Length:
1 year full-time or 2 years part-time.

Applying:

Deadline: 1 March (although late applications may be considered). Along with your application form please include examples of your work. This should be a written piece of at least 4,000 words, such as an academic dissertation or a research report undertaken in commercial/industrial or other employment. Alternatively, or in addition, you may also send examples of your creative practice: slides (approximately 12), a CD-ROM, or another representation accessible on generally used software; include an index which outlines the concerns and ideas in what you have submitted (200-500 words) and a brief description of individual pieces (including scale, materials and collaborators and object performance where relevant). You should also submit a written statement (approximately 250 words), outlining your reasons for wishing to undertake this degree.

At interview, you present a portfolio of work. We will look for potential in critical and creative thinking. Applicants from outside the UK are encouraged to attend for interview. If you cannot attend in person, we will ask you to send a portfolio (slides or photographs or CD-ROMs accessible on generally used software) of your art/design work with written explanations of selected pieces. Copies of essays in English are also required. If possible we also conduct a telephone interview.

Find out more about applying

Entrance requirements:
If you do not have a related undergraduate degree we also welcome applicants with significant practical experience in a design-related field or those who have done significant research. We expect some expertise in technologies used to conduct and present research. For those intending to produce practice as research we require skills in the use of equipment used to produce design work (IT and/or manufacture workshop skills). If your first language is not English, you normally need a minimum score of 7.0 in IELTS (including 7.0 in the written element) or equivalent. Find out more about our English Language requirements.

Careers:
Most of our graduates find employment in the creative and cultural industries, some in prestigious leading-edge companies such as Imagination, Coleman Planet, Raw, Medium Rare, Fitch and Pentagram. Also: practice development; further study; freelancing; senior designer/manager.

Skills:
Strong conceptual and critical design research skills; transferable skills in areas such as analytical thinking, critical reflection project management, creative facilitation, research methods.

Fees:
Please see Tuition fees.

Staff research interests:
Please see Staff research interests.

Contact the department:
Contact the Department of Design

About the department:
Design

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