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    Develop your experience design portfolio, build creative community, and tap into your purpose.
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    Partner with us to bring meaningful experience design to your company's project.
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    Immerse yourself in two decades of our experiential work.
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    Get started learning the fundamentals of experience design with techniques you can use today.
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    Get connected with a diverse group of practitioners who share a commitment to well-crafted experiences with humanity & heart.
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    Join the Odyssey Works Foundation in fostering accessible experience design education, mentorship, and community.
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YOUR APPLICATION HAS BEEN SUBMITTED

Thank you for applying to the Experience Design Certificate Program.

This program is not for everyone—and we mean that in the best way. It’s for those willing to look deeper, to be challenged, and to craft their work with empathy, discipline, and imagination.

You’ve taken the first step toward a journey that has transformed lives, careers, and creative practices around the world.

NEED-BASED SCHOLARSHIPS + WORK-STUDY POSITIONS

If you would like to apply for a need-based scholarship or for a work study position, please fill out this application. We will not need financial documentation.

Work-Study & Need-Based Scholarship
Work-Study & Need-Based Scholarship

WHat Happens next?

APPLYING FOR FUNDING?
if you are applying for funding which requires admission confirmation to the program we may be able to review your application sooner. Please contact us for details.

If you have applied for scholarships, you will find out the results of those applications along with admission. Work study finalists will be interviewed about the responsibilities of the positions. We’re not just looking at résumés—we’re listening for resonance, for curiosity, for a readiness to make meaning through your work.

Here’s what you can expect:

  1. Review & Reflection
    Every application is carefully read by the program directors.
  2. Follow-Up Conversation
    If we feel there’s a strong fit, we may reach out for further conversation.
  3. Decision Notification
    We aim to send out notifications by mid-November.

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