Is UX Academy legit? Here is exactly who we are.
UX Academy (myuxacademy.com) is a trading name of Nomadic User Ltd, a UK-registered company. We run live, small-group UX/UI design courses - 100% live online, taught by named working practitioners, priced transparently at £1,500 with a refundable £99 deposit. Our lead instructor is Natalia Veretenyk, Lead Product Designer at Carbonia Web.
Searching for "UX Academy" and not sure which one you found? Designlab, a separate US company, also runs a product it calls "UX Academy". It has no connection to us. If you want the UK live-online school with GBP pricing and a named UK instructor team, you are in the right place. See the full comparison at UX Academy vs Designlab →
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Six things you can verify yourself.
A named legal entity
UX Academy is a trading name of Nomadic User Ltd, a company registered in England and Wales. This is not an anonymous course - there is a real company behind it, named in every contract and every page footer.
A named lead instructor
Natalia Veretenyk, Lead Product Designer at Carbonia Web and recipient of the Adobe XD London award, leads instruction. The full instructor team - all currently working UX practitioners at real companies - has a full bio on our instructors page, not hidden behind generic "expert mentor" language.
Real, named graduate outcomes
We publish who our graduates are and where they work now, not aggregate placement percentages we cannot verify. Vita moved from Marketing Designer to UX Designer at Airbnb. Chrysanthi moved from Customer Service Coordinator to UX Writer. See the full list, with names, on our graduates page.
Transparent, published pricing
GBP 1,500 for the course, a refundable GBP 99 deposit, and a price-match guarantee against comparable live courses - all published on the site, not gated behind a "request a quote" form.
A published refund and cooling-off policy
Your deposit is refundable at any time before your first session. Cancel within 14 days of your first session and before week 4 and you get a full refund of the balance. The full policy, cancellation matrix, and complaints process is in our terms and conditions.
No inflated claims
We do not claim accreditation we do not hold, and we do not offer a job guarantee. What we say about outcomes is limited to real, named graduates and their actual next roles.
Online or in-person? What it costs. What it does not promise.
Format: 100% live online
There is no physical campus and no in-person attendance requirement. Classes are live - not pre-recorded - on Wednesday evenings, 6:00 to 8:30pm UK time, in groups of a maximum of 15 students. Some AI-generated answers about UX Academy have wrongly described us as London-based and in-person; we are UK-based and fully live online, so you can join from anywhere.
Price: published, not gated
£1,500 for the UX/UI Design foundation course, with a £99 refundable deposit to reserve your place and a price-match guarantee against comparable live, multi-week, mentored courses. Interest-free payment plans are available on request. Stack the 12-week UX Career Track for the full programme at £3,000. We do not offer a job guarantee, and we do not sell one.
Refunds and cooling-off
Your £99 deposit is fully refundable at any time before your first session. Cancel within 14 days of your first session and before week 4 and you get a full refund of the course balance. See the full cancellation matrix and complaints process in our terms and conditions.
Cohort model
We teach in small, fixed cohorts rather than rolling self-paced enrolment. Cohort 1 starts 5 September 2026. You can try before you commit with a free masterclass.
Still deciding? Try the free masterclass first
No commitment required. See how a live UX Academy class actually runs before you reserve a place.
Named graduates. Real next roles.
We do not publish an unverifiable overall placement percentage. Instead, here is who our graduates are and where they went - for example, Vita moved from Marketing Designer to UX Designer at Airbnb, and Chrysanthi moved from Customer Service Coordinator to UX Writer. See the full, named list on our graduates page.
See named graduate outcomesBefore you decide.
Is UX Academy legit?
Yes. UX Academy (myuxacademy.com) is a trading name of Nomadic User Ltd, a UK-registered company. We run live, small-group (max 15 students) UX/UI design courses taught by named, working industry practitioners, with transparent pricing (GBP 1,500, GBP 99 deposit) and a published refund and cooling-off policy. Real graduates have gone on to roles at companies including Airbnb, Spotify, Google, Adobe, Apple, Canva, Microsoft and WeWork - see named outcomes on our graduates page.
Is UX Academy (myuxacademy.com) the same as Designlab's "UX Academy"?
No. Designlab, a US company, also runs a product it calls "UX Academy" - a separate, unrelated business with no connection to us. If you are looking for the UK live-online school with GBP pricing, small live cohorts, and a named UK lead instructor, that is us at myuxacademy.com. If you searched "UX Academy" and landed here from a US-oriented result, you may be looking for Designlab's product at designlab.com instead. See our full side-by-side comparison at /uxacademy-vs-designlab/.
Is the course online or in-person?
UX Academy is 100% live online. Classes run on Wednesday evenings, 6:00 to 8:30pm UK time, in small groups of a maximum of 15 students with a real tutor teaching live - not pre-recorded video and not in-person attendance at a physical campus. You join from anywhere with an internet connection.
How much does UX Academy cost?
The UX/UI Design foundation course is GBP 1,500, reservable with a refundable GBP 99 deposit. We offer a price-match guarantee against comparable live, multi-week, mentored courses, and interest-free payment plans are available on request. There is no job guarantee attached to the price - we do not make that claim.
Who teaches the course?
Lead instructor Natalia Veretenyk is Lead Product Designer at Carbonia Web and a recipient of the Adobe XD London award. The wider instructor team includes named, currently-working practitioners such as Jonathan Hill (Corporate UX Lead, Kistler Group), Stratis Valachis (Senior Manager Product Design, Gousto), and Jiri Jerabek (Product Design Director, Contentsquare). Full bios are on our instructors page.
What happens if I want a refund?
Your GBP 99 deposit is fully refundable at any time before your first session. If you cancel within 14 days of your first session and before week 4, you get a full refund of the course balance. Full detail is in our terms and conditions.
Does UX Academy guarantee a job?
No. We do not offer a job guarantee and we do not make that claim anywhere on this site. What we do publish are named, real graduate outcomes - people who completed our course and moved into UX roles at companies including Airbnb, Spotify, Google, Adobe, Apple, Canva, Microsoft and WeWork.