Design MA
University of Sunderland
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MA - Master of Arts

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City Campus, Sunderland

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Full Time

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OCT-26

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1 Year

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MA - Master of Arts

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City Campus, Sunderland

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This Masters is built around your personal design interests and aspirations. It allows you to push the boundaries of creativity, within a framework of academic rigour and contextual research. You can choose to study any of the following areas: advertising, animation, design thinking, innovation and entrepreneurship, fashion and promotion, graphic communication, graphic design, illustration, interactive media, motion graphics, and typographic design. Other specialised design disciplines will ...Read more

This Masters is built around your personal design interests and aspirations. It allows you to push the boundaries of creativity, within a framework of academic rigour and contextual research. You can choose to study any of the following areas: advertising, animation, design thinking, innovation and entrepreneurship, fashion and promotion, graphic communication, graphic design, illustration, interactive media, motion graphics, and typographic design. Other specialised design disciplines will also be considered.

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40/279
CUG Subject Ranking
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53rd
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83rd
What students say
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Alma
06 Dec 24

Staff are very supportive and helpfull and kind. The programme is the best I've..Read more

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Jordan
23 Nov 23

The best would have to be the teachers who communicate very well over Microsoft teams or emails at any time of the day and are there to help in support you with any helps or needs..Read more

Modules

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Entry requirements

We usually require applicants to hold a good honours degree (2:1 or above) in a design-related discipline such as graphics, illustration, animation or digital media. We may also consider applicants who have relevant experience and who can demonstrate their suitability for the course.

Tuition fees

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£9,000 per year

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£17,000 per year

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Alma
06 Dec 24
Graphic Design - BA (Hons)
Staff are very supportive and helpfull and kind. The programme is the best I've...
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J
Jordan
23 Nov 23
Graphic Design - BA (Hons)
The best would have to be the teachers who communicate very well over Microsoft teams or emails at any time of the day and are there to help in support you with any helps or needs...
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University of Sunderland
Chester Road Sunderland Tyne and Wear SR1 3SD United Kingdom
Nearest train station: Seaham  3.0 miles away
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