Center for Integrated Design

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Center for Integrated Design

Design-based learning for all

By taking courses through CID, you'll work in a cross-disciplinary way with diverse students and expert faculty. Together, you'll explore design as a powerful way to solve real-world challenges.

Undergraduate & Graduate Courses

Design Strategies Certificate

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"By integrating design mindsets and practices into their prospective fields, students can nurture unique abilities, catalyze creative approaches, and build solutions to our world’s newer problems."
— DiMitri Higginbotham, Center for Integrated Design Director

Dive Deeper Into CID

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Get to Know Our Instructors

Our faculty are practicing creatives with diverse experiences in the design industry, ensuring our students are connected to a broad network of forward-thinking leaders in the field.

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Meet Our Industry Partners

Our industry partners are leaders in their fields who collaborate with us to provide our students access to real-world learning experiences.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Why is our course prefix "ITD" and not "CID"? Find answers to the most frequently asked questions about CID, all right here.