Overview

HCDE Master's students solve real-world problems with our award-winning interdisciplinary faculty and students from diverse professional backgrounds. A flexible schedule allows students to attend part time or full time. Courses are offered in-person and cannot be completed online.

Why HCDE?

Human Centered Design and Engineering program from University of Washington is an inclusive, interdisciplinary academic community. Graduates of HCDE receive engineering degrees and find jobs as user experience (UX) researchers and designers, systems analysts, design researchers, usability evaluators, web and information developers; and more. The university is located on a beautiful campus in the city of Seattle, and our students have access to the many prominent corporations that call the Pacific Northwest home.

Our Students

The Master's program in HCDE attracts students who are interested in researching, designing, and engineering technological interactions from a human perspective. Our students have a variety of academic and professional backgrounds, with an approximate breakdown of one-third from technical and engineering backgrounds, one-third from social sciences backgrounds, and one-third from design backgrounds. About half of our students are working professionals, studying as part-time students; the other half of our students study full-time. Our Master's student body is richly diverse; about 25% of our students are international or under-represented minorities. Our cohort is gender balanced: 50% female; 50% male.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Theoretical Foundations of Human Centered Design & Engineering

Empirical Traditions in Human Centered Design & Engineering

Navigating Design in Organizational Contexts

Visual Communication

Information Visualization

International User Experiences and Communication

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 24 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2027-09-30 00:00:00
- Apply before 2027-01-14 00:00:00

Language

English

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Credits

50 SCH

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Seattle, United States

Disciplines

Design General Engineering & Technology View 455 other Masters in Design in United States

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Academic requirements

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General requirements

Applicants to the Master's program in Human Centered Design & Engineering must have a Bachelor's degree by the time the program begins in autumn quarter to be considered. Because we place great value on a variety of different perspectives, there is no specific type of Bachelor's degree (or previous course-work) that we require applicants to have.
Our admitted student cohort is typically comprised of applicants divided equally between engineering/technical science, social science, and design backgrounds. The department does not collect GRE scores for the Master's program.

Tuition Fees

Tuition fees are shown in and the most likely applicable fee is shown based on your nationality.

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Non-residents

32511 USD / year

≈ 32511 USD / year
Out-of-State

32511 USD / year

≈ 32511 USD / year
Domestic

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In-State

18633 USD / year

≈ 18633 USD / year

Living costs

Seattle

United States

1480 - 2580 USD / month

The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.

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Funding

Win a €10000 Scholarship! Deadline: 30 June 2020

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