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Post-Diploma Certificate in Digital Experience Design at MacEwan University

MacEwan University, Canada

Programme overview

Build on your current degree or diploma by learning to design digital products such as websites, apps, video games and wearable interfaces. Enhance your ability to recognize user needs and use wireframes, prototypes and visual interfaces for finding digital solutions to client problems. This one year post-diploma certificate is the first of its kind in Canada and provides a comprehensive hands-on learning experience that sets it apart from any other certificate programs available in this field.

Faculty: Faculty of Fine Arts and Communications  |  Duration: 1 year  |  Study mode: full-time  |  Intake: Summer  |  Location: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

What you will study

When you choose this post-diploma certificate, you take a deep dive into the field of digital experience design (DXD), adopt a human-centred approach to making design decisions and develop strong digital experience design skills. You explore the ways that people interact with digital products, research real-world problems and create digital solutions that are useful, usable and desirable.

Career pathways

Alberta needs digital experience designers with expertise in all areas—user experience design, user interface design, interaction design and web design. When you take this certificate program, you gain the skills you need to excel in the digital experience design sector, helping to diversify Alberta’s economy and filling a gap in the digital labour industry.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Previous post-secondary: Applicants must have completed one of the following from a recognized institution: A diploma OR A bachelor's degree

Domestic applicants: CAD 7,500 a year (2026). 2026/27 full-time tuition as stated in the MacEwan cost estimate sheet; excludes mandatory and program fees, books and supplies. Year 1, 30 credits. Source

International applicants: CAD 28,230 a year (2026). 2026/27 full-time tuition as stated in the MacEwan cost estimate sheet; excludes mandatory and program fees, books and supplies. Year 1, 30 credits. Source

Fall intake for certificates. Digital Experience Design (Post-diploma certificate) also has a Spring/Summer intake; Gerontology, Hospice Palliative Care and Behaviour Analysis also have a Winter intake.

All programmes admit new students in the Fall term; some programmes also offer Winter, Spring/Summer intakes. Fall 2026 classes start 2 September 2026 and Winter 2027 classes start 6 January 2027 for programmes with a Winter start.

Fall deadline May 1 for Bridge to Canadian Nursing; March 30 for Emergency Communications and Response; June 30 for Educational Assistant, Office Assistant (Administrative, Legal, Medical), Digital Experience Design (Spring/Summer: March 30), Gerontology, Hospice Palliative Care and Behaviour Analysis (Winter: November 30 for the last three).

Applications open October 1 for Fall, February 1 for Winter and May 1 for Spring/Summer (for the following year). International applicants must apply by May 1 for Fall, October 1 for Winter and January 30 for Spring/Summer unless an earlier closing date is indicated.

Applications are submitted online through ApplyAlberta. The application fee is $110 (2026/27), non-refundable, paid by Amex, Debit MasterCard, MasterCard, Visa or Visa Debit. The admission confirmation deposit is $400 for new domestic students and $1,000 for new international students, applied towards tuition.

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