This project-based postgraduate course is open to artists and designers wishing to develop fresh outlooks for their creative practice through innovative, practice-based, research-driven approaches to creative enquiry. With a focus on interdisciplinary experimentation, and underpinned by conceptual understanding, MA Art & Design encourages leading-edge contemporary art and design.

You will develop confidence in a range of skills and forms of communication and find inspiration and fresh directions for your practice by experimenting with methods, materials, processes and ideas, driving your creative practice and fuelling your professional ambitions. 

The course culminates in an Independent Major Project and a professional portfolio, which builds upon your existing understanding, and which extends your knowledge of your subject area in an experimental interdisciplinary environment.

SUBJECT SPECIALISMS

You are given the flexibility to study your chosen art or design specialism within a single Masters course. Whether coming from, or desiring to move towards, Fine Art, Spatial Design, 3D, Product Design and Craft practice, Photography or Moving Image, the emphasis is on the development of a leading-edge creative practice.

UNIQUE OPPORTUNITIES

• Expert tuition from industry-active professional designers, artists, visual communicators and researchers, with unrivalled understanding of contemporary art and design practices
• Intensive learning experiences tailored to your needs and ambitions, with high levels of personalised support and extensive 1:1 tutorial time.
• Imaginative and contemporary project briefs, which prioritise experimental practical approaches.
• Studio access 7 days a week and access to specialist art and design resources. 
• Exclusive access to contemporary creative industry expertise, by means of workshops, talks and projects, as well as the opportunity to participate in a competitive internship scheme in partnership with Hearst Magazines UK (publisher of titles including ELLE, Esquire, Harpers Bazaar).
• You will also have the opportunity to take part in collaborative projects such as with the University of Cambridge and Hearst Magazine, amongst others.