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App Design Courses

App design courses can help you learn user interface design, prototyping, usability testing, and interaction design principles. You can build skills in creating wireframes, conducting user research, and implementing design feedback effectively. Many courses introduce tools like Sketch, Figma, and Adobe XD, that support creating visually appealing and functional app layouts. You’ll also explore design systems and accessibility standards to ensure your apps are user-friendly and inclusive.


Popular App Design Courses and Certifications


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    Scrimba

    Learn UI Design Fundamentals

    Skills you'll gain: User Interface (UI) Design, Color Theory, Typography, Web Design, Design, Usability, HTML and CSS, Design Elements And Principles, Layout Design

    4.8
    Rating, 4.8 out of 5 stars
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    17 reviews

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

  • Status: New
    New
    Status: Free Trial
    Free Trial
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    EDUCBA

    Design and Build Advanced Android Apps with Kotlin

    Skills you'll gain: Android Studio, Android Development, Kotlin, Mobile Development, Relational Databases, PostgreSQL, Application Design, Database Design, Databases, User Interface (UI), User Interface (UI) Design, Frontend Performance

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

  • Status: New
    New
    Status: Free Trial
    Free Trial
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    EDUCBA

    Develop a Swipe-Match iOS App Using Swift

    Skills you'll gain: User Interface (UI) Design, Human Computer Interaction, Interactive Design, Usability, Software Design, Application Development, Software Architecture

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

  • Status: Free Trial
    Free Trial
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    IBM

    Capstone Project: Applying UI/UX Design in the Real World

    Skills you'll gain: User Research, Design Thinking, UI/UX Research, Usability Testing, Wireframing, Mockups, User Experience Design, User Interface (UI) Design, Prototyping, Figma (Design Software), User Flows, Persona Development, Scalability

    4.8
    Rating, 4.8 out of 5 stars
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    10 reviews

    Advanced · Course · 1 - 3 Months

  • Status: Free Trial
    Free Trial
    C

    California Institute of the Arts

    UX Design Fundamentals

    Skills you'll gain: User Experience Design, Adobe XD, User Interface (UI) Design, User Centered Design, Interaction Design, Prototyping, Wireframing, User Research, User Flows, Application Design, Mockups, Information Architecture, Ideation, Adobe InDesign, Adobe Illustrator

    4.8
    Rating, 4.8 out of 5 stars
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    2.2K reviews

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

  • Status: Free Trial
    Free Trial
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    Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

    Designing data-intensive applications

    Skills you'll gain: Data Mining, Database Design, Scalability, Database Systems, Relational Databases, Unstructured Data, Transaction Processing, Databases, Systems Design, Big Data, Data Architecture, NoSQL, Data Processing, Maintainability, Software Design, SQL, Apache Hadoop

    4.3
    Rating, 4.3 out of 5 stars
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    39 reviews

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

  • Status: Free Trial
    Free Trial
    U

    University of California San Diego

    Designing, Running, and Analyzing Experiments

    Skills you'll gain: Statistical Analysis, Experimentation, Usability Testing, Statistical Hypothesis Testing, Data Analysis, Statistical Methods, UI/UX Research, R Programming, User Experience, Human Computer Interaction, Statistics, Data Validation, Statistical Modeling, Regression Analysis, Logistic Regression

    3.6
    Rating, 3.6 out of 5 stars
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    596 reviews

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    Coursera

    UI/UX Design with Sketch: Travel Booking App

    Skills you'll gain: Wireframing, User Interface and User Experience (UI/UX) Design, User Interface (UI) Design, Prototyping, Usability, Mockups, User Experience, UI Components, Application Design, Layout Design, User Flows

    Beginner · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

  • Status: Free Trial
    Free Trial
    C

    Coursera

    UI Design using Figma: Create a Weather App Interface

    Skills you'll gain: User Interface and User Experience (UI/UX) Design, Prototyping, Usability, User Interface (UI) Design, Figma (Design Software), Interaction Design, UI Components, Mockups, Wireframing

    4.3
    Rating, 4.3 out of 5 stars
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    9 reviews

    Intermediate · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

  • Status: Free Trial
    Free Trial
    P

    Packt

    UI Design, Localization & Capstone UIs

    Skills you'll gain: User Interface (UI) Design, Mobile Development, User Interface and User Experience (UI/UX) Design, iOS Development, Swift Programming, Responsive Web Design, Application Design, Animations, Interactive Design, Application Development

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

  • Status: Preview
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    U

    University of Colorado Boulder

    AI for Course Design

    Skills you'll gain: Generative AI, Artificial Intelligence, Education Software and Technology, AI Enablement, Responsible AI, Digital pedagogy, Prompt Engineering, Large Language Modeling, ChatGPT, Emerging Technologies

    4.3
    Rating, 4.3 out of 5 stars
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    32 reviews

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

  • Status: Free Trial
    Free Trial
    C

    California Institute of the Arts

    Visual Elements of User Interface Design

    Skills you'll gain: User Interface (UI) Design, Graphic and Visual Design, Design, Design Elements And Principles, Human Computer Interaction, Typography, Graphic Design, Layout Design, Information Architecture, Application Design, Interaction Design, User Experience Design

    4.7
    Rating, 4.7 out of 5 stars
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    6.4K reviews

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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In summary, here are 10 of our most popular app design courses

  • Learn UI Design Fundamentals: Scrimba
  • Design and Build Advanced Android Apps with Kotlin: EDUCBA
  • Develop a Swipe-Match iOS App Using Swift: EDUCBA
  • Capstone Project: Applying UI/UX Design in the Real World : IBM
  • UX Design Fundamentals: California Institute of the Arts
  • Designing data-intensive applications: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
  • Designing, Running, and Analyzing Experiments: University of California San Diego
  • UI/UX Design with Sketch: Travel Booking App: Coursera
  • UI Design using Figma: Create a Weather App Interface: Coursera
  • UI Design, Localization & Capstone UIs: Packt

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