Design postgraduate degrees in North West England

3 universities offer 8 postgraduate courses. To get the best results for postgraduate design degrees, enter your predicted grades.

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University of Lancashire

2 design courses NORTH WEST ENGLAND
Subject ranking: 44th
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WUSCA ranking: 51th
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UCLan is a great place to study because of its friendly staff, diverse student community, and excellent facilities like the library and sports centre. It provides strong academic and personal support. One area for improvement could be creating more study spaces during exam periods and adding more campus events to bring students together.

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Modules
Year 1
  • CO4804:Masters Project
  • CO4828:Research Methods
  • CO4830:IT Projects and Programmes
  • CO4902:User-Centred Design
  • CO4904:Industry Project
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MA Graphic Design
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Year 1
  • DE4401: Research Methodologies
  • DE4402: Research in Context
  • DE4403: Reflective Practice
  • DE4404: Experimental Practice
  • DE4405: Specialist Practice
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Manchester Metropolitan University

4 design courses NORTH WEST ENGLAND
Subject ranking: 16th
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WUSCA ranking: 76th
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The best aspects are the student union and the facilities available. I think it could be improved if we had more books generally available at the library without requiring click and collect, since right now the library feels like a study space but not a real library.

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MA Design Innovation
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Year 1
  • Design Futures
  • Design Innovation
  • Design Thinking
  • Synthesis Project: Design Innovation
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MA Graphic Design
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Year 1
  • Design Practice 1: Graphic Behaviours
  • Design Thinking
  • Message/Audience/Context
  • Synthesis Project: Graphic Design & Art Direction
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University of Manchester

2 design courses NORTH WEST ENGLAND
Subject ranking: 40th
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Worst is library computers, they have to include usbc for computer extension. I like the organisation I wish they had more international student support considering we’re paying 3x more for the same thing

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Modules
Year 1
  • Computer Aided Process Design
  • Distillation Systems Design
  • Energy Systems
  • MSc Dissertation
  • Oil and Gas Processing
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Year 1
  • International Planning: Systems and Frameworks
  • International Urban Design
  • MSc Urban Design and International Planning Dissertation
  • Urban Design Applied Skills
  • Urban Design Project
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