program description

students can tailor the course to their career aspirations by selecting a specific specialist area of study from a diverse range of options, which comprises: footwear design; furniture design; interior design; interactive design; museum and exhibition design; product design; retail design; or visual communication design. alternatively, students can elect to simply focus on design innovation in its own right.

reasons to study design innovation ma/msc at dmu:

• you will study in a flexible learning environment, by selecting a specific specialism you can tailor your course to ensure it matches your personal career aspirations
• there is a year-long creative major project, allowing your personal interests to be developed, supporting your preferred career direction or establishing the design concept for your own business
• industry placement opportunity you can choose to undertake a year-long work placement, gaining valuable experience to enhance your practical and professional skills further
• the school of design’s close-knit community of postgraduate students and staff creates a supportive learning environment for design students from around the world
• you will develop the design skills and creativity required by tomorrow’s entrepreneurs and design industry professionals
• you will learn from an expert teaching team, who are all active in their own field and who maintain links with the commercial sector ensuring they teach real-world, relevant skills
• you will have benefit from top-class facilities, working in a dedicated centre with access to a range of workshops and a host of specialist equipment
• dmu is the uk’s sole higher education representative in great the government’s flagship marketing campaign which links creativity and commerce. as a great partner, the university stands alongside british brands recognised as world leaders in their fields, including bbc worldwide, jaguar land rover, mulberry, cambridge satchel co, inde appshaker and framestore
• the new vijay patel building has been designed to provide the space and facilities where ideas can develop and flourish for all of our art and design courses