MA Graphic Communication Design
University of the Arts, London
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MA - Master of Arts

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MA Graphic Communication Design brings critical depth and rigour to an increasingly noisy and disorienting visual landscape.Course overviewMA Graphic Communication Design explores how the production of knowledge is intertwined with its form, context, and circulation. The course takes an expanded approach to the idea of research, combining studio and writing practice to engage critically with graphic design as both a creative practice and a subject of study. Through iterative and open-ended ...Read more

MA Graphic Communication Design brings critical depth and rigour to an increasingly noisy and disorienting visual landscape.

Course overview

MA Graphic Communication Design explores how the production of knowledge is intertwined with its form, context, and circulation. The course takes an expanded approach to the idea of research, combining studio and writing practice to engage critically with graphic design as both a creative practice and a subject of study. Through iterative and open-ended experimentation with visual media and tools of communication, students develop work that investigates existing knowledge, activates positions, and projects new forms of knowledge—within and beyond the discipline.

Engaging with studio and writing practice as a form of rigorous enquiry, students and staff together explore how graphic design is a situated and relational discipline that both reflects and reconfigures its cultural, social, and environmental conditions. From this position, our community of practitioners critically interrogates the academic and professional contexts for practice as well as the very nature of the discipline itself, continually co-defining and re-defining the expanding field of graphic design.

MA Graphic Communication Design, along with BA Graphic Communication Design and a small group of PhD students, is part of the Graphic Communication Design programme. In addition to sharing an academic team and studio spaces, the programme offers a range of extracurricular events, lectures, live briefs, and other activities.

We are committed to developing ethical graphic communication design practices. To achieve this, we are working to embed UAL's Principles for Climate, Social and Racial Justice into the course.

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Charlotte
14 Mar 24

The university is amazing, and the facilities are obviously great but it would be great to have more opportunities to meat people from other courses, maybe more social events as..Read more

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19 Mar 21

The overall experience has been really good. Despite covid stepping in the way of in-person classes, the university has quickly responded with online classes and limited studio..Read more

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Entry requirements

The standard entry requirements for this course are as follows: an honours degree or an equivalent EU/international qualification.

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£7,680 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.

£20,505 per year

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Students from EU

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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.

£20,505 per year

This information is updated by IDP Connect, or in some cases the institution directly.
Please note: The fees might vary so please make sure you contact the institution for up to date information.

Students from International

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

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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MA Graphic Communication Design
The university is amazing, and the facilities are obviously great but it would be great to have more opportunities to meat people from other courses, maybe more social events as...
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19 Mar 21
The overall experience has been really good. Despite covid stepping in the way of in-person classes, the university has quickly responded with online classes and limited studio...
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University of the Arts, London
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1 Granary Square London N1C 4AA United Kingdom
Nearest tube station: Euston  0.4 miles away Nearest train station: King's Cross Thameslink  0.2 miles away
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