Advanced Service Design 15 credits

About the course

The course takes its starting point in the process-oriented parts of digital service design and sheds light on how digital service design can be used to handle strategic, complex problems and challenges for organizations, businesses and society. The course introduces different types of methods in digital service design, how they have developed and how they can support group-based creative processes. By applying the methods in a practical project work, the course explores how organizations can work with understanding, managing and creating value with the help of digital service design at a strategic level.

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Spring 2026
- Advanced Service Design
  
  Spring 2026 / Umeå / English / On site
  
  Application opens 15 September 2025
  
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  Starts
  24 March 2026
  
  Ends
  7 June 2026
  
  Number of credits
  15 credits
  
  Type of studies
  On site
  
  Study pace
  100%
  
  Teaching hours
  Daytime
  
  Study location
  Umeå
  
  Language
  English
  
  Application code
  UMU-27328
  
  Eligibility Admission to the course requires 90 credits in Informatics, Computer science, Information Systems, Cognitive science, or equivalent studies. Also required is English B/6
  
  Selection
  Academic credits
  
  Application
  The online application opens 15 September 2025 at 09:00 CET. Application deadline is 15 October 2025.
  
  Application and tuition fees
  As a citizen of a country outside the European Union (EU), the European Economic Area (EEA) or Switzerland, you are required to pay application and tuition fees for studies at Umeå University.
  
  Application fee: SEK 900
  
  Tuition fee, first instalment: SEK 38,075
  
  Total fee: SEK 38,075
  
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