MA Global Collaborative Design Practice
University of the Arts, London
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MA Global Collaborative Design Practice pushes design practice beyond the creative industries, towards strategic, interdisciplinary roles which positively address social challenges.Course overviewMA Global Collaborative Design Practice aims to train designers to tackle the critical problems of our time, such as climate change, social and racial inequality. You’ll be encouraged to explore these complex issues from both local and global perspectives and consider the role of intersectionality.This ...Read more

MA Global Collaborative Design Practice pushes design practice beyond the creative industries, towards strategic, interdisciplinary roles which positively address social challenges.

Course overview

MA Global Collaborative Design Practice aims to train designers to tackle the critical problems of our time, such as climate change, social and racial inequality. You’ll be encouraged to explore these complex issues from both local and global perspectives and consider the role of intersectionality.

This 2-year course brings together 2 cohorts of students: 1 based at Camberwell College of Arts, University of the Arts London (UAL) in the UK and the other at Kyoto Institute of Technology (KIT) in Japan. Each cohort will study in-person at the partnering university for a certain period of their course.

UAL and KIT bring complementary strengths in the arts and in science, technology, and engineering to the course. You’ll explore different methods of interacting, collaborating and making.

You’ll develop creative responses to core themes and questions that underpin the course, such as:

How can we interpret shared global challenges in distinct locations and address them practically and/or speculatively together?

How can relationality and communication principles, empathy and inventiveness help bridge cultures and enable collaborative process?

How can we develop design prototyping, mapping and visualisation as non-textual languages for sharing and iterating ideas and interventions in global challenges?

How can practice expand its reach beyond the creative industries, in multi-disciplinary, cross-sectoral responses to societal challenges?

Graduates of MA Global Collaborative Design Practice emerge with dual degrees. UAL offers a Master of Arts and KIT offers a Master of Engineering. The course will give you a unique skillset to underpin your future research and/or practice.

What to expect

Dual location: As a student on the course, you’ll spend time in both London and Kyoto.

Learn about: Systems-orientated design, collaborative design practice, material making practices, prototyping, mapping, storytelling and the relationship between society and design.

A collaborative approach: All learning on the course is collaborative including your major design project. You’ll collaborate with your fellow students in cross-cultural teams and work with external parties on live and speculative projects.

Multi-disciplinarity: Students come from design and non-design backgrounds including fields such as the sciences, engineering and humanities.

The design process: This will be used as a meeting point and shared working language between different skills and viewpoints.

An ethical focus: We have a responsibility to contribute towards a better and more sustainable world. Throughout your course, you'll explore climate, social and racial justice and learn how to embed these principles into your creative practice.

Teaching: The course is led and assessed by staff teaching teams at UAL and KIT.

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Entry requirements

Standard minimum entry requirements for this course are BA (Hons) degree (alternative qualifications and experience will also be taken into consideration); Video submission Personal statement; Portfolio of work. Entry to the course will be determined by the quality of your application, looking primarily at your portfolio of work and personal statement.

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£6,980 per year

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The mentioned fee is for 2024/25 entry. There may be a slight increase in 2025/26 entry. Tuition fees may increase in future years for new and continuing students on courses lasting more than one year. For this course, you can pay tuition fees in instalments.

£18,350 per year

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The mentioned fee is for 2024/25 entry. There may be a slight increase in 2025/26 entry. Tuition fees may increase in future years for new and continuing students on courses lasting more than one year. For this course, you can pay tuition fees in instalments.

£18,350 per year

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Please note: The fees might vary so please make sure you contact the institution for up to date information.

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The mentioned fee is for 2024/25 entry. There may be a slight increase in 2025/26 entry. Tuition fees may increase in future years for new and continuing students on courses lasting more than one year. For this course, you can pay tuition fees in instalments.

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University of the Arts, London
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