Design MA
Teesside University
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MA - Master of Arts

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Teesside University Middlesbrough

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Full Time

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SEP-26

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1 Year

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MA - Master of Arts

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Teesside University Middlesbrough

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Join our MA Design programme and equip yourself with the professional skills to become a confident design leader.Design transforms our world by solving problems, enhancing experiences, embedding sustainability, and realising opportunities. By blending possibility and future thinking with research, you can make a difference through impactful design vision, collaboration, and knowledge integration.Our industry-leading facilities support you to build an engaging and tailored portfolio, to showcase ...Read more

Join our MA Design programme and equip yourself with the professional skills to become a confident design leader.Design transforms our world by solving problems, enhancing experiences, embedding sustainability, and realising opportunities. By blending possibility and future thinking with research, you can make a difference through impactful design vision, collaboration, and knowledge integration.Our industry-leading facilities support you to build an engaging and tailored portfolio, to showcase your ability to iterate, innovate, and develop effective solutions to real world challenges. This interdisciplinary studio environment prepares you for collaborative work in industry.You apply a range of advanced methodologies to equip you with transferable frameworks. You shape your personal narrative through perspective and reflection while building a responsible, ethical, and theoretical framework, to develop your career networks and effect change. You work alongside peers from a variety of backgrounds to expand your critical thinking, problem solving, decision making and communication.You enhance your career with advanced expertise, conceptual understanding, and informed decision making. You gain transferable skills, knowledge, and communication abilities that are highly valued across various industries and roles.

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8/279
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90th

Modules

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Entry requirements

Applicants are normally expected to have at least a 2.2 UK honours degree, or equivalent qualification. A range of degree subjects are acceptable including subjects related to arts, design or other creative discipline. We also consider relevant experience or equivalent qualifications. You are expected to be a confident and independent learner with a good understanding of the design process, idea development and critical thinking. You are asked to present a portfolio of work or a completed project showing the development of your work from behind the scenes, or an ongoing project showing the progression and direction of your work.

Tuition fees

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Domestic

£8,365 per year

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Students from Domestic

This is the fee you pay if the University is in the same country that you live in (England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland)

Cost of living Fee - Maintenance/Living Costs: £1,023 per month for areas outside London, for the duration of the course as stated on your letter/CAS, for a maximum period of 9 months (£9,207)

£17,000 per year

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Students from EU

The amount you'll pay if you come to study here from somewhere in the EU.

Cost of living Fee - Maintenance/Living Costs: £1,023 per month for areas outside London, for the duration of the course as stated on your letter/CAS, for a maximum period of 9 months (£9,207)

£17,000 per year

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Students from International

The amount you'll pay if you come to study here from a country outside the EU.

Cost of living Fee - Maintenance/Living Costs: £1,023 per month for areas outside London, for the duration of the course as stated on your letter/CAS, for a maximum period of 9 months (£9,207)

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Uni info

Teesside University
Tees Valley Middlesbrough North Yorkshire TS1 3BX United Kingdom
Nearest train station: Middlesbrough  0.4 miles away

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