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Design school in Cologne where service design was first taught as a discipline in Europe, under Birgit Mager.
A two-year postgraduate programme in service design at the RCA in London, with a strong link to live public and commercial projects.
A one-year master's at the Glasgow School of Art's Innovation School, combining service design with design innovation and research.
An English-language master's in Milan that treats products, services and systems as one design problem. One of the longest-running programmes of its kind.
Short courses on designing and leading services, run by Lou Downe and Sarah Drummond and grounded in public-sector experience.
The Service Design Network's training arm, offering online and in-person courses from introductory to advanced, taught by accredited trainers.
A self-paced online course from the Interaction Design Foundation covering the fundamentals of service design.