MA Industrial Design

Course summary:

MA Industrial Design develops students to take on strategic roles, identify and respond to trends, initiate new design approaches and thrive in multidisciplinary teams. Through project work, the course engages four design emphases: Enterprise, Publics, Discourse and Service. These disciplinary frames locate broadening professional practices and offer forward-looking conceptualisations of Industrial Design as a discipline that is open for exploration, advancement and challenge. Central Saint Martins' Product and Industrial Design courses are recognised for world-class excellence by the award of the Queen's Anniversary Prize for Further and Higher Education 2013.

This course is part of the Product, Ceramic and Industrial Design Programme.

Great reasons to apply:

• Benefit from a multi-disciplinary art school environment made up of an exceptionally diverse community of creative individuals
• Explore and develop new perspectives and design methods in an intense and challenging curriculum
• The course has a strong track record of work with businesses and social enterprises
• Use the world's most cosmopolitan city as a living resource
• This programme is recognised for excellence by the award of the Queen's Anniversary Prize for its contributions to the creative economy.

Anyone Interested.

Course details:

MA Industrial Design lasts 60 weeks structured as three consecutive periods of 20 weeks each (i.e. two academic years) in ' extended full-time mode ' which means that students typically commit 30 hours per week to their studies and scheduled teaching is programmed over 2-3 days

MA Industrial Design is credit rated at 180 credits and comprises three units. Unit One (60 credits) lasts 20 weeks. Unit Two (60 credits) runs for 10 weeks in the first year and 10 weeks in the second year. Unit Three (60 credits runs for 20 weeks)

• Units One and Two must be passed in order to progress to Unit Three
• The MA certification (Pass, Pass with Merit or Pass with Distinction) derives from the assessment for Unit Three only
• An exit award of Postgraduate Certificate can be awarded on completion of Unit One
• An exit award of Postgraduate Diploma can be awarded on completion of Unit Two
• Teaching consists of lectures, seminars, demonstrations, workshops, fieldtrips, tutorials and project work carried out individually and in groups.

Industry collaborations:

The Course has extensive experience of collaboration with external agencies. MA Industrial Design has recently enjoyed collaborative projects with Visa, Renault, Microsoft, Kenzo, Roche Bobois, Camper, Dior, Herms, Public Collaboration Lab with Camden Council and Design Against Crime Research Centre.

Fees & Funding:

• Home/EU fee Tuition fees for 2019/20

University of the Arts London (UAL) is Europe’s largest specialist art and design university. Its unique creative community is made up of six renowned Colleges, each with its own world-class reputation: Camberwell College of Arts, Central Saint Martins, Chelsea College of Arts, London College of Communication, London College of Fashion and Wimbledon College of Arts.

UAL is the world’s sixth best University for Art and Design in the QS World University Rankings 2018. Offering an extensive range of courses in art, design, fashion, communication and performing arts, UAL is the main talent pipeline to the UK’s creative industries.

Home to a diverse community of over 18,000 students from 129 countries, UAL has a track record for launching and furthering careers. Our graduates can be found in every part and at every level of the creative and cultural sectors, from heads of global business to self-employed practitioners, and on shortlists for awards ranging from the Turner Prize to the Oscars.

Building on UAL’s association with some of the most original thinkers in the arts, students and staff are inspired to challenge convention, generate new ideas and nurture talent. Home to award-winning staff and students for more than a century, UAL’s Colleges are at the forefront of learning, creativity and practice in their specialist subjects. This close-knit College structure offers opportunities for learning and enquiry for people at all stages of their creative development.