15 Best Design Thinking Courses on Coursera
We compared 15 Design Thinking courses currently listed on Coursera, priced from $49.00 to $99.00. 8 come from a named university or institution, including University of Virginia, Howard University and IBM. 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
- 15
- Price range
- $49.00 – $99.00
- Providers
- Coursera
- Last updated
- 18 Sep 2026
How these 15 courses were chosen
Every course below is a real, currently listed course from 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 $49.00 to $99.00, as listed by the provider when we last updated the page.
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Experiencing Design: Deepening Your Design Thinking Practice
Offered by University of Virginia
How do we unlock the transformational power of design thinking? To do this, we must understand that this power lies not in what it encourages us to do, but in who it encourages us to become. We become design thinkers by...
$49.00listed price -
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Design Thinking for the Greater Good: Innovation in the Social Sector
Offered by University of Virginia
Do you work for a nonprofit or in the social sector? Are you struggling to solve the problems and meet the needs of the people you serve? Come learn more about how design thinking, a human-centered approach to problem so...
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Design Thinking
Offered by University of Virginia
In this Specialization, you will master design thinking competencies in an engaging hands-on, project-based format. We will guide you through a detailed 14-Step process where you will tackle a human-centered problem that...
$79.00listed price -
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Design Thinking: Insights to Inspiration
Offered by University of Virginia
Welcome Designers! In this course, developed at the Darden School of Business at the University of Virginia, we will introduce you to the design thinking process. It is a project-based course in which you will identify a...
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AI Foundations & Design Thinking
Offered by AI CERTs
Learn how to apply AI in design workflows to improve user experience, product decisions, and overall design outcomes. Combining AI with design thinking is becoming an essential skill for modern professionals. This course...
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Generative AI in User Research and Design Thinking
Offered by Fractal Analytics
Reimagine innovation with AI-driven design thinking. In today’s fast-paced digital landscape, creating products that resonate with users requires more than intuition—it demands data-driven creativity. This beginner-frien...
$49.00listed price -
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Capstone: Design Thinking for IS in Business
Offered by Howard University
In this course, learners will be introduced to the capstone project and learn how to integrate the design thinking process in business problem solving. In addition, learners will develop a prototype and get feedback from...
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IoT Systems and Industrial Applications with Design Thinking
Offered by LearnQuest
In this 3-course specialization, learners will dive into the world of IoT systems and their integration with Industrial Automation. This specialization also explores the design thinking process, emphasizing a user-centri...
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AI Workflow: Business Priorities and Data Ingestion
Offered by IBM
This is the first course of a six part specialization. You are STRONGLY encouraged to complete these courses in order as they are not individual independent courses, but part of a workflow where each course builds on th...
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Fashion Values: Economy
Offered by University of the Arts London
Fashion and economy are deeply intertwined through everyday actions, behaviours and business models. On this course from London College of Fashion's Centre for Sustainable Fashion, you'll explore who the economy serves a...
$49.00listed price -
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Customer Insights: Quantitative Techniques
Offered by University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
This course will highlight the potential of quantitative marketing research for assessing new product opportunities. In addition to focusing on the skills and practices for a successful New Product Development (NPD), the...
$79.00listed price -
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Lean Enterprise Framework: Transform the Business Model
Offered by University of Maryland, College Park
This course provides a comprehensive overview of lean portfolio and product management, focusing on transforming business models through customer-centric approaches and innovative product development strategies. Key topi...
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Building Fintech Startups in Emerging Markets
Offered by University of Cape Town
Starting a small business can be very rewarding. This course starts by asking “What is entrepreneurship?” to then begin applying commonly used business planning tools, such as design thinking and business model canvas. D...
$49.00listed price -
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Fashion Values: Nature
Offered by University of the Arts London
Join Centre for Sustainable Fashion and understand biodiversity in the context of fashion, creating a plan for fashion that protects Earth’s ecosystems. Discover fashion practices that can protect, restore, and regenerat...
$49.00listed price -
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Designing the Future of Work
Offered by UNSW Sydney (The University of New South Wales)
The workplace of tomorrow is an uncertain place. We live in a rapidly changing world, and design innovations such as artificial intelligence (AI), robotics, and big data are rapidly changing the fundamental nature of how...
$49.00listed price
Best Design Thinking Courses on Coursera compared
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 15 priced courses on this page run from $49.00 to $99.00, with the middle of the range around $49.00 — a spread of $50.00. The options are closely priced, so cost is unlikely to be your deciding factor. 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 Coursera. Everything on this page is sold on the one platform, so the buying experience is the same whichever you pick. 8 of these are produced by a named university or institution, including University of Virginia, Howard University and IBM — 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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