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"What Is Innovation?"
Online certificate course from Arizona State University
ASU's online certificate course is embedded in selected UNI classes and assessed to American academic standards.
The course is offered to UNI students within selected subjects. Students learn directly from Arizona State University faculty, complete the online assessment, and receive an ASU certificate after successful completion. In selected UNI subjects, it can account for up to 20% of the course assessment.
The experience introduces innovation as a practical skill: what it means to be innovative, how innovation affects society, how it moves across disciplines, and how to apply it in day-to-day work and study.


How do students benefit?
- Direct exposure to innovation thinking with faculty from the no. 1 most innovative university in the U.S.
- Practical skills that transfer into engineering, business, and other applied fields.
- A personalized Arizona State University certificate after successful completion.
- A flexible learning rhythm so students can choose the time that suits them.
- Access to additional online lectures from ASU's Future of Innovation in Society school.
Innovation course content
- Module 1: Organizing to innovate, the history and economics of innovation, and evaluating digital technologies and their impacts.
- Module 2: Traditional and new sources of innovation, frameworks for innovation in different contexts, and disruptive technologies.
- Module 3: Equity, innovation and the future, organizational innovation, and the emergence of new technologies.
Over 1,900 certified students
The course page highlighted more than 1,900 certified students and featured testimonials describing the experience as practical, motivating, and directly relevant to real-world problem solving.








Student testimonials
"I had the honor of attending and successfully completing Arizona State University's innovation course. The support and encouragement from UNI staff made the experience even more satisfying."
"I completed the 10-hour online course offered by Arizona State University, focusing on the topic of what is innovation. This experience provided me with thorough knowledge of the principles and dynamics of innovation."
I just finished the Innovation Course from Arizona State University and I am totally blown away. From hands-on projects to hands-on problem solving, it's more than just a course.




