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With strong ties to Silicon Valley and other global innovation ecosystems of industry and nonprofits, the HCI M.S. program at UCSC empowers students for careers as designers and researchers in a rapidly evolving technological world. Industry and community partners get involved with HCI students and faculty in a variety of ways. We invite you to explore the different ways you can partner with the HCI program, a mutually beneficial experience leading to lasting positive social impact.
Industry-Sponsored Capstone Project
The HCI M.S. Industry-sponsored Capstone Project (ICP), offered every year, is where student teams of three or four work with one of our corporate or community partners to bring the culmination of their HCI M.S. experience and the materials learned across all courses within their degree to a real-world partner-defined UX product, service, experience design, or research challenge.
Mentor Coalition Program
The Mentor Coalition is composed of UX and HCI professionals from industry and non-profit organizations who are passionate about mentoring. We seek a diverse set of professionals from small and big and non-profit and for-profit organizations across different domains.