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MA - Master of Arts
RCA Battersea
Full Time
SEP-26
1 Year
Learn from leading professionals with key insights at the forefront of service design research Thrive on our project-based learning and gain experience working in teams from different disciplines Benefit from input from commercial, public sector and social organisations Service design is a powerful design practice for social and organisational change. Building on a foundation of theory, you’ll gain practical experience through live projects, design research, user testing and collaborative methods so you can make a sustainable difference. RCA Service Design teaching will open your eyes to a new way of viewing the world. Examine existing practices, ask questions, consider ethics, and propose alternative design ideas that have impact. Your innovative thinking, problem-solving and questioning mindset will make you attractive to future employers.
We invite candidates from around the world who have a passion for design as a transformational tool and wish to take that to a Masters level. Our selection process looks for a desire to take on challenging issues, to be curious in uncovering reality and bring creativity to finding and delivering new solutions.
The Service Design MA programme takes students with and without a design background who show the right qualities and the intellectual ability and desire for creative innovation as demonstrated through your portfolio. You should have a BA, BSc or similar or minimum of five years professional experience
Students may come from product, communication, digital and user experience design who wish to expand to their capabilities, be recent high performing graduates from other design disciplines as well as from computing and other technical disciplines, be budding entrepreneurs interested in launching new service-led business ventures and mid and senior professionals from industry and the public sector, with evidence of their creative talents as demonstrated by leadership of innovative projects.
Students living in
Domestic
£15,150 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)
£37,750 per year
Students from EU
The amount you'll pay if you come to study here from somewhere in the EU.
£37,750 per year
Students from International
The amount you'll pay if you come to study here from a country outside the EU.
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