Human Centered Design & Engineering

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Certificate in User Centered Design

Advance your UX and human-centered design skills through 5 graduate-level courses. Applications due August 1.

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Certificate in Human Centered AI

Learn to create AI systems that are useful, trustworthy, and centered on human needs. Applications due August 1.

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2026 Graduation Ceremony

Highlights from the 2026 HCDE Graduation & Awards Ceremony, held June 12 at the University of Washington.

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2026 Graduation Address

Ram Shankar Siva Kumar, founder of Microsoft's AI Red Team and author of Not With a Bug, delivered the 2026 graduation address for the Department of Human Centered Design & Engineering. View the full text of the address here.

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Outstanding Alumni Aleenah Ansari

HCDE has named writer, creative strategist, and entrepreneur Aleenah Ansari (BS '19) the recipient of the 2026 Outstanding Alumni Award in recognition of her work elevating voices and building community through storytelling.

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Bringing HCDE to WA students

From teaching middle school students in northeastern Washington to coordinating Engineering Discovery Days activities at UW, Human Centered Design & Engineering student Taylor Bradshaw is helping inspire the next generation of engineers through outreach and mentorship.

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