Design Courses

Career Certificate

Housing Design for All

Learn innovative design strategies and practical approaches to create sustainable, inclusive and adequate housing solutions that respond to global challenges.

• edX
• 12 weeks, 4-5 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• $304.00
• 2 courses

Sustainable Housing Design

Learn about practical and innovative design approaches to reduce energy use, enhance resource efficiency, ensure affordability, and foster sociocultural integration in the housing sector.

• edX
• 6 weeks, 4-5 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Performance-based façade design

Assess façade performance in terms of structural, energy, thermal, acoustic, comfort and daylight criteria for buildings that are both user-centered and energy efficient.

• edX
• 7 weeks, 3-4 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Exam: Façade Design and Engineering

Enroll in this course to gain access to the instructions for the final assignment and oral exam of the MicroMasters program in Façade Design and Engineering.

• edX
• 2 weeks, 4 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Product Design for Sustainable Healthcare

Learn a step-by-step approach to designing sustainable products for healthcare. Assess environmental impacts of health products and develop a circular redesign proposal for your own case.

• edX
• 4 weeks, 2-3 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Career Certificate

Façade Design & Engineering

Develop Expertise in Façade Design and Engineering

• edX
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

IoT Systems and Industrial Applications with Design Thinking

23 ratings at edX

The first MOOC to provide a comprehensive introduction to Internet of Things (IoT) including the fundamental business aspects needed to define IoT related products.

• edX
• 7 weeks, 3-4 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Groundscape Architecture Design Lab, re-thinking cities underground

We simply cannot be satisfied with only developing the city on top of the city. We must also build the city under the city.

• edX
• 11 weeks, 2-3 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Free Certificate

Advanced Timber Plate Structural Design

A trans-disciplinary approach in structural design and digital architecture of timber structures with advanced manufacturing workflow.

• edX
• 7 weeks, 2-3 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Theatre and set design

13 ratings at edX

Study the foundamentals of scenography and set design and learn how to create a theatrical scenic perspective

• edX
• 10 weeks, 4-6 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Inclusive design

The course aims to offer a new vision of disability starting from its definition and declination in the national and international legal and socio-economic context. The aim of the course is to promote

• Federica
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course

AI Experience Design: Progettare Esperienze Intelligenti per la Società Digitale

Il MOOC esplora come l’intelligenza artificiale stia trasformando il modo in cui persone, organizzazioni e tecnologie interagiscono. Il corso offre una prospettiva interdisciplinare che unisce design,

• Federica
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course

Introduzione al Design Thinking

Scopri il potere del Design Thinking con questo corso, un viaggio pratico e coinvolgente per imparare ad affrontare problemi e progetti complessi attraverso soluzioni innovative, in ogni contesto. Gra

• Federica
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course

Organizational Design: Creating Competitive Advantage

Learn how to design control systems, decision-making processes and a culture that enables value creation and the development of sustainable competitive advantage.

• edX
• 7 weeks, 4-5 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Free Certificate

Design Your Career

A guide to deliberately shaping your career through self-leadership, strategic choices, and influence.

• Swayam
• 6 weeks
• Available until Oct 31, 2026
• Free Online Course