Learn to Design for a Better Digital World

The UX/UI Boot Camp at UT Austin | Become an
End-to-End UX/UI Professional in 24 Weeks

  • Global Network: Access an exclusive 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:

December 2

Time to
Complete:

24 weeks, Part-time

Live Online
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 the UX/UI Boot Camp at UT Austin, 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 2021.1

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% by 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 the UX/UI Boot Camp at UT Austin, 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.

  • Stay on track with a dedicated student success advisor.
  • edX Xpert support available for students 24/7, 365 days a year.
  • Connect with engaged instructors, teaching assistants, and peers for academic support.
  • Additional academic services may be available in select boot camps.
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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.

Our Boot Camp Graduates Are in Demand

Our employer-competitive graduates have received job offers from thousands of global organizations. As you take the next steps in your career, you’ll have exclusive access to job referrals from our network of 250+ partners.

Innovative Curriculum. In-Demand Skills.

In 24 weeks, the UX/UI Boot Camp at UT Austin will prepare you to become an end-to-end UX/UI professional with the hard and soft skills needed to solve big design challenges. Our curriculum is designed to help learners become code conversational in front-end web development. Students are encouraged to understand coding basics to collaborate effectively with developers.

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: 

  • User-centered design
  • Design research methods
  • Figma / Figjam
  • UX interviewing
  • Brainstorming, ideation, and insight synthesis
  • Personas, archetypes, and storytelling creation
  • Decision and journey mapping
  • Prototyping and iterative design
  • Accessibility and usability
  • Usability testing
  • Project management

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

What you will learn:

  • User Interface (UI) design
  • Heuristic analysis
  • HTML and CSS
  • Responsive web design (RWD)
  • Bootstrap and RWD design
  • UI patterns and libraries
  • Branding and consistency
  • Color, typography, and iconography
  • Information architecture
  • Layout and navigation design
  • Design systems and components
  • Multimodal design

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

What you will learn:

  • Web portfolios and case studies
  • Design interviewing
  • Whiteboard challenges
  • Web Hosting and no-code technologies
  • JavaScript
  • Presenting and pitching ideas
  • RWD prototyping
  • Collaborative development and design handoff

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 certificate from UT Austin.

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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 complete24 weeks
Live classes9 hrs/week
Homework & projects 20+ hrs/week
Class time3 weekday evenings

Invest in Your Career With the
Right Financial Options

UX/UI boot camp fee:  $12,745

Alumni Scholarship

Alumni are eligible for a $500 scholarship.

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.

12-Month Payment Plan

Once approved, you’ll pay your deposit and split the remaining tuition over 12 monthly installments with zero interest.

24-Month Payment Plan

Once approved, you’ll pay your deposit and split the remaining tuition over 24 monthly installments with zero interest.

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.

What Boot Camp Graduates Are Saying

  • “Attending [the] boot camp … is the best decision I have ever made in my career path. As a freelance Graphic Designer I wanted to add a skill that will compliment my already established field. UT’s intense boot camp helped me prepare to face the real world and clients with confidence [and] to execute and deliver projects successfully. It also taught me empathy and user-centric design concepts that are helping me bridge the gap between my clients, developers, and end-users.”

    Sandhya A.

  • “I had a great experience and learned A LOT in just 6 months! I am much happier now that I am doing something that I love.”

    Lauren B.

  • “I chose to attend the boot camp when I was laid off due to Covid in March. I decided to transition into a UX/UI career path to make myself more marketable at the completion of the boot camp and beyond. It was a great decision because it gave me a much-needed jolt of career confidence in addition to the mandatory knowledge and skills to make myself attractive to employers in a growing but highly competitive space.”

    David C.

A Powerful Educational Partnership

About University of Texas at Austin

The University of Texas at Austin is known as a bold, ambitious leader and is ranked among the best, and biggest, research universities in the country. The university’s commitment to providing quality higher education programs continues with UT Austin’s Center for Professional Education, McCombs School of Business, and Cockrell School of Engineering through the Coding, UX/UI, Data Analysis & Visualization, Cybersecurity, Digital Marketing, and Product Management Boot Camps.

UT Austin Boot Camps help students prepare for careers in fast-growing fields through an effective, interactive online format. We employ a market-driven curriculum to teach the most in-demand skills and offer a wide range of support services to best enable your success in the program and beyond.

This program is offered by UT Austin through the McCombs School of Business and School of Information, 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 December 2. Reserve Your Spot Today!

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