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App Design Courses

App design courses can help you learn user interface design, prototyping, usability testing, and interaction design principles. You can build skills in creating wireframes, conducting user research, and implementing design feedback effectively. Many courses introduce tools like Sketch, Figma, and Adobe XD, that support creating visually appealing and functional app layouts. You’ll also explore design systems and accessibility standards to ensure your apps are user-friendly and inclusive.

Popular App Design Courses and Certifications


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    Google

    Design a User Experience for Social Good & Prepare for Jobs

    Skills you'll gain: User Experience Design, User Experience, User Interface and User Experience (UI/UX) Design, Cross Platform Development, Experience Design, User Centered Design, UI/UX Research, Responsive Web Design, Human Centered Design, Web Design, Web Presence, Usability, Design Research, Design Thinking, Design Strategies, Usability Testing, Prototyping, Generative AI, Ideation

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    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    University of Michigan

    User Experience & Interaction Design for AR/VR/MR/XR

    Skills you'll gain: Augmented and Virtual Reality (AR/VR), Storyboarding, Augmented Reality, Virtual Reality, Interactive Design, Usability Testing, Design Thinking, User Experience, Experience Design, Prototyping, User Experience Design, Interaction Design, Visual Storytelling, Storytelling, Usability, Human Centered Design, Design Reviews, Ideation

    4.7
    Rating, 4.7 out of 5 stars
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    186 reviews

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Google

    Start the UX Design Process: Empathize, Define, and Ideate

    Skills you'll gain: User Experience Design, User Experience, Persona (User Experience), Web Content Accessibility Guidelines, User Story, UI/UX Research, User Centered Design, Design Thinking, User Research, Human Factors, Human Centered Design, Ideation, Competitive Analysis, Solution Design, Persona Development

    4.8
    Rating, 4.8 out of 5 stars
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    17K reviews

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Georgia Institute of Technology

    Introduction to User Experience Design

    Skills you'll gain: User Experience Design, Prototyping, User Experience, User Centered Design, User Interface and User Experience (UI/UX) Design, Usability, Requirements Analysis, UI/UX Research, Requirements Elicitation, User Interface (UI), Design Research, Interaction Design, User Interface (UI) Design, Usability Testing, User Research

    4.6
    Rating, 4.6 out of 5 stars
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    9K reviews

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    IBM

    Introduction to UX/UI Design

    Skills you'll gain: User Experience, Adobe XD, Design Thinking, User Research, Wireframing, Augmented and Virtual Reality (AR/VR), Emerging Technologies, Collaborative Software, Prototyping, Software Development Life Cycle

    4.7
    Rating, 4.7 out of 5 stars
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    109 reviews

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Scrimba

    Learn UI Design

    Skills you'll gain: Responsive Web Design, User Interface (UI) Design, User Interface (UI), Web Design, HTML and CSS, Web Design and Development, Graphic and Visual Design, Design Elements And Principles, Maintainability, Layout Design, Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), Usability, User Experience Design, Hypertext Markup Language (HTML), Color Theory, Animations

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    Rating, 4.5 out of 5 stars
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    11 reviews

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    Packt

    Conversation Design for Chatbots & Voice Assistants

    Skills you'll gain: Persona (User Experience), User Interface (UI), Prompt Engineering, Interaction Design, Usability, User Experience Design, Responsible AI, Human Centered Design, Human Computer Interaction, Design Research, User Flows, Usability Testing, Context Management, Multimodal Prompts, User Research, Prototyping, Technical Communication, User Requirements Documents, Data Ethics, Natural Language Processing

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    Xbox

    Product Design and UX/UI Fundamentals

    Skills you'll gain: User Story, User Interface (UI), User Interface and User Experience (UI/UX) Design, User Interface (UI) Design, Usability, Design Thinking, User Experience Design, Mockups, Usability Testing, Wireframing, User Experience, User Centered Design, User Feedback, Design, Prototyping, Figma (Design Software)

    4.8
    Rating, 4.8 out of 5 stars
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    12 reviews

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Imperial College London

    Advanced App Development in Android

    Skills you'll gain: Virtual Reality, Augmented and Virtual Reality (AR/VR), Computer Graphics, Android (Operating System), Visualization (Computer Graphics), Virtual Environment, Logo Design, 3D Assets, Android Studio, Android Development, Computer Graphic Techniques, Application Development, Graphics Software, Animations, Mobile Development, Color Theory, Creative Design, Performance Tuning, Linear Algebra

    4.3
    Rating, 4.3 out of 5 stars
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    132 reviews

    Intermediate · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

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    Coursera

    GenAI for UX Designers

    Skills you'll gain: User Experience, User Experience Design, Wireframing, User Research, Persona (User Experience), Responsible AI, User Interface and User Experience (UI/UX) Design, Usability, Adobe XD, Usability Testing, Generative AI, Figma (Design Software), AI literacy, Prototyping, User Interface (UI) Design, Persona Development

    4.2
    Rating, 4.2 out of 5 stars
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    124 reviews

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Microsoft

    UI/UX Design Principles

    Skills you'll gain: Responsive Web Design, Usability, User Interface (UI), User Experience Design, Design Thinking, User Centered Design, Mockups, User Interface and User Experience (UI/UX) Design, Interaction Design, Wireframing, Interactive Design, Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), Web Design, Microsoft Copilot, Adobe XD, User Experience, Figma (Design Software), Prototyping, AI Workflows

    4.8
    Rating, 4.8 out of 5 stars
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    8 reviews

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    University of Colorado Boulder

    Basic Elements of Design: Design Principles and Software Overview

    Skills you'll gain: Design Elements And Principles, Graphic Design, Graphic and Visual Design Software, Graphic and Visual Design, Visual Storytelling, Design Software, Design, Storytelling, Layout Design, Adobe InDesign, Color Theory, Adobe Photoshop

    4.7
    Rating, 4.7 out of 5 stars
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    1K reviews

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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In summary, here are 10 of our most popular app design courses

  • Design a User Experience for Social Good & Prepare for Jobs: Google
  • User Experience & Interaction Design for AR/VR/MR/XR: University of Michigan
  • Start the UX Design Process: Empathize, Define, and Ideate: Google
  • Introduction to User Experience Design: Georgia Institute of Technology
  • Introduction to UX/UI Design: IBM
  • Learn UI Design: Scrimba
  • Conversation Design for Chatbots & Voice Assistants: Packt
  • Product Design and UX/UI Fundamentals: Xbox
  • Advanced App Development in Android: Imperial College London
  • GenAI for UX Designers: Coursera

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