Google UX Design Certificate

Frequently asked questions

• What is UX design?

  User experience (UX) design is 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.

• What is a UX designer?

  User experience (UX) designers focus on the experience that users 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 organising 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…

  Empathise 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 recognising 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 organising 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.

• Who is this program for?

  The Google UX Design Certificate is for anyone with an interest in helping to create better experiences for users of apps, websites, and physical products. No prior experience with design or specific tool is required for the Google UX Design Certificate.

• Why enroll in the Google UX Design Certificate?

  When you enroll in the Google UX Design Certificate, you'll explore the design process, including empathising 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 this 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 languages are the certificates available in?

  This certificate is currently available in English and we are currently working to bring this certificate in additional languages. Please check back here for updates.

• How much do the Google Career Certificates cost?

  The Google UX Design Certificate costs US$39 per month by subscription on Coursera.

• What is Coursera?

  Coursera is a global online learning platform that offers access to online courses. Google has worked with Coursera to make Google Career Certificates available on their platform.

• Where can I access the Google UX Design Certificate?

  The Google UX Design Certificate is available globally in English on Coursera, a global online learning platform that offers access to online courses. Google has worked with Coursera to make Google Career Certificates available on their platform. We are working to make the certificates available in more languages.

• How do I apply for financial assistance?

  If you are interested in financial assistance for Google Career Certificates, 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.

  ?Google has also funded 5,000 scholarships for Google Career Certificates, which will be distributed by Google.org grantee NPower Canada. These funds will create a lasting impact in helping people land high-quality jobs in high-growth fields. Apply for a scholarship here.

• What is the Google Career Certificates Employer Consortium? How does it work?

  The Google Career Certificates Employer Consortium consists of different companies like Deloitte, KPMG, Loblaw, Mosaic, Omnicom Media Group, Publicis Groupe, Shopify, TELUS, Unilever, and of course, Google. These companies span multiple sectors and are committed to considering Google Career Certificate graduates for jobs. Upon completion of a Google Career Certificate, you will gain access to an exclusive job platform where you can easily apply to opportunities from employers with open jobs.

  Employers interested in joining the Google Career Certificates Employer Consortium can find more information at grow.google/employers.

• What other kind of support is available after I complete the Project Management 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 access to a resume building tool, mock interviews and career networking support designed to help you with your job search. You'll also be able to connect with Canadian employers in the Google Career Certificates employer consortium who are accepting candidates who have completed the Google UX Design Certificate.

• 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.