8 Best Human-Centered Design Courses on edX
We compared 8 Human-centered Design courses currently listed on edX, priced from $49.00 to $286.20. 5 come from a named university or institution, including University of British Columbia, University of Maryland Baltimore County and Qualtrics XM Institute. They are ordered by our CourseAsk score, which is built from how thoroughly each course describes what it teaches, whether it comes from a named institution, and how it compares on price — not from star ratings, which our course data does not include.
- Courses compared
- 8
- Price range
- $49.00 – $286.20
- Providers
- edX
- Last updated
- 30 Aug 2026
How these 8 courses were chosen
Every course below is a real, currently listed course from edX, matched to "human-centered design" by our catalog and ordered by our CourseAsk score. Courses whose own title names the topic rank above those only tagged with it.
The grade on each entry scores how much the provider publishes about the course before you pay — the length and detail of the description, whether it lists learning outcomes and objectives — and whether a named university or institution stands behind it. A is fully documented and institution-backed; E is little more than a title and a price. Courses with almost nothing published are left ungraded rather than marked down, because an unknown course and a poor one are not the same thing.
There are no star ratings on this page — the course feeds we license do not include them, and we would rather leave a column out than fill it with a number we cannot stand behind. What we do have is price: these range from $49.00 to $286.20, as listed by the provider when we last updated the page.
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Human-Centered Design for Work at a Distance
Offered by University of British Columbia
This course on human-centered design at a distance explores strategies to effectively engage with teams and clients remotely. It emphasizes understanding user needs and applying design principles in virtual environments,...
$286.20listed price -
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Data Gathering for Human-Centered Design
Offered by University of Maryland Baltimore County
This course is designed to introduce you to the ways and methods that IT designers, developers, and researchers discover who they are designing for. Our focus will be on techniques for collecting and analyzing data so th...
$249.00listed price -
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Designing Human-Centered Solutions
Offered by University of Maryland Baltimore County
This course will introduce you to the ways in which we can discover solutions to human-centered problems with the overarching goal of maximizing user experience. We will focus on the methods that will help us understand...
$249.00listed price -
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Building an Experience Management Program
Offered by Qualtrics XM Institute
Experience Management (XM) allows organizations to understand human beings and design experiences that meet their needs. This course covers the core competencies and skills required to lead a successful XM program and in...
$189.00listed price -
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Empathetic Engineer
Offered by Imperial College London
This course will enable learners, especially Hardware, Software and Systems Engineers, to combine technological innovation with a deeply empathic, human-centred approach and generate truly impactful solutions for people,...
$150.00listed price -
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Making AI Work: Machine Intelligence for Business and Society
Offered by MIT Sloan School of Management
Discover a human-centered approach to deploying machine learning and learn to use AI as a tool for inclusive prosperity.
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Human Centered UI Design in an AI Era
Offered by Microsoft
Develop experience in designing intuitive, ethical, and inclusive user interfaces for the age of Artificial Intelligence. Designed for non-technical professionals, this course teaches you to bridge the gap between comple...
$55.00listed price -
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AI Regulation and Law
Offered by KU Leuven
Explore the legal frameworks and regulatory initiatives shaping AI. Learn to understand the basics of AI, reflect on its ethical dimensions, and discover key principles of Human-Centered AI.
$49.00listed price
Best Human-Centered Design Courses on edX compared
| # | Course | Provider | Offered by | Price | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Human-Centered Design for Work at a Distance | edX | University of British Columbia | $286.20 | View → |
| 2 | Data Gathering for Human-Centered Design | edX | University of Maryland Baltimore County | $249.00 | View → |
| 3 | Designing Human-Centered Solutions | edX | University of Maryland Baltimore County | $249.00 | View → |
| 4 | Building an Experience Management Program | edX | Qualtrics XM Institute | $189.00 | View → |
| 5 | Empathetic Engineer | edX | Imperial College London | $150.00 | View → |
| 6 | Making AI Work: Machine Intelligence for Business and Society | edX | MIT Sloan School of Management | — | View → |
| 7 | Human Centered UI Design in an AI Era | edX | Microsoft | $55.00 | View → |
| 8 | AI Regulation and Law | edX | KU Leuven | $49.00 | View → |
Prices shown are the provider's listed price when we last updated this page. Confirm on their site before enrolling.
What the prices here tell you
The 7 priced courses on this page run from $49.00 to $286.20, with the middle of the range around $189.00 — a spread of $237.20. That is a wide gap for one subject. A higher price on this page usually reflects who is behind the course rather than how much material it contains, so it is worth opening two or three at different price points and comparing their syllabus before deciding.
Who is behind these courses
These courses come from edX. Everything on this page is sold on the one platform, so the buying experience is the same whichever you pick. 5 of these are produced by a named university or institution, including University of British Columbia, University of Maryland Baltimore County and Qualtrics XM Institute — which usually means a fixed syllabus and a recognised certificate, rather than an individual instructor’s own course.
Before you enrol
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