Whether you are beginning your career, want to make pivot, or advance in your current field, a graduate degree in UX from Michigan State will provide the skills, knowledge, and expertise to excel in the global marketplace.
Spring 2025 Application Deadline extended to
November 22, 2024
Also accepting applications for Fall 2025.
“A top skill trend for 2023”
– Coursera Job Skills Report
“1 of 50 best jobs”
– Glassdoor, 2022
- Based in a user-first philosophy
- 100% online
- Asynchronous, semester- length courses
- Start August or January
- Enroll full- or part-time
- Access to all MSU resources
“Design is really an act of communication, which means having a deep understanding of the person with whom the designer is communicating.”
– Don Norman, The Design of Everyday Things, 2002
Stand out from others with a master’s degree from a world-class university
Small classes
Current content
Faculty with research and professional backgrounds
Real-world experience with external clients for capstone and other courses
Faculty & media industry networks
Join an extensive worldwide alumni network
Program Application Requirements
• Preferred 3.0 undergraduate GPA
• No GRE required
• No previous experience in UX required
• Additional requirements for International applicants
Suitable for any background, any point in your career.
Structure your studies to fit your schedule.
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Ready to go beyond the bootcamps?
Our courses cover the lifecycle of user experience, from research to design to product evaluation, based on academic research in human-computer interaction and the insights of experienced UX professionals.
Learn the what, the how, and the why of UX.
User Research & Design
Quantitative Methods in UX
Social Science for Design
Programming Fundamentals
Usability Evaluation
Visual Design Fundamentals
Design for Interactivity
Accessibility & Design
UX & Society
The UX MS is offered by the Department of Media and Information (MediaInfo) in the College of Communication Arts and Sciences. MediaInfo offers an interdisciplinary and energetic learning environment united by a passion for media and information. Our world-class, award-winning faculty teach all aspects of the vibrant media ecosystem.
Our faculty are experts in a wide range of areas, including usability, accessibility, A.I., design, cybersecurity, virtual reality, human-computer interaction, media in society, media policy, and game design.
