Discover the key to business success in the age of disruption. Learn how to use the five-step design methodology to create customer-centric products and services central to your digital strategy's success. With practical tools and human-centered design frameworks, this Design Thinking PGP Course teaches you to innovate faster at an organizational scale.
The Postgraduate Program in Design Thinking & Innovation brings together centuries of combined academic excellence and thought-leadership from UMass Amherst and EY. Discover innovation as a strategy for business success with this program.
This Postgraduate Program in Design Thinking & Innovation is in collaboration with the University of Massachusetts Amherst. UMass Amherst is ranked among the Top 25 premier public universities in the USA and is committed to excellence and innovative thinking. It aims to produce revolutionary ideas and impact on par with the best universities in the world.
Learn with Ernst & Young (EY), one of the big four accounting firms. This program leverages EY’s expertise in various domains like strategy, operations, HR, technology, and financial services consulting.
Master the human-centered framework of complex problem-solving. Discover the iterative path to creating the perfect product with practical assignments, a course-end project, and a capstone project with this design thinking training course. Architect an organizational structure to innovate at scale.
Get started with the Post Graduate Program in Design Thinking & Innovation in collaboration with UMass Amherst and EY. Explore everything about this Design Thinking certification program.
Master strategic product and service innovation with help of design thinking. Learn to identify and pursue an innovation opportunity, to develop products and services that are desirable, viable, and feasible with help of the human-centered design framework. Bring positive impact in your work with practical tools and templates of innovation.
Explores various possibilities that design thinking can create to make a difference to your business. Learn how to develop innovative products, services, or re-engineer business models that are technologically feasible, business-viable, and desirable to your customers.
Understand and learn to create disruption with this design thinking course. Discover innovation as the key to survival and success in this disruptive world. Also, learn how to build an organizational structure to foster innovation on a large scale.
Wear your design thinking hat in the capstone and apply the innovation skills you learned in the design thinking postgraduate program to develop an innovative product or a service. With your new understanding of the rules of successful product innovation, develop an innovation strategy that can help your organization multiply such innovations across the organization. You will receive guidance from industry mentors and support from learner success managers during the capstone.
Attend online interactive masterclasses conducted by the renowned academicians from Isenberg School of Management at UMass Amherst. Explore how design thinking has transformed the business world and how you can replicate the same success at your organization. Discover how you can bring a positive impact on your work and up your innovation game.
Attend online interactive masterclasses conducted by industry experts at Ernst & Young (EY). Get insights into the latest innovations and design thinking techniques.
This program caters to working professionals from a variety of industries and backgrounds; the diversity of our students adds richness to class discussions and interactions.
According to DMI, "design-centric" companies outperformed the S&P 500 by 211%.
Design and execution speed
Increased team efficiency
For admission to this Post Graduate Program, candidates should have:
At least three years of experience
A Bachelor's degree in any discipline
Strategy or Design background is desirable but not mandatory
We have a team of dedicated admissions counselors who are available to guide you as you apply to the program. They are available to:
For admission to this Design Thinking & Innovation Training program, candidates must possess at least one of the first two criteria:
The admission process for this Design Thinking & Innovation Certification program consists of three easy steps:
To ensure money is not a limiting factor in learning, we offer various financing options to help make this program financially manageable. For more details, please refer to our "Admissions Fee and Financing" section.
As a part of this Post Graduate Program in Design Thinking & Innovation, you will receive the following:
Upon completing this Design Thinking program, you will be awarded a joint Postgraduate Program in Design Thinking & Innovation by UMass Amherst and Simplilearn. You will also receive industry-recognized certifications from Simplilearn for the courses included in the learning path.
Our teaching assistants are a dedicated team of subject matter experts available to help you get certified on your first attempt. They proactively engage with you to ensure adherence to the course path and enrich your learning experience, from class onboarding to project mentoring and job assistance.