Best Design Degree Programs for 2024

MSc in Advanced Architectural Design

Queen's University Belfast

United Kingdom

Design, Architecture, Urban Planning

Master of Science (MSc)

An innovative Master’s programme on Cinematic Architecture for enthusiastic students with an undergraduate degree in architecture who wish to explore future opportunities in architecture, design, film and creative industries. This is a personalised Master’s programme for engaged students who would like to make the most of their time at Queen’s. The work produced throughout the year will be a collaborative effort between you, your year group, our award-winning academics and practicing architects.

English

1 Year

MA Contemporary Art Practice

Royal College of Art

United Kingdom

Modern Literature, Arts, Fine Arts, Design

Master of Arts (MA)

Contemporary Art Practice (CAP) at the Royal College of Art is a cutting-edge MA programme in the School of Arts & Humanities that is driven by a post-medium, critical approach to the making and reception of art, where theory and practice come together to form new ways of responding to the contemporary world. The programme supports the development of your art practice within a responsive, dialogical and critical context with an emphasis on wider political issues – interrogating art production in relation to urgent socio-political contexts as well as questioning and redefining practice.

English

1 Year

MA Jewellery & Metal

Royal College of Art

United Kingdom

Arts, Fine Arts, Design

Master of Arts (MA)

The Jewellery & Metal programme seeks to unpick the relationship between people and things, pushing beyond the subject-object binary JaM students explore the multiple ways we are entrapped and enthralled by the complex entanglement of the material and immaterial worlds. Through emergent acts of making, JaM believes we can shed new light on these complex and essential relationships, revealing great depths in our understanding of, and being in, the world.

English

1 Year

MA Ceramics & Glass

Royal College of Art

United Kingdom

Fine Arts, Design

Master of Arts (MA)

The spirit of Ceramics & Glass at the RCA springs from a belief in the transformative power of material thinking, research and making to enable a new generation of artists and designers to enrich our world in imaginative and meaningful ways. Core to our philosophy is an exploration of how we can make ideas manifest through a tacit exploration of active materials and the generative potential of the process.

English

1 Year

MA Fashion

Royal College of Art

United Kingdom

Fashion Design

Master of Arts (MA)

Fashion is designed, created, articulated, manipulated and simulated in both physical and digital spaces. It aims for a state change, where you are open to new and emerging thinking and unlearn. It is also at its best when guided by diversity, inclusivity and cultural awareness.

English

1 Year

MA Architecture

Royal College of Art

United Kingdom

Design, Architecture, Urban Planning

Master of Arts (MA)

The MA Architecture Programme (ARB/RIBA Part II) at the Royal College of Art is a research-driven, studio-based post-graduate education that critically tests the making of architecture and spatial practice. The program supports the development of each student’s personal position and practices relative to the field. The program fosters an inclusive, critical, and responsive, context in which architecture is explored as a medium, rather than a goal in itself. We are attentive to urgent political, social, and ecological questions, which allows us to interrogate the contexts and processes of architectural production and support our students to redefine practice.

English

2 Years

MA History of Design (with V&A)

Royal College of Art

United Kingdom

History, Museum Studies, Arts, Design

Master of Arts (MA)

The V&A/RCA MA History of Design draws on the exceptional resources and national and international networks of two world-leading centres of excellence for scholarship and creativity, the RCA and the Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A). With a base at the RCA and dedicated programme rooms and library at the V&A, since its foundation in 1983, this pioneering programme has earned a worldwide reputation as the leading MA programme in the field. Our research-led teaching and experiential methods inspire and train future leaders in the field.

English

1 Year

MA Visual Communication

Royal College of Art

United Kingdom

Communication, Arts, Graphic Design

Master of Arts (MA)

At the heart of your experience with us in Visual Communication is the shared commitment to ‘conversational practice’. By this, we mean a practical and discursive approach to making. We see communication as essentially, a conversation to form bridges, connect people and exchange ideas.

English

1 Year

MA/MSc Innovation Design Engineering (with Imperial College London)

Royal College of Art

United Kingdom

Engineering, Design

Master's Degree

The MA/ MSc Innovation Design Engineering (IDE) programme is a unique double Master’s Programme that has been run jointly with Imperial College London for 40 years. The programme aims to create a new type of innovator, one who will be a global leader in the integration of design, engineering, science and enterprise, and distinctively positioned to tackle the volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous challenges society and the planet face.

