Design Management MA
University of Southampton
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Convert your creative ideas into business success and use the power of design and innovation in a corporate context. This MA Design Management will teach you how to understand, manage and oversee the process of design in all aspects of business. Providing you with a huge range of career opportunities.This course will suit a graduate or professional who wants to excel in design and business.Throughout this design management masters course you’ll develop essential workplace skills and put your ...Read more

Convert your creative ideas into business success and use the power of design and innovation in a corporate context. This MA Design Management will teach you how to understand, manage and oversee the process of design in all aspects of business. Providing you with a huge range of career opportunities.This course will suit a graduate or professional who wants to excel in design and business.Throughout this design management master's course you’ll develop essential workplace skills and put your learning into practice. You’ll take part in mini projects, including auditing the user experience of digital services and looking at brand design for a range of organisations. In a sophisticated group marketing simulation workshop you’ll invent a company, design and sell a product, then use customer and market feedback to review and develop this.

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64/279
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17th
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04 Mar 25

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Entry requirements

You will need a 2:1 undergraduate degree or an equivalent international qualification in a relevant subject such as advertising, architecture, business, fashion management, graphic design, history of art, industrial or interior design, management, marketing, photography, politics, product design, psychology, or sociology.

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£9,250 per year

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£27,800 per year

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£27,800 per year

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Private rented accommodation - 450 (per month in Southampton)

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University of Southampton
University of Southampton , Southampton

The University of Southampton boasts a rich legacy of excellence in education, combining over a century of heritage and tradition...

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University of Southampton
Park Avenue Winchester Southampton SO23 8DL United Kingdom
Nearest train station: Winchester  0.3 miles away

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