New Human-Centred Design Certificate at OCAD U School of Continuing Studies

Elevate your Design Skills—Register today for Early Bird Pricing!
ocadu.ca/continuingstudies

Human-Centred Design Certificate

Starts September 10, 2025
OCAD University, Online

Focused investment for maximum impact. Join this immersive certificate and gain the skills to design meaningful, user-centred solutions. By the end of 14-weeks, you’ll walk away with a polished design project, a deep understanding of HCD, and a portfolio-ready case study.

Early Bird Price: $3,570 (15% Off)
Full Certificate Fee: $4,200

14 weeks, Online, Asynchronous

• Study at your own pace, from anywhere
• Small class sizes with dedicated instructors
• Get timely and effective feedback
• Connect with your peers

Human-centred design (HCD) is a creative problem-solving approach that places people at the centre of the design process. When we deeply understand the people we are designing for, the solutions or interventions we create are more relevant, caring, and impactful. This online certificate explores the five stages of the HCD process. Each week, you will be introduced to key concepts, methods, and mindsets within each phase. You will then apply the learnings to a challenge of your choosing.

Who this is for

• UX/UI designers, service designers, product managers, and researchers.
• Entrepreneurs and professionals looking to integrate HCD into their work.
• Anyone interested in designing impactful, user-centred solutions.

What sets this certificate apart

Project-Based Learning: Work on your own design project from start to finish

• Hands-On Prototyping + Testing: Learn by making, testing, and iterating
• Inclusive + Ethical Design: Focus on accessibility, sustainability, and responsible innovation
• Industry-Relevant Tools + Methods: Exposure to co-design, and usability heuristics

Meet your instructors

Images (left to right): HCD instructors, Nadine Hare and Ren Scott

Nadine Hare
Nadine is a Design Anthropologist, trained as a medical anthropologist, and has been working in human-centred design for over ten years. She began her career in consulting, helping health-care organizations gain a better understanding of the patients, caregivers, and health-care practitioners they are designing for. Currently, her work focuses on helping teams embed co-design and ethnographic research in the work that they do. Learn more

Renn Scott
Renn is an accomplished design leader and innovator, educated at the prestigious Royal College of Art. Boasting more than 15 years of professional experience, she has served in Senior Design Leadership positions at TD iNVENT, Myant Inc., BlackBerry, and IBM. With over 200 patents to her name, she has made transformative contributions across mobile, wearable, web, and desktop interfaces, significantly influencing the tech industry and the companies she has been part of. Learn more

Testimonials: Sarah Douglas and Megan McLeod
Students share their experience in Human-Centred Design at OCAD U, and how it has impacted their careers and their approach to design solutions. Learn more

Join the new Human-Centred Design Certificate and take advantage of the Early Bird Price. Register today!

Check out unique Summer courses:

• Comics and Graphic Novels
• Story and Narrative for Games
• Game Design
• Video Editing
• Interior Design
• Conceptual Photography
• Landscape Painting
• Oil Painting Techniques
• Woodworking
• Social Media Marketing for Creative Entrepreneurs
• Teaching Art Micro-credential

50% Off Adobe CC Licence
When you enrol in a course with the School of Continuing Studies, you qualify for a 6-month Adobe Creative Cloud Licence at 50% off. Simply add Adobe CC to your cart when you register for a course and start creating! Adobe courses are now open in After Effects, Illustrator, InDesign, and Photoshop.

OCAD University
School of Continuing Studies (SCS)
100 McCaul Street
Toronto, ON M5T 1W1
continuingstudies@ocadu.ca

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