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Service Design
Masterclasses Series

Professional Accreditation Course

Strengthen your core skills, expand your capabilities, and earn Professional Accreditation from the Service Design Network Academy

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What you'll learn

An 8-week, 8-module, online accreditation course relevant for established service designers looking to widen their horizons, advance their careers and increase their impact

WEEK 1

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Driving Strategy and Creating Value

WEEK 5

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Designing Ventures: Innovation
and Start-ups

WEEK 2

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Mastering Creative

Facilitation

WEEK 6

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Prototyping and Successful Implementation

WEEK 3

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Designing Services with AI

WEEK 7

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 Leading Teams and Organizational Change

WEEK 4

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Systems Thinking and Designing for Sustainability

WEEK 8

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Pitching, Selling and Getting Buy-In

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SDNprofessionalaccreditation

Gain industry-recognized accreditation

Participants who successfully complete the course are eligible to receive a 2-year SDN Professional Accreditation, a value of €1,800.

Professional Accreditation is part of the SDN's Accreditation program, which recognizes the achievements of service designers and is the only accreditation program of its type.

Practitioner accreditation is our entry level of accreditation, and suits those starting their service design career. Interested in securing this accreditation? Visit our Courses page to find the next time our 'Service Design Practitioner Curriculum' is held.

of learning, plus a kick-off session and graduation ceremony

of lectures from experts in the world of service design

of self-study, comprised of curated supplemental materials

of work on assignments, for which you'll receive personal feedback

Meet the trainers

Course dates

Second edition (Feb 2025)

Course begins: Friday 31 January

Module 1: 3 Feb - 7 Feb

Module 2: 10 Feb - 14 Feb

Module 3: 17 Feb - 20 Feb

Module 4: 24 Feb - 28 Feb

Module 5: 3 Mar - 7 Mar

Module 6: 10 Mar - 14 Mar

Module 7: 17 Mar - 21 Mar

Module 8: 24 Mar - 28  Mar

Closing and graduation ceremony: Tuesday 1 April

​Next edition (mid 2025)

Course begins: Friday 5 May 2025

Closing and graduation ceremony: Tuesday 1 July, 2025

(dates are provisional)

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