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Are you ready to make real change? Learn bold, innovative thinking as practiced at Stanford and the Silicon Valley with Stanford Online's programs and courses. By thinking and acting differently, you'll be able to reimagine the solutions of tomorrow and solve your biggest challenges. Designed for working professionals, all of our programs and courses can be completed alongside a full-time career.

  • Design thinking
  • Entrepreneurial management
  • Leading innovation
  • Prototyping techniques
  • Digital strategy

What's your equation?

Pace

Take courses that are self-paced or instructor-lead.

Price

Stick to your budget. Courses starting at $395.

Platform

Learn online or attend in-person at the Stanford campus.

Proof

Earn a graduate credit or professional achievement.

Featured Programs

Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Professional Certificate


Learn to think and act differently. With courses spanning across topics in operations, product development, and leadership, you will learn how to work smarter, generate and execute breakthrough ideas, and achieve better results.

Digital Transformation
Professional Certificate


Ensure that your team and organization thrive in today's tech-driven markets. Utilize new technology and continually innovate to improve your products, services, and efficiency, all in support of better customer experiences. 

Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Graduate Certificate


Take a deeper dive and master the wide-ranging aspects of entrepreneurial success: organizational behavior, large-scale entrepreneurship, marketing, accounting, corporate finance, and more. 

Innovation Masters Series
In-Person Workshop


Be the driver of innovation. Harness the power of design thinking tools to incorporate innovation into your everyday business practices and transform your organization. Delivered on-campus every winter and summer.

Innovation at Work
Online Workshop


You and your team, colleagues and clients can follow along three online, self-paced workshops (Ideation, Prototyping, and Presentation) to practice design thinking tools and techniques and solve your real-life challenges.

Graduate or Professional?

Time Commitment

Achievement

Classmate Interactions

Cost

Graduate Certificate Courses

90–120 hours per course

Earn up to 18 units of academic credit that may contribute to a certificate or a degree

Frequent collaboration with other students taking courses at the same time

$$$$

Professional Certificate Courses

6–13 hours per course

Earn a certificate and, in some cases, professional education units

Potential to connect with other participants through private social media groups

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Faculty

Bob Sutton

Bob is the co-founder of the Stanford Technology Ventures Program and focuses on the links between managerial knowledge and organizational action, innovation, and performance.

Bill Burnett

Bill is an award-winning product designer focused on enhancing human creativity, entrepreneurship, and technology innovation.

Lynda Kate Smith

Lynda brings over 30 years of experience in marketing, sales and general management and specializes in the area of high technology products and services.

Perry Klebahn

Perry is the founder of Atlas Snowshoe Company and a seasoned entrepreneur, product designer, chief executive and co-founding member of the d.school faculty.

FAQ

Take online courses in marketing innovation from Stanford University. Hone your ability to generate and implement new ideas and lead innovative teams and organizations. Taught by world-class Stanford faculty, these courses are engaging, interactive, and full of useful practices and strategies that you can apply immediately: