Learn to Design for a Better Digital World

Rice University UX/UI Boot Camp |
Become an
End-to-End UX/UI
Professional in 24 Weeks

  • Global Network: Access a network of 250+ employers looking to hire.
  • 360-degree Mastery: Go beyond UX/UI with a holistic focus on design and front end web development.
  • Student Success: Stay on track with personalized academic support.
  • Career Support: Leverage free professional resources throughout your career.

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Date: July 17
Time to
Complete: 24 weeks, part-time
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Classes: 9 hours per week
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What Is UX/UI?
Great design goes beyond stunning aesthetics. Learn to harness cutting-edge tools to create effective user-centric experiences. While UX and UI go hand in hand, they are two distinct, related disciplines. At Rice University UX/UI Boot Camp, you’ll learn both in addition to web prototyping. Your learning will culminate in a portfolio that showcases in-demand skills — from storyboards and prototypes to interactive apps and responsive websites.
UX: The Functionality

User experience (UX) design is focused on eliminating friction for the user of a product or service. UX includes interaction design; information architecture; wireframing; product design; plus user research, testing, and data.

UX designer was one of Glassdoor’s 50 Best Jobs in America for 2022.1

1Glassdoor

UI: The Look

User interface (UI) represents how users interact with and experience digital products and services. UI includes brand expression, visual communication, accessibility, graphic design, color, layout, and typography.

Digital design jobs are expected to grow 13% between 2020 and 2030 — 6% faster than the national average.2

2Bureau of Labor Statistics

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The Support You Need to Transform Your Career

UX/UI is essential in our increasingly digital world. At Rice University UX/UI Boot Camp, we’re committed to equipping you with the fundamental skills you need to make an impact, while providing unparalleled support and resources before, during, and after your boot camp.

  • Work with an admissions advisor who will prepare you for your boot camp.
  • Access a 1-on-1 tutor if you get stuck.
  • Connect with a powerful network of engaged instructors, TAs, peers, and graduates.
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Further Your Career

Our Career Engagement Network will help you apply the tools and knowledge you have learned to advance your career. We will help you build your portfolio, optimize your resume and LinkedIn profile, and prepare for interviews. You’ll also have access to free career resources throughout your professional life.

Top Employers Hire Our Boot Camp Learners
Our boot camp learners go on to work for some of the world’s top companies, including over 62% of the Fortune 100.
Innovative Curriculum. In-Demand Skills.
In 24 weeks, Rice University UX/UI Boot Camp will prepare you to become an end-to-end UX/UI professional with the hard and soft skills needed to solve big design challenges. One-third of our curriculum is dedicated to front end web development, so you’ll be fluent in the medium you’ll be working with — even if you aren’t executing the programming.

Our user-centric curriculum is delivered through live, online classes and high-quality coursework. Our instructors are fully vetted by the university and offer 1-on-1 virtual guidance to learners throughout the program.

Learn to understand the user journey through leading research techniques and methodologies.

  • What you will learn:
  • UX/design thinking
  • User-centered design research
  • Empathy and users
  • UX interviewing
  • Insight synthesis
  • Persona creation
  • Decision mapping
  • Prototyping
  • User testing

A deep dive into the necessary skills, technologies, and frameworks designers need to master in order to create functional and immersive applications.

  • What you will learn:
  • User interaction
  • User interface and affordance
  • InVision
  • Project management
  • User-centered design
  • Accessibility and usability
  • UI patterns and libraries
  • Atomic Design
  • Adobe XD and Figma

Learn the many other aspects of visual design that UX/UI developers rely on to build highly engaging user experiences.

  • What you will learn:
  • Typography
  • Heuristics, usability, and UI iterations
  • Continuity and branding in UX and UI
  • Iconography

Create live web applications as full-fledged prototypes and experiment with more complex user interactions.

  • What you will learn:
  • HTML
  • CSS
  • GitHub
  • Bootstrap
  • JavaScript
  • jQuery

Work in small groups to put into practice the software, skills, and techniques you’ve learned.

Now You’re Ready
By the time you’ve completed the boot camp, you will have mastered in-demand skills, built an impressive portfolio of relevant, real-world projects, and earned a valuable non-credit Certificate of Completion from Rice University's Susanne M. Glasscock School of Continuing Studies.
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Learn on Your Schedule
This is a part-time online program designed for working professionals like you who want to learn UX/UI to start, advance, or excel in a design career.
Time to complete 24 weeks
Live classes 9 hrs/week
Homework and projects 20+ hrs/week
Class time Three weekday classes (3 hrs/class)
Invest in Your Career With the Right Financial Options UX/UI boot camp fee: $12,745
Interest-Free Payment Plan
Pay an initial deposit and split the rest of your tuition into monthly installments over the length of the program with no interest.
Early Registration

Enroll by the early registration deadline and get $500 off your tuition cost when paid in full.

Alumni Scholarship
Alumni are eligible for a $500 scholarship.
AmeriCorps
The program is eligible to use your AmeriCorps award.
Employer Funding
Use available educational benefits or tuition sponsorship from your employer.
Sallie Mae
Offers private student educational loans.

edX Boot Camps does not receive any commissions or payments for referrals or successful loan applications. The lender’s loan approval criteria will apply and you should consider the terms and conditions of any loan carefully. We are not credit advisors. We make no representations about whether you will be given a loan or whether a loan will be suitable for you. We are not responsible for representations made to you by any credit provider.

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What Boot Camp Graduates Are Saying
  • "A prestigious school like Rice University was very attractive. [My instructor, student success manager, and Career Services advisor] combined were an amazing support system that allowed me the ability to land a job right after graduation. I am sincerely thankful for the opportunity." Chad M.
  • "My professor and teaching assistants were my favorite part of the experience. As current industry professionals, they were able to paint a real picture of what a day in the life of a user experience designer is like and help us develop reasonable expectations and working habits." Madi H.
  • "The Career Services program was a great help for me. I took advantage of the free online workshops and the knowledge I got from that gave me a lot of confidence for my next role! The one-on-one career coaching … was great as well! I got a lot of resources that helped me along the way." Jill W.
A Powerful Educational Partnership

About Rice University


Rice University is globally recognized for instilling in students the skills needed to compete in today’s ever-changing business landscape. Our programs focus on applicable, in-demand skills for individuals and corporations, designed with working professionals in mind. Rice University’s Susanne M. Glasscock School of Continuing Studies is creating and delivering professional and executive education that tackles today’s fast-paced, technology-driven world, one that also demands strategic, globally-minded leadership. These career-long professional learning programs target ambitious and emerging business leaders preparing them to have a dynamic impact on Houston and the world’s evolving knowledge economy. All of our classes provide the rigor, support and mentorship you need to succeed in the classroom and beyond.


This program is offered through Rice University's Susanne M. Glasscock School of Continuing Studies in partnership with edX.


About edX


edX, part of 2U Inc., works with respected universities and organizations to deliver innovative, skills-based training to a community of over 45 million learners around the world to support them at every stage of their lives and careers. edX delivers boot camps through an immersive learning experience with expert services and valuable resources. As of 2021, graduates have been hired by 6,700+ companies, including more than 62% of the Fortune 100.

The Next UX/UI Boot Camp Starts July 17.
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