Bentley’s Master of Science in Human Factors in Information Design user experience degree has received UX Magazine’s 2014 Design for Experience Award in the Academic Program category. (UX is the common abbreviation for the term “user experience.”)

Given to individuals and organizations who are doing vanguard work in the field of experience design, Design for Experience Award winners are selected by UX Magazine based on what others can learn from their work.

According to UX Magazine, “Bentley’s Human Factors in Information Design graduate program is part of a business program, not just a UX program, which allows students to learn more than just how to create UX deliverables. Understanding the impact that UX has on business (and that business has on UX) is crucial, and can also help foster the soft skills that many pure UX programs lack.”

Bentley’s MSHFID program educates students in the growing user experience profession and combines a deep understanding of human behavior and perception to inform product design and optimize the user experience.  In addition to the Bentley campus in Waltham, MA, the MSHFID program is offered in the San Francisco Bay area, home to some of the world’s most innovative technology companies. Students there take four of the required courses in California, five courses online, and the tenth course at Bentley’s User Experience Center.

The MSHFID program is tightly integrated with Bentley’s User Experience Center (UXC) and students gain valuable experience by working on projects there. The UXC and its full-time staff of UX professionals provide consulting services to clients around the globe.