The CMU Portugal Program has an Open Call for applications to the first edition of the Advanced Training Program in User Experience Design, an initiative promoted in collaboration with Técnico +, the Advanced Training School from Instituto Superior Técnico, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa (FCUL), Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade Nova de Lisboa (FCT UNL) and Carnegie Mellon University (CMU).
The Course will start in March 2022 and convene through June 2022 for 10 modules (216h). Classes will take place primarily onsite at Técnico+ facilities, at the Alameda Campus in Lisbon, and count on Carnegie Mellon Faculty members that will lecture some of the modules.
The Advanced Training Program in User Experience Design aims to educate and qualify active agents, aspirants, or well-established professionals, and researchers and academics in Human-Computer Interaction, in an interdisciplinary, structured, and stimulant learning environment.
This Program offers curricular units on the design and evaluation of interactive systems, emphasizing human-centered design techniques and the technologies that support novel user experiences. The course will be fully taught in English. It will focus on the comprehension of human skills and the consequences using interactive technologies as tools for work-related tasks, new lifestyles and experiences mediated by computing technology.
Eligible candidates should have a pre-Bologna degree (Licenciado) or master’s degree in one of the main areas of the Advanced Training Program: Informatics or Computer Science, Design and Psychology or similar areas such as Sociology, Anthropology, Multimedia, Communication Science, Electrical and Computer Engineering Or Telecommunications, Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Management.
Applications are open at: Técnico+ website.
More on the modules, faculty and course structure at the UxD page or in the Program’s brochure.
Here’s a brief overview of the 10 modules:
User-centered Research and Evaluation – March 2022 (TBC)
Coordinator: Raelin Musuraca (CMU)
Lecture hours/ weeks: 30h/1
Interaction Design Studio – March 2022 (TBC)
Coordinator(s): Skip Shelley (CMU)
Lecture hours/ weeks: 30h/1w
Programming Usable Interfaces / Software Structures for UIs – April 2022 (TBC)
Coordinators: Augusto Esteves (IST), Manuel Fonseca (FCUL), Nuno Correia (FCT-UNL)
Lecture hours/ weeks: 30h/1w
Service Design – May 2022 (TBC)
Coordinators: Valentina Nisi (ITI/LARSyS), Jodi Forlizzi (CMU)
Lecture hours/ weeks: 18h/1w
Digital Media and Storytelling – May 2022 (TBC)
Coordinators: Nuno Correia and Teresa Romão – FCTUNL
Lecture hours/ weeks: 18h/1w
Human AI Interaction – May 2022 (TBC)
Coordinators: Tiago Guerreiro and João Guerreiro – FCUL
Lecture hours/ weeks: 18h/1w
Augmented and Virtual Reality – April 2022 (TBC)
Coordinators: Daniel Lopes, Augusto Esteves, Diogo Cabral – IST
Lecture hours/ weeks: 18h/1w
Data driven Design – Date TBC
Coordinator: João Magalhães (FCT-UNL)
Lecture hours/ weeks: 18h/1w
Web and Mobile Accessibility – June 2022 (TBC)
Coordinator: Carlos Duarte and Luís Carriço – FCUL
Lecture hours/ weeks: 18h/1w
Digital Service Innovation – June 2022 (TBC)
Coordinator: Skip Shelly (CMU)
Lecture hours/ weeks: 18h/1w
