Agile User Experience Design Accelerator
Course details
| NZQF Level | 5 |
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About the course
Do you want to create meaningful & relevant experiences? Dive into a field that merges technology, design, market research, psychology, and business.
UX Design isn鈥檛 just about creating interfaces; it鈥檚 about reflecting our culture and crafting experiences that engage diverse groups of people. Currently diverse voices are absent from user experience design.
At its core, it鈥檚 about connecting with users, anticipating their needs, and designing solutions that simplify their digital journey. Whether you鈥檙e a creative thinker or a problem solver there鈥檚 a place for you in the world of UX Design. Everyone has the potential to shape digital experiences; all you need is the passion to learn and the drive to make a difference.
If understanding people and helping them get the most out of technology resonates with you, UX design is your calling.
- Framing problems and crafting solutions
- Empathising with stakeholders to gain UX insights
- Illustrate design ideas using storyboards, journey maps and information architecture
- Designing mobile-first web applications
- Applying design best practices
- Preparing and presenting designs to teams
- Troubleshooting UX problems
- Understanding emerging technologies like generative AI
- Basic understanding of HTML and CSS
Don鈥檛 worry if you don鈥檛 know what all these terms mean. You can talk to our career advisors and ask questions to help you decide. You鈥檒l be surprised by how many people have become UX designers.
Apply for a Scholarship
Covering full fees, these scholarships aim to empower individuals who may face disadvantages, ensuring they have equal access to tech opportunities.
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Entry requirements
鈥婣pplicants must have the legal right to study in 爆走黑料 and either:
- have completed the Certificate in Technology Product Development Essentials (Level 4) Training Scheme, or
- provide evidence of an equivalent qualification and/or experience.
- 爆走黑料 University Entrance, or
- Overall Academic IELTS 5.5 with no individual band score lower than 5.0 (achieved in one test completed in the last two years), or
- Acceptable alternative evidence of the required IELTS (see here for NZQA proficiency table and here for a list of recognised proficiency tests).
*This course is not available to international students.
About the provider
Break into the tech industry with confidence.
Mission Ready鈥檚 Tech Career Accelerators are intensive, NZQA-approved programmes designed to turn motivated people into job-ready professionals in as little as 10 to 20 weeks. No prior tech experience required.
You鈥檒l gain real skills, real projects, and real work experience 鈥 backed by mentors, facilitators, and a support team that鈥檚 helped over 1,000 people launch new careers in tech.
We don鈥檛 train students 鈥 we develop professionals.
Every accelerator is built around one goal: helping you secure a tech job. You鈥檒l learn the tools, habits, and mindsets employers look for and graduate with both the skills and the experience to prove it.
Our accelerators are short and intense. You鈥檒l train full-time through workshops, industry projects, and guided practice 鈥 not lectures.
In just a few months, you鈥檒l build technical capability and career confidence that might take years through traditional routes.
Each programme is developed with input from employers, recruiters, and industry mentors 鈥 so what you learn reflects what the market actually needs now.
You鈥檒l earn NZQA-approved micro-credentials that prove your skills and help you stand out in the job market.
Theory meets reality. From day one, you鈥檒l work on projects that mirror real industry briefs.
By the end, you鈥檒l have a portfolio of practical work 鈥 tangible proof of your readiness to join a tech team.
You won鈥檛 do this alone.
Our facilitators focus on practical, hands-on training. Capability Development Leads check in regularly to help you manage the workload and stay on track. It鈥檚 a supportive, collaborative environment designed to help you thrive 鈥 no matter your background.鈥
Your accelerator can include a mentored work placement with one of our industry partners.
You鈥檒l work alongside professionals, apply your new skills to real projects, and gain experience that can open doors to your first role in tech. More importantly, you get a local reference.
We actively connect you with hiring companies and recruiters.
You鈥檒l get interview coaching, CV and LinkedIn support, and access to the exclusive Mission Ready Professionals networking events.
4/5 Mission Ready candidates are employed within 12 months because employers know our graduates deliver.
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Tech moves fast 鈥 and so do we.
Our curriculum is reviewed and updated frequently to reflect the latest tools, methods, and trends in software development, UX/UI, data, and business analysis.