English

2 Years

MA City Design

Royal College of Art

United Kingdom

Design, Architecture, Urban Planning

Master of Arts (MA)

The MA City Design envisions new concepts of city and urban life by placing design speculation at the core of social innovation. City life is undergoing momentous change. New forms of urban development and technologically driven forms of social innovation are transforming the way we live, work, reproduce and take care of the world around us, producing new lines of social solidarity as well as new sites of social conflict. Yet most of the methods used to research and design cities have resisted change, thus limiting our ability to perceive relevant changes and conceive radically different futures.

English

1 Year

MA Design Products

Royal College of Art

United Kingdom

Arts, Design, Industrial Design

Master of Arts (MA)

Design Products explores new terrain for designing products aiming to evolve new design disciplines and practices. We question ‘what is a product?’ and the assumption of adding products to uncover critical questioning to inform cutting-edge creative practices for designing better futures.

English

1 Year

MA Interior Design

Royal College of Art

United Kingdom

Arts, Design

Master of Arts (MA)

The MA Interior Design Programme engages you in exploring emergent ideas and issues concerning distinct aspects of the design of the interior. This incorporates research, practice and making work that explores the diversity of human occupation in numerous environments, extending from the room to the city. The programme encourages the view that the interior is an interface between its occupants and the built environment, and it supports the notion that the interior is an agent for social change.

English

1 Year

MA Fashion Journalism & Editorial Direction

Conde Nast College

United Kingdom

Communication, Journalism, Fashion Design

Master of Arts (MA)

Our MA Fashion Journalism & Editorial Direction programme stands as a distinctive, industry-centric pathway that opens the doors to an immersive journey through the world of fashion writing, editorial practice, and content creation. Rooted in the wealth of knowledge and expertise held by Condé Nast, this programme offers an invigorating blend of structured academic instruction, hands-on technical workshops, self-driven research, and enlightening masterclasses led by distinguished industry trailblazers. Collectively, these elements weave a tapestry that unravels the creative, commercial, and critical dimensions of fashion media, spanning across print, digital, and experiential platforms.

English

1 Year

MA Creative Direction for Fashion Media

Conde Nast College

United Kingdom

Arts, Fashion Design

Master of Arts (MA)

Our MA Creative Direction for Fashion Media is an exceptional, industry-centred programme that unveils the fascinating realms of visual storytelling, media branding, and multi-media production. Rooted in the vast reservoir of knowledge and expertise held by Condé Nast, this programme presents an exhilarating blend of structured academic instruction, hands-on technical workshops, self-driven research, and enriching masterclasses facilitated by esteemed industry pioneers. Together, these elements lead students on a transformative journey through the creative, commercial, and critical dimensions of fashion media across print, digital, and experiential platforms.

English

1 Year

MA Fashion Styling

Conde Nast College

United Kingdom

Fashion Design

Master of Arts (MA)

Our MA Fashion Styling programme offers a unique, industry-centred experience, immersing students in the art of fashion styling, production, and image-making. Rooted in the profound expertise of Condé Nast, this programme is a dynamic blend of structured academic learning, hands-on practical workshops, self-driven research, and captivating masterclasses led by esteemed industry leaders. Together, these elements unravel the multifaceted world of styling across print, digital, and experiential fashion media.

English

1 Year

MSc Food Innovation with Industrial Practice

Natural Resources Institute - University of Greenwich

United Kingdom

Food Science, Industrial Design

Master of Science (MSc)

The MSc Foo Innovation with Industrial Placement draws from a broad range of areas. These include marketing and management, risk analysis for agriculture and environment, climate change, packaging, human nutrition and public health, food microbiology and biochemistry, food safety, and quality assurance. You'll study Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) modules recognised by the Royal Society for Public Health.

English

2 Years

MSc in Product Design

University of Dundee

United Kingdom

Arts, Design, Industrial Design

Master of Science (MSc)

This research-driven and interdisciplinary course will teach you to design and build prototypes that challenge the way people interact with technology.

English

1 Year

MA Animation

University of Salford

United Kingdom

Arts, Film Studies, Design

Master of Arts (MA)

Our MA in Animation is designed to provide you with the knowledge and skills to apply innovative and efficient production processes to your animation projects which could be 2D, 3D, and Stop Motion, or a hybrid of techniques. You will explore traditional production skills, but the course will encourage you to experiment with cutting-edge creative industry developments and new ways of storytelling in collaboration with game and digital technologies.

English

1 Year

MSc in Creative Industries

The University of Edinburgh - Edinburgh Futures Institute

United Kingdom

Arts, Design, Marketing and Communications

Master of Science (MSc)

Creative and cultural industries shape how we experience our lives, including the ads and movies we see, the music we listen to and the festivals and performances we attend. They shape our quality of life, generating cultural, social and economic value to individuals, organisations and society. To create this value, creative organisations rely on data to generate new opportunities