kick off a career in the high-growth field of user experience (UX) design. In the Google UX Design Certificate program, you’ll learn the foundations of UX design, including empathizing with users, building wireframes and prototypes, and conducting research to test your designs.

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COURSE 1 • 19 HOURS
Foundations of User Experience (UX) Design

In this course, you will learn about the field of user experience (UX) design, explore job opportunities and career paths within the field, and review common job responsibilities and research methods used in UX design. This course is the first in a series of seven courses that will equip you with the skills needed to apply to entry-level jobs in UX design.

COURSE 2 • 21 HOURS
Start the UX Design Process: Empathize, Define, and Ideate

In this course, you’ll kick off the design thinking framework and learn how to empathize with users — understand their pain points, define their needs, and develop potential solutions. You’ll also start designing a mobile app to include in your professional portfolio.

COURSE 3 • 17 HOURS
Build Wireframes and Low-Fidelity Prototypes

In this course, you’ll continue designing a mobile app by creating storyboards, paper and digital wireframes. You’ll then build a low-fidelity prototype in Figma.

COURSE 4 • 20 HOURS
Conduct UX Research and Test Early Concepts

In this course, you’ll learn how to plan and conduct a usability study to gather feedback on designs and modify your low-fidelity designs based on research insights.

COURSE 5 • 29 HOURS
Create High-Fidelity Designs and Prototypes in Figma

In this course, you’ll build high-fidelity, interactive prototypes in Figma, conduct research to collect insights and make improvements, and learn how to share designs with development teams.

COURSE 6 • 22 HOURS
Build Dynamic User Interfaces (UI) for Websites

In this course, you’ll progress along the design thinking framework by designing a responsive website using Figma and engage in design critique sessions to receive feedback. By the end of the course, you’ll have another project to include in your UX portfolio.

COURSE 7 • 24 HOURS
Design a User Experience for Social Good & Prepare for Jobs

In the final course, you’ll apply the entire design thinking framework — from empathizing to testing — to develop a dedicated mobile app and responsive website focused on social good. You’ll also polish your professional UX portfolio and get interview tips from Google experts.

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The world of UX design is full of opportunity

  • 63,000+

    open jobs in the high-demand field of UX1

  • $115,000

    is the median salary in UX2

  • 75%

    of graduates report a positive career outcome within 6 months of completion3

Gain the skills you need to be a user experience designer, UI designer, interaction designer, and more.

CONNECT WITH 150+ TOP EMPLOYERS

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Frequently asked questions

What is UX design? What do UX designers do?

User experience (UX) design is the process of designing a good user experience by making, creating, and organizing the interfaces people interact with daily, like mobile apps, websites, smart watches, and physical products.

UX designers focus on the experience that people have while using products like websites, apps, and physical objects. UX designers make those everyday interactions more useful, usable, and accessible to users. The role of an entry-level UX designer might include coming up with ideas to address user problems, conducting research with users, and designing wireframes, mockups, and prototypes.

What is the difference between UX and UI?

UX (user experience) design is the process of designing a good user experience by making, creating, and organizing the interfaces people interact with, including websites, apps, and products. UI (user interface) design focuses on the graphical interface that users interact with and how it works and responds to users, including navigational elements such as menus, buttons, and icons.

What are some important skills for UX designers?

A UX designer learns skills to make user interactions with websites, mobile apps, and physical products more usable, equitable, enjoyable, and useful. UX design skills include the ability to…

  • Empathize with users to understand their needs and pain points
  • Create empathy maps, personas, user stories, and user journey maps to understand user needs
  • Develop problem statements to define user needs
  • Generate ideas for possible solutions to user problems
  • Build wireframes and prototypes
  • Conduct UX research
  • Create designs and prototypes

Why start a career in UX design?

As the digital world continues to expand, companies are recognizing that good user experience is a necessity, which has led to UX design being a high-growth and in-demand field. UX designers spend their time making, creating, and organizing the interfaces people interact with daily, like mobile apps, websites, smart watches, and physical products. Their work ensures that these interfaces are easier and more enjoyable to use.

Why enroll in the Google UX Design Certificate?

When you enroll in the Google UX Design Certificate, you'll explore the design process, including empathizing with users, defining their pain points, coming up with ideas for design solutions, creating wireframes and prototypes, and testing designs to get feedback.

You'll learn these job-ready skills in our certificate program through interactive content (discussion prompts, quizzes, and activities) in under six months, with 5-10 hours of study a week. Along the way, you'll work through a curriculum designed with input from industry leaders and top employers, like Figma, Adobe XD, Deloitte, Cognizant and Accenture. You'll even create a portfolio that includes three projects to share with potential employers to showcase the skills you learned in this program.

After you've graduated from the program, you'll have access to career resources and be connected directly with employers hiring for open entry-level roles in UX design.

What tools or platforms are included in the Google UX Design curriculum?

Figma and Adobe XD are the design tools taught in the Google UX Design Certificate program. Spreadsheets, word processing applications, and presentation applications will also be used. Throughout the program, you will create a professional portfolio, using the platform of your choice, to showcase your UX design work.

What are the different types of UX design jobs?

Some of the different types of UX design jobs include:

  • User experience (UX) designer
  • User interface (UI) designer
  • Interaction designer
  • Visual designer
  • Product designer

What other kind of job support is available after I complete the Google UX Design Certificate?

In addition to expert training and hands-on projects designed to prepare you for a job in user experience (UX) design, you’ll get exclusive access to CareerCircle, which offers free 1-on-1 coaching, interview and career support, and a job board to connect directly with employers, including over 150 companies in the Google Career Certificates Employer Consortium who are committed to considering candidates who have completed the Google UX Design Certificate.

The Google Career Certificates Employer Consortium consists of over 150 U.S. companies like Adobe, Verizon and Google. These companies span multiple sectors and are committed to considering Google Career Certificate graduates for entry-level jobs. Upon completion of the Google UX Design Certificate, you will gain access to an exclusive job platform where you can easily apply to opportunities from employers with open jobs.

Who designed the Google UX Design Certificate?

The Google UX Design Certificate was designed and built by subject-matter experts and senior practitioners at Google. This certificate has been created to equip learners with theoretical and practical knowledge and real-life problem-solving skills to be successful in an entry-level user experience (UX) designer job. Expert industry organizations and platforms like Figma, among others, consulted and collaborated on material.

How much does the Google UX Design Certificate cost? Is financial assistance available?

The Google UX Design Certificates costs $49 per month on Coursera after an initial 7-day free trial period. All Google Career Certificates are completely self-paced. At about 10 hours of study per week, many learners complete a Google Career Certificate in three to six months.

If you are interested in financial assistance for the Google UX Design Certificate, you may be eligible for financial aid via Coursera through the course page. Recipients of financial aid will have full access to course content and assignments required to earn a certificate. To apply, go to the certificate course page on Coursera and click the “Financial aid available” link next to the “Enroll” button.

What is Interview Warmup?

Interview Warmup is a tool that lets anyone practice answering interview questions, based on Google Career Certificate fields, to get more confident and comfortable with the interview process. Your answers are transcribed in real time so you can review what you said and discover patterns in your responses. Learn more here.

Footnotes


1 Lightcast™ US Job Postings (2023: Jan. 1, 2023 - Dec. 31, 2023)
2 Lightcast™ US Job Postings (2023: Jan. 1, 2023 - Dec. 31, 2023)
3 Based on program graduate survey, United States 2022