FAQ

Currently, we offer classes to enrolled Stanford undergraduate and graduate students. If you’re interested in taking d.school classes, you can apply to any degree program at Stanford and augment your experience with d.school courses. In addition to electives, we offer undergraduate and graduate degrees, and we run workshops for executives throughout the year. 

The public tours are one hour long and are hosted by d.school students and alums who are excited to share their experiences. If you can’t make it to a current scheduled tour, you're welcome to come by and see our space on your own! Our doors are open Monday-Friday, 9am-5pm, and we have materials to guide your exploration. Or check back next quarter, as our tours are scheduled quarter-by-quarter.

The d.school now awards undergraduate and graduate design degrees! At this time, we do not offer doctoral (Ph.D.) degrees but enrolled Stanford students are always welcome to apply to any of our elective d.school classes. 

Exchange programs would need to be set up through one of Stanford’s seven schools – Business, Medicine, Education, Law, Engineering, Humanities & Sciences, or Earth Sciences. 

Yes! We offer in-person and virtual workshops for professionals around the world. Check out our latest offerings below.

We've got lots of goodies for you! Check out our books and our free starter kit available for new designers.

Yes! We regularly offer workshops for executives. Check out our professional education page for the latest offerings.

We've got you covered! We offer regular in-person and virtual workshops for educators in K12 and higher education. 

Our spaces are reserved for use by d.school staff and instructors (+ affiliated groups) who are facilitating active learning experiences. While we receive many requests for meetings and team retreats, unfortunately, we can't accommodate them all. If you're affiliated with Stanford, you can can use Stanford reservation systems to view available spaces in the School of Engineering quad.

We don’t have a general jobs board for our students, but we recommend posting on Stanford Handshake, as we have students that take our classes from around the campus.

Every class has a different policy on visitors. If you are interested in visiting classes, please reach out to the teaching teams for each class directly. You’ll find the list of current courses and contact info below.

We would love to connect with you! Please send any inquiries to Debbe Stern, who handles public relations for the d.school. 

Our pedagogy has evolved and we've moved away from using the hexagon graphic as the main banner image that represents design or the d.school. You have permission to include the hexagon image if accompanied with the newer 8 abilities model. 

The d.school as a whole cannot enter into a continuing partnership at this time. Actually, the d.school doesn't tend to have formal partnerships with external organizations – that's one consequence of being a small group focused on teaching. We just don't have the personnel to support consulting or long-term partnership. If you are an organization that would like to participate, visit Affiliate Memberships.

Though the materials are not copyrighted per se, we tend to follow the general principles of the Creative Commons licensing, which is as follows: these materials are for non-commercial share-alike use, which means that you're not charging to facilitate workshops based solely on d.school materials, that you share the materials with others, and that you attribute the d.school for the materials.

Feel free to translate our resources and remix them to match your needs. Submit your translated resources to our info email to be posted on our resources page for others to access. 

We do not offer summer programs for high school students. You can find reading materials and activities through the book guides and free tools offered on this website.