Featured Faculty
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.
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
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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: