PIE Study Abroad
University of California, Irvine
University of California, Irvine

510 East Peltason Drive, Irvine, California, USA

Graduate Certificate - Creativity and Product Development - Accelerated

Postgraduate Certificate

Program Summary

Capitalizing on innovation is essential to business growth, and knowing how to do so is essential to personal career growth. Addressing the developing needs of innovative organizations, this forward-thinking program focuses on design thinking and the nurturing of creative cultures within organizations for entrepreneurs. Students will learn to think about designing new products or creative updates to existing products, the logistics of implementing those ideas, and how to do it all in the corporate environment or entrepreneurial space. Designed with the promising creative professional in mind, this course series provides an intensive examination of the scope of demands of real-world innovation and product development, whether tangible object, system or service.

Benefits:
  • Design new or updated products, services or processes to fulfill unmet needs
  • Learn to manage advanced projects to get products, services and ideas to market
  • Develop skills to analyze the viability of a new product or innovation
  • Utilize rapid prototyping and systems thinking to refine new products
  • Examine how customers perceive competitive products and services
  • Gain a competitive edge in the global job market through an internship in a U.S. company

Academic Background

Minimum Level of Education Completed

4-Year Bachelor's Degree

Minimum GPA

77%

Minimum Language Test Scores

Reading

10

Writing

10

Listening

10

Speaking

10

Program Intakes

Open date

November 19, 2024

Submission deadline

May 19, 2025

Open date

May 25, 2025

Submission deadline

November 25, 2025

Cost and Duration

Postgraduate Certificate

Program Level

3 month accelerated graduate certificate including a 10 week optional internship

Program Length

$14506.5 USD

Cost of Living

$200 USD

Application fee

$7900 USD / First Year

Gross Tuition

Other Fees

Internship Fee: $2,900 per year
Health Insurance Fee: $585 per year
Books and Supplies Fee: $400 per year
Student Services Fee: $250 per year

Study Destinations

Canada

United States

United Kingdom

Malaysia

Australia

Language Test

IELTS

GED

SAT

GRE

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