8 Best Design Thinking Courses for Beginners
We compared 8 Design Thinking courses currently listed on edX, Udemy and Coursera, priced from $44.99 to $337.00. 4 come from a named university or institution, including Rochester Institute of Technology, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati 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
- $44.99 – $337.00
- Providers
- edX, Udemy, Coursera
- Last updated
- 18 Sep 2026
How these 8 courses were chosen
Every course below is a real, currently listed course from edX, Udemy, Coursera, matched to "design thinking" 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 $44.99 to $337.00, as listed by the provider when we last updated the page.
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Design Thinking Fundamentals
Offered by Rochester Institute of Technology
Learn how a user-centered approach and design thinking principles inspire innovative ideas to create desirable solutions.
$337.00listed price -
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Introduction to Design Thinking and Product Development
Crisp and straight to the point lectures!This course will cover the following topics.· Design thinking- You will learn about the 5 stages of Design thinking process: Empathize, Define, Ideate, Prototype & Test· Chall...
$44.99listed price -
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Introduction to Product Design
Offered by Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati
By the end of this course, you will be able to take a product from a real user need to a tested, working prototype using a structured, user-centred design process. You will learn to conduct user research with both qualit...
$49.00listed price -
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Entrepreneurship: Ideation and Exploring Fundamentals
Offered by Creo Incubator
The CREO Entrepreneurship: Ideation and Exploring Fundamentals Course introduces learners to entrepreneurship as a career path and practical discipline. The course is designed for individuals who are curious about starti...
$49.00listed price -
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Product Design and UX/UI Fundamentals
Offered by Xbox
Dive into the world of product design and master the art of creating user-friendly interfaces. You'll learn to collaborate effectively with design teams, create wireframes and mockups, conduct product testing, and iterat...
$49.00listed price -
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Introduction to Experience Management
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 fundamental XM skills and knowledge that every professional can use in their...
$189.00listed price -
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Fundamentals of UI/UX Design
Offered by Microsoft
This course explores the core concepts of User Experience Design (UXD) and Human-Centered Design (HCD). It introduces design thinking and how it is used in UX/UI design. It will also cover UX roles and responsibilities....
$49.00listed price -
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UX/UI Design Fundamentals
Offered by Institute of Product Leadership (IPL)
Design WOW Experiences & Validate Products Faster with Visual Prototypes.
$75.00listed price
Best Design Thinking Courses for Beginners compared
| # | Course | Provider | Offered by | Price | |
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| 1 | Design Thinking Fundamentals | edX | Rochester Institute of Technology | $337.00 | View → |
| 2 | Introduction to Design Thinking and Product Development | Udemy | — | $44.99 | View → |
| 3 | Introduction to Product Design | Coursera | Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati | $49.00 | View → |
| 4 | Entrepreneurship: Ideation and Exploring Fundamentals | Coursera | Creo Incubator | $49.00 | View → |
| 5 | Product Design and UX/UI Fundamentals | Coursera | Xbox | $49.00 | View → |
| 6 | Introduction to Experience Management | edX | Qualtrics XM Institute | $189.00 | View → |
| 7 | Fundamentals of UI/UX Design | Coursera | Microsoft | $49.00 | View → |
| 8 | UX/UI Design Fundamentals | edX | Institute of Product Leadership (IPL) | $75.00 | 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 8 priced courses on this page run from $44.99 to $337.00, with the middle of the range around $49.00 — a spread of $292.01. 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, Udemy and Coursera. The platforms differ in how they sell: some charge once per course, others expect a subscription, and the listed price is not always what you pay at checkout after a promotion. 4 of these are produced by a named university or institution, including Rochester Institute of Technology, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati 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
Open the provider’s own page and check three things this comparison cannot tell you: when the course was last updated, what the syllabus actually covers in its later sections, and what recent learners say. Prices shown here are the provider’s listed price when we last rebuilt this page on 18 September 2026 — they change often, and a promotion can move them substantially. We earn a commission if you enrol through our links, which costs you nothing and never affects the order courses appear in.