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MDes - Master of Design
Plymouth Campus
Full Time
SEP-26
1 Year
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MDes - Master of Design
Plymouth Campus
Full Time
SEP-26
1 Year
Select a subject
Select a an exam type
This programme aligns with contemporary trends stressing the role of designers for global prosperity, driving innovation and speculating with new, sustainable and material futures. The MDes allows you to engage with students from cognate areas such as MA Experience Design, and emerging technological innovation spaces influencing and impacting design practice, such as Creative Media, Architecture or Games Design. Key features: • Personalise your masters. Choose an exit award to reflect your interest in a specific area of expertise. • Explore modern specalisations. You will develop design projects aligned with contemporary and emerging specialisations in the design sector such as interiors, products and new materials. • Choose your format. You can choose the final format of your research project, options include standard text-based dissertations, a design business proposal or a body of exhibited creative work. • Live projects. Gain valuable experience working on live projects with partners across Plymouth and abroad, respondng to real contexts and ethical issues. • Collaborate. Engage with students from areas such as experience design, architecture, creative media and games design. • Learn by doing. Through a process of learning-by-doing, students develop the skills required to produce creative outputs and research-oriented studies, gain an understanding of the application of technical knowledge to creative situations, and explore how theory and action inform each other.
A 2:2 degree in Design (or similar design-related discipline such as Product Design, Digital Design, Design Engineering, Manufacturing, Interior Design, among others). Suitable references from previous academic institutions and/or employers. Applications must include a portfolio of work. Ideally, the portfolio of work includes evidence of work experience in the design sector.
Students living in
Domestic
£10,000 per year
Students from Domestic
This is the fee you pay if the University is in the same country that you live in (England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland)
£18,700 per year
Students from EU
The amount you'll pay if you come to study here from somewhere in the EU.
£18,700 per year
Students from International
The amount you'll pay if you come to study here from a country outside the EU.
The University of Plymouth’s campus is centrally located within Britain’s Ocean City, perched on the south western coast of Devon...