Master in User Experience Design Master - IED Milano

Language

Italian

Start date

November 2026

Frequency

Full time

Fruition

Blended

Duration

1 Year

Course Coordination

Giorgio Brugo

Price

EU/EEA resident students: €13.500

Non‑EU/Non-EEA resident students: €15.500

Use your design skills to deliver user-friendly, immersive experiences for the people, and also to create value for businesses and memorable experiences across digital media. This is what the Master's Program in User Experience Design at IED Milano is all about

Learn how to design experiences and interfaces that make interaction on digital media easy, intuitive and enjoyable, with a strong focus on human needs.

The Master's Program in User Experience Design will help you understand how crucial user experience is for a brand and for a business today. You will also find out how to take user experience to the next level, building up your professional future day by day.

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Helping companies design powerful experiences

The Master's Program in User Experience Design at IED Milano is for those like you who want to understand what lies beyond the interaction with a product. This training is specifically designed for those who feel a strong need to explore how different perspectives come together to create a user experience, going across technology, knowledge, relationships, aesthetics and emotions.

You can feel confident taking this Master's Program to complete your education, no matter what your background is, whether your undergraduate studies were in design, visual arts, and architecture, or in business, humanities, communications and psychology.

You will soon realize that this programme provides a contemporary, inspiring and fresh specialization track, where theory, strategic thinking and practical work are blended together to help you successfully move into the professional design experience environment.

The Master's Program in User Experience Design at IED Milano is for those like you who want to understand what lies beyond the interaction with a product. This training is specifically designed for those who feel a strong need to explore how different perspectives come together to create a user experience, going across technology, knowledge, relationships, aesthetics and emotions.

You can feel confident taking this Master's Program to complete your education, no matter what your background is, whether your undergraduate studies were in design, visual arts, and architecture, or in business, humanities, communications and psychology.

You will soon realize that this programme provides a contemporary, inspiring and fresh specialization track, where theory, strategic thinking and practical work are blended together to help you successfully move into the professional design experience environment.

The Master's Program in User Experience Design is the first IED blended native programme. The theory part of the course is delivered on-line, but still without losing the opportunity for discussion, for sharing and networking between students and teachers.

Classroom lessons, which will be held jointly and in synergy, will include a number of activities that will enrich your learning experience as you work on project development and implementation tasks.

This is a new, proactive and inclusive training programme developed right in the midst of the pandemic, in an effort to break down geographical barriers and experiment with new approaches to work.

This is a Master's Program where you have the opportunity to work on real-life project design tasks. From day one, you will be challenged to think and create like a professional designer, learning how to apply specialist tools to the real world.

You will experience co-creative and collaborative learning methods. You will also practice teamwork and put yourself to the test working with our partner companies as they bring real-world projects into the classroom. This will be a great opportunity for you to take the challenge and work hands-on all along the practical phase of your programme.

This Master's Program provides a variety of career opportunities across creative, project-intensive, and also data-driven companies, all of them currently experiencing very strong growth rates. It also fulfils job requirements from agencies and consulting firms, companies specialising in user research, interface design, and user interaction design.

The main software you will need during your course is provided by IED!

On this page you will find all the features you need for your computer. 

 

Syllabus

The study plan delves into all the activities involved in acquiring a full vision of the experience development ecosystem. After a general overview of User Experience in all its dimensions and applications, this programme will provide analytical and technical insights into the main software packages and specialist tools required to manage a UX project. 

Special emphasis is given to design development as you work on projects with our partner companies.  The work approach is that of a project team.



CHARACTERISING MODULES

Design Process & Ops
Information architecture
Heuristic evaluation and usability
Responsible Design
Research Methods
User Testing
Psychology and Neuroscience
Human Computer Interaction
UX Writing
Analytics & C.R.O.
Wireframing & Prototyping
Design System
Design
Thesis Project

STAGE

Faculty

Course Coordinator

Giorgio Brugo

Executive & Service & Product Design Lead at EY

Valentina Bellantone

Digital Design Manager at EY

Federico Casiraghi

Head of Design at Endu

Gian Amedeo Deplano

Senior Manager Digital & Emerging technologies at EY

Matteo Montolli

Partner & Design Director at Moze

Francesco Rodighiero

Designer, Design for All, Co-founder Hackability and Opendot. President of Design for All Italia

Pierfilippo Ariano

UX/UI Designer & Art Director at Be-Family

Cecilia Scolaro

Responsible Design Advocate and Consultant

Raffaella Calligher

Experience Design, Customer Insight and Neuroscience Manager at EY

Silvia Maffezzoni

Digital Product Designer at Prada Group

Rogi Stenta

Senior UX, UI & Service Designer at EY

Camilla Maccaferri

Copywriter and UX Writer

Ferrante Schinardi

Senior Consultant Service Design & Innovation at EY

Francesca Perani

Architect-activist, visual designer and educator

Nikolas Bass Kallmorgen

Event Manager, Trainer, Interior Design Photographer

Maria Cristina Lavazza

Experience Designer

Luca Panzarella

Product Manager, UX Designer

Stefano Dominici

Human Centered Design Strategist

Alois Bertona

Strategy Manager

Emanuele Gandini

Senior Service Designer & Researcher 

Giovanni D'Alessandro

UX & Interaction Design Manager

Projects

Interaction Design and User Experience

Milan

Thesis Project with Nexi Group - Master in User Experience Design | IED Milano

Interaction Design and User Experience

Milan

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