Programmes
Weekend, evening and career programmes — pick the pace that fits your week.
Three ways to study design with Scholar
Live cohort course
Twelve weeks in a group of twelve, with two live classes a week and a mentor review of every project you hand in.
- Two live classes a week
- A finished case study
Private mentoring
Four private sessions with a senior mentor, shaped around your own project, your portfolio or a coming interview.
- Sessions shaped around you
- Notes after each call
Portfolio review
Send us your portfolio and get a recorded walk-through with clear notes on what to keep, cut and rewrite before you apply.
- A recorded walk-through
- A written action list
How a Scholar course runs, week by week
- 01
Set your goal
In week one you meet your mentor, choose a brief and agree what your finished case study should show.
- 02
Sketch and explore
Weeks two to five are for research and paper sketches, with live critique twice a week from your group.
- 03
Test with real people
Weeks six to nine turn your sketches into a prototype you test with five real users and then improve.
- 04
Present your work
In the last three weeks you write your case study and present it to a panel of working designers.
Our story
Seven years of teaching design online
From one evening class on a video call to a school with mentors in four cities.
- 2019
One evening class on a call
Twelve students, one mentor and a shared sketchbook passed around by photo.
- 2020
Our first full design course
Eight weeks of visual design with weekly reviews and a final project.
- 2022
User research joins the list
Interviews, notes and testing, taught by mentors who do it every day.
- 2024
Mentors in four cities
Small in-person studios for the students who like to sketch side by side.
- 2025
The prototyping course opens
Paper models first, then clickable screens you can test with real people.
- Today
Over nine thousand graduates
Students from forty countries, many now working in the teams they wanted.
Coming up
New batches and workshops this spring
Join a course from its first week, or come for one afternoon to see how our classes feel.
- 8MAR
Sticky notes and user interviews
10:00 – 13:00Bengaluru studio
A hands-on research morning: plan five questions, run an interview and sort what you heard.
- 20MAR
Visual design batch starts
19:00 – 20:30Online, live class
Eight weeks of type, colour and layout, with a mentor review every Friday evening.
- 5APR
Portfolio review afternoon
15:00 – 17:30Pune studio
Bring two projects and leave with honest notes from mentors who hire designers.
New dates are coming soon.
Student work
From a rough sketch to a finished design
Every project starts on paper. Drag the handle to see a first sketch beside the screens it became by week six.
DragWeek oneWeek sixA booking app, sketched and then finished
A visual design student took her paper wireframes to clear, coloured screens in six weeks.