Graduate Certificate in Universal Design at University of Kentucky

Create environments, experiences and learning opportunities that work for more people. The Graduate Certificate in Universal Design prepares you to recognize barriers to access and apply universal design principles to create more inclusive built and virtual environments. Through an interdisciplinary approach, you’ll learn to consider human diversity from the beginning of the design process—helping make spaces, products, services and learning experiences more accessible and usable.

Faculty: College of Design  |  Duration: 12 credit hours  |  Study mode: full-time  |  Intake: Fall, Spring, Summer  |  Location: Lexington, KY, United States

What you will study

Universal design goes beyond meeting minimum accessibility requirements. It asks you to consider the diversity of people who will use a space, product, service or learning environment from the beginning. Through the certificate, you'll learn to: Recognize universal design in built and virtual environments and understand how it applies to your own discipline.

Career pathways

Depending on your primary field, universal design expertise can support work in areas such as: Architecture and interior design

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