Applying and entrance requirements

You can apply directly to Goldsmiths via the website by clicking the ‘apply now’ button on the main programme page.

Before submitting your application you’ll need to have: 

• Details of your education history, including the dates of all exams/assessments.
• The email address details of your referee who we can request a reference from, or alternatively an electronic copy of your academic reference.
• A personal statement. This can either be uploaded as a Word Document or PDF, or completed online.
• If available, an electronic copy of your educational transcript (this is particularly important if you have studied outside of the UK, but isn’t mandatory).
• A PDF portfolio of practical work and an essay, or an illustrated report of no more than 1,000 words indicating your current and relevant interests and aims in your online application.

You'll be able to save your progress at any point and return to your application by logging in using your username/email and password.

When to apply

We accept applications from 1 October to 1 March for students wanting to start the following September. (Late applications may be considered) 

We encourage you to complete your application as early as possible, even if you haven't finished your current programme of study. It's very common to be offered a place that is conditional on you achieving a particular qualification. 

If you're applying for funding you may be subject to an application deadline. Find out more about funding opportunities for UK/EU students and international students. 

Late applications will only be considered if there are spaces available.

Selection Process

Admission to many programmes is by interview, unless you live outside the UK. Occasionally, we'll make candidates an offer of a place on the basis of their application,   qualifications and portfolio alone.

Entrance Requirements

You should have (or expect to be awarded) an undergraduate degree in a relevant/related subject and some experience in an area of professional practice.

You might also be considered for some programmes if you aren’t a graduate or your degree is in an unrelated field, but have relevant experience and can show that you have the ability to work at postgraduate level.

We also accept a wide range of international equivalent qualifications, which can be found on our country-specific pages. If you'd like more information, please contact the Admissions Office.

English Language

If your first language isn't English, you need to demonstrate a minimum score of 7.0 in IELTS (including 7.0 in the written element) or equivalent to enroll and study on this programme. 

Please check our English Language requirements for more information.

Find out more about applying 

• Entrance requirements
• English Language requirements
• Returning your work
• Associate Graduate and Associate Research Students
• Fees and Funding

Contact us 

Get in touch via our online form

UK/EU

+44 (0)20 7919 7766
course-info@gold.ac.uk

International (non-EU)

+44 (0)20 7919 7702
international-office@gold.ac.uk

Staff

The course is led by Hannah Jones and Mathilda Tham, experienced members of the department’s metadesign research group. The programme is supported by the Metadesigners Open Network, which is headed by Emeritus Professor John Wood, with network members and members of the MA Design Futures alumni contributing to the delivery of the course.

Careers

We produce graduates of consistently high calibre, including many who have become leaders in the creative industries of a number of countries, including China, Japan and Korea. Our students have won numerous awards (including UK Young Designer of the Year and Eco-Designer of the Year) and their shows have attracted positive attention in the media and achieved great acclaim in the design community.

A number of graduates are now working in top London design consultancies (Fitch, Thomas Heatherwick Studios, Imagination, Pentagram) and major UK companies (John Lewis Partnership, Eden Project, Harvey Nichols).

Since 1994, we have been producing graduates of consistently high calibre, including many who have become leaders in the creative industries of a number of countries.

Graduates have gone on to work at NASA, the British Museum, Aga Khan Foundation, Sony, Reos Partners, and Futerra Sustainable Communications.

They have also gone on to write important design literature such as Jonathan Chapman and ‘Emotionally Durable Design’, to set up design networks in Japan and the Netherlands, and to take up academic positions in Sweden, Denmark, Portugal, the UK, Korea, Thailand, Japan, Taiwan, China and South America.