Since magnetic levitation systems offer solutions that minimize friction in engineering systems, they are subject to current engineering studies. In this study, a new PI-PD controller design procedure has been presented. A PI-PD controller consists of a combination of a PI (inner loop) and a PD (outer loop). The purpose of the inner loop is to stabilize the open loop unstable system. The purpose of the outer loop is to provide the total performance requirements of the closed loop system. The design procedure is based on obtaining the stability area plotted using the stability boundary curve in the control parameters plane, and then calculating the weighted geometrical center (WGC) of the stability region. In the design procedure, first, the stable region in the plane of the PD controller parameters for the inner loop and its weighted geometrical center are computed. The inner loop is reduced to a single block by using specified WGC control parameters, and then the procedure is repeated for the outer loop PI controller by using of a test function imposing the phase and gain margin performance requirements in different designs. Experimental study shows that the PI-PD controller, which is designed with the suggested methodology, exhibits superior performance compared to the alternatives available in the literature.