The following section will give you a snapshot of MHCI+D academia. For a more in depth look, view our curriculum page.

Each year, students work with industry leaders to design solutions for real-world problems. Check out projects from past cohorts.

Hailing from multiple concentrations throughout the four departments that make up MHCI+D, our faculty are steadfast in enabling, yet challenging the MCHI+D student body in getting the most out of their graduate school experience.

MHCI+D graduates are in demand. You can expect to leave the program ready to find meaningful and rewarding work.

Be sure to join the Career Overview webinar on March 24 for details. We’ll be diving deep on all the career development programming you can expect while a student (or alum!). We’ll also talk about career outcomes from recent years and discuss where our alumni have been finding work recently. In the meantime, refer to the following pages on our site:

Financial Aid: The MHCI+D program is an intensive, full-time commitment and is not designed to be compatible with concurrent employment. As a fee-based program, state funding is not available. Most students finance their education through loans, personal savings, or support from loved ones.

GSEE Supplemental Finance Awards: Through UW’s GSEE program, eligible students can apply for a Graduate Supplemental Award — a funding source that some of our students have successfully utilized. If interested in applying, contact us immediately at mhcid@uw.edu to get started on the award application process.

Working during the Program: You should not plan to have enough time to work full-time while in this program. A few students are able to hold down positions generally asking for 8-10 hours / week, but that is about the maximum you might manage. Some students have started the year with part-time consulting or freelance work, but most have found this is too taxing and distracting and have let these go mid-year. Each year we hire 3-4 students to assist with social media, website design,videography and other tasks. A few students are able to arrange paid work with one of the UW’s research projects. This is usually arranged part way through the year and after talking with the professor/research lead. Finally, a few other students have taken other light work-study positions, but these are generally less than 10 hours per week.

The UW Library provides a clearinghouse of funding opportunities for graduate students, the Graduate Funding Information Service, for opportunities that may arise throughout the year. Be sure to read qualification limitations carefully to see if any opportunity applies to fee-based [not state-sponsored] programs.

Additional Expenses: We work hard to keep your expenses down throughout the year. We provide refreshments in the studio, a high-quality printer/copier/scanner (although occasionally you may need to print elsewhere to meet a deadline), all in-class and prototyping materials for core classes, access to the studio makerspace, 3-D printers, and large-screen monitors. Each quarter, your team will have a budget for relevant purchases, such as gratuities for research participants or specialized materials for your capstone project. What we don’t provide are materials or gratuities for your elective courses, meals, housing, dog sitting, etc.