Are you ready to make real change? Learn bold, innovative thinking as practiced at Stanford and the Silicon Valley with Stanford Online's innovation programs and courses. By thinking and acting differently, you'll be able to reimagine the solutions of tomorrow and solve your biggest challenges. Designed for working professionals, all of our programs and courses can be completed alongside a full-time career.
Program Features
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 Learning
Get the authentic Stanford Design School experience.
Stanford Certificate
Earn a certificate for any program that you complete.
Innovation Programs & Workshops
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.
Stanford Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Learn to think and act differently. With courses spanning across topics in operations, product development, and leadership, you will learn how to work smarter, generate and execute breakthrough ideas, and achieve better results.
Digital Transformation
Ensure that your team and organization thrive in today's tech-driven markets. Utilize new technology and continually innovate to improve your products, services, and efficiency, all in support of better customer experiences.
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
Hayagreeva Rao
Professor of Organizational Behavior, Stanford Graduate School of Business
Lynda Smith
Lecturer, Management Science and Engineering, Stanford University
Bob Sutton
Professor, Management Science and Engineering and, by courtesy, Graduate School of Business, Stanford University
Pamela Hinds
Professor and Co-Director of the Center on Work, Technology, and Organization, Stanford University
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: