Course details

  • Duration: 8 weeks, self-paced
  • Commitment:  4-6 hours per week
  • Start date:  Enrolment can take place anytime
  • Fee: Free (with optional paid-for certification upgrade availiable
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Are you ready to transform your capacity to create highly innovative and impactful solutions, especially those that address the urgent environmental and societal challenges our world is facing? Join us for the Empathetic Engineer course. This inspiring learning experience is brought to you by Imperial College London and was created by expert practitioners from the Interdisciplinary EdTech Lab, the Digital Media Lab and the Professional Development and Summer Programmes, in partnership with external consultants from the Royal College of Art. 

Throughout this course you will be able to: 

  • explore new concepts and apply knowledge in practical ways to projects that you might already be involved in at University, at work or in your community.  
  • blend empathy, a deeply human and life-centered approach to innovation, and enterprise, with your technology and problem-solving skills 
  • Create compelling and investable propositions 

This course is perfect for aspiring engineers and recent graduates who are passionate about making a difference. With no prerequisites, it’s accessible to anyone eager to learn how to tackle systemic challenges with empathy, innovation and enterprise. 

Enroll now and take the first step towards becoming an engineer who not only excels in technology but also makes a positive impact on people, planet and nature.