Course summary

Study our exciting new MA Design, where you'll focus on research methods, inclusion and diversity in design. It's taught by a globally renowned team from across the creative industries. Our MA Design focusses on practices of experimental methods including the participatory, the speculative and the critical, applying them to real-world briefs to assess complex situations and offer viable design outcomes. Using a wide range of materials, tools and techniques, you will explore how diversity and inclusivity in design can empower a critical practice. You will gain work experience from project-based placements, critical insight from a globally- renowned team of tutors and guest lecturers, and confidence from leading your own design research project, culminating in two public-facing exhibitions. We are based in a purpose-built creative space in Greenwich, a vibrant area of London that is a magnet for the creative industries. You’ll enjoy access to great facilities and equipment, and work from a building which is home to a dynamic community of creatives from the fields of digital arts, graphic and digital design, media, film, sound, architecture and landscape. What you should know about this course

• We focus on design for social good - we design for a better world

• This programme promotes and embeds the application and effective use of material and digital technologies into learning through design practice and critical inquiry

• You will be supported through one-to-one tutorials and individual mentoring sessions by world-leading researchers and practitioners

• You will gain work experience through placements and real-world briefs which are integrated into the programme

• Graduate careers might include working as a Design Consultant; UX Researcher; Content Strategist; Social Impact Designer; or Design Educator