Are you ready to create real change?
Learn bold, innovative thinking as practiced at Stanford with our online programs and courses. Break free from the way things have always been done so that you can solve your biggest challenges. Designed for working professionals, all of our programs and courses can be completed alongside a full-time career.
Why enroll?
World-Class Instructors
Learn from Stanford faculty and innovation all-stars.
Flexible Learning
Content is 100% online and can be taken at your own pace.
Hands-On Courses
Get the authentic Stanford School of Engineering, Business, and Design (d.school) experience.
Stanford Certificate
Earn a certificate for any program that you complete.
Featured Courses and Programs
Leading People, Culture, and Innovation
Learn essential skills and effective strategies for leading innovative, motivated teams in your organization. Lead change that propels both your career and your company forward.
Creativity and Design Thinking
Make innovation a daily practice in your life. Through hands-on exercises and application-based frameworks, you’ll learn how to harness your creativity to continuously produce novel solutions to any challenge you face.
Introduction to Design Thinking
Got a problem? Design thinking can help you to create a game-changing solution. Learn new ways of thinking, acting, and interacting that help you create innovative products, services, and processes.
Getting Buy-In for your Ideas
How do you successfully champion bottom-up innovation when leadership’s time and attention are in high demand? Learn how to promote your ideas within an organization to empower innovation and drive change.
Achieving Innovation through Inspiration
Inspiration isn’t something you wait for. It’s something you work for. Learn the tools you need to seek the inspiration that will turn unknowns into radically new products and services.
Graduate or Professional Program - which is right for you?
Time Commitment
Achievement
Classmate Interactions
Cost
Graduate Certificate Courses
90–120 hours per course
Earn up to 18 units of academic credit that may contribute to a certificate or a degree
Frequent collaboration with other students taking courses at the same time
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Professional Certificate Courses
80–120 hours per course
Earn a certificate and, in some cases, professional education units
Potential to connect with other participants through private social media groups
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Featured Faculty
Jeremy Utley
Adjunct Professor and Director of Executive Education, Stanford d.school
Kathryn Segovia
Lecturer, Stanford d.school
Bob Sutton
Professor, Management Science and Engineering and, by courtesy, Graduate School of Business, Stanford University
Perry Klebahn
Adjunct Professor and Director of Executive Education, Stanford d.school
FAQ
Take online courses in marketing innovation from Stanford University. Hone your ability to generate and implement new ideas and lead innovative teams and organizations. Taught by world-class Stanford faculty, these courses are engaging, interactive, and full of useful practices and strategies that you can apply immediately: