2-week course

UI Design in Figma

11–20 Mar 2025, 19:00–21:00 (UK)
Online via Zoom
Beginners–Intermediate
1,404 SR–2,511 SR (you can Pay in 3)

What's on

2 hours every Tuesday and Thursday for 2 weeks: learn UI design in Figma + project work.

⏰ 19:00–21:00 GMT / 11:00–13:00 PT on March 11th, 13th, 18th and 20th. 

🧠 At this part-time hands-on 2-week course, which is run by an experienced senior designer, you'll learn everything you need to know to design mobile-first responsive User Interfaces of apps and websites.

💼 You'll be working on various projects with lots of practical exercises throughout the weeks. 

💬 The course is run online via Zoom with live instructors (not recordings) – you'll be able to ask questions and we'll provide feedback on your work in real-time.

One-to-one mentoring is available additionally to the course: we'll review your portfolio, provide career advice, salary insights, and prepare you for that interview.

Who runs it

The School of UX speaker Chimmy Kalu

Chimmy – Senior UX designer who has experience working with British Airways, Vogue and WorldRemit. The companies Chimmy worked with

Our students rate us ‘Excellent’. Come see why for yourself.

We've helped peeps from graphic, print, UX and UI design backgrounds, marketers, BAs, PMs and completely new to design (from choreographers to accountants).

For anyone who’s self-taught in UX, I’d strongly recommend this course it’s a game changer!

Maria, UX Designer @ IBM

If you’re building or improving digital products, this course will deliver real value to your team and users alike.

Gary, Product Owner @ Johnson & Johnson

Thanks to Sergei from the School of UX for delivering AI+UX training for my team. Well structured, concise and delivered with a smile.

John, UX Manager @ Ford

I landed my current role because of the portfolio piece I specifically did with The School of UX so I'm very glad I attended this short course.

Stephanie, UX Designer @ Electronic Arts

Week 1 — UI design and AI. Project work.

Learn to design actually usable UI (not just "bells and whistles" for Behance). All with practical project work on re-designing Sainsbury's supermaket self-checkout kiosk.

  • core UI design principles & following content-first—layout-second—styling-last process
  • working in Figma: from mapping semantically-structured content to responsive layout using auto-layout, and design system with components
  • mobile-first layout using 12-column grid system
  • making your design accessible and compliant with WCAG
  • "buttery-smooth" UI techniques following PageSpeed Insights
  • tips on working with software developers to ensure your design is technically feasible to implement

Week 2 — Prototyping in Figma. Project work.

Design from scratch a mobile app for a luxury car rental company Miles&Miles in London — from UX to UI in Figma.

  • designing a style guide as part of the design system, and reusing existing design libraries
  • making your UI accessible and comply with WCAG using Figma Design AI and ChatGPT
  • design handover workflow with Figma Dev Mode and MCP servers
  • setting up automated UI usability testing with OpenAI Agent and BrowserStack AI
  • testing in-browser, in Figma Mirror and on real devices

What's included. We’ve got you covered.

Real-time interaction.
Join in-person or online.
Hands-on projects.
Build your portfolio.
Accredited certificate
Stand out to recruiters.
Q&A with tutor.
Get valuable feedback.
Books & tools .
Stay hungry.
Alumni Slack-group.
Networking & jobs.
Private mentoring
(booked separately)

Our curriculum is CPD-certified. Stand out to hiring managers.

The content of our most popular 1-day to 5-day course on User Experience & User Interface design is accredited by the CPD Certification Service (certificate no. A022883) as conforming to continuing professional development principles.

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We've helped 6000+ learners. Open to all. No matter your background.

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