Get your CUA certification

Get your Certified Usability Analyst (CUA)^TM certification

What is CUA?

• HFI’s certification track to prove your understanding of the fundamentals of usability and user experience (UX)
• Highlights your UX credentials in the industry and that you are armed with the latest industry knowledge and best practices
• Currently, we have 6,297 CUAs all around the world

The process

• HFI-CUAs pass an examination demonstrating their mastery of the fundamental principles of user-centered design
• You can take the CUA certification exam without any training or preparation.
• However, the following four HFI courses provide a solid foundation in this knowledge:

User Experience Foundations - 2 Days

Learn how to apply the key understandings about human vision, intellect, memory, and motor functions directly to design decisions.

User-Centered Analysis and Conceptual Design - 3 Days

Learn the methods of analyzing user requirements, which is the basis for designing software interfaces that are intuitive and easy to use.

The Science and Art of Effective Web and Application Design - 3 Days

Learn how to to create winning Web sites that balance user performance and visual appeal.

Practical Usability Testing - 2 Days

Be equipped with practical techniques to help you move the design into accordance with the user's needs, limitations, mental models and cognitive styles.

Learn more about HFI's public courses schedule

The CUA examination

• Several times a year, HFI offers a two and a half hour online exam
  The exam is offered during a 24-hour period, without any prerequisites
• If you do not pass the exam, you can retake it within six months at no extra cost
• The CUA exam is designed to gauge knowledge and skills, and not to be a final exam of the CUA courses. Most questions are covered in the courses, and some questions test the ability to apply methodologies and tools to common design challenges

Residents of India, email training@humanfactors.com for exam dates and registration

Learn more about upcoming examination dates and registration

What you will receive after passing the CUA exam

You become a HFI-Certified Usability Analyst, and receive:

• An authenticated certification diploma
• Your name added to the HFI website CUA list
• A CUA icon with your name and certification number, upon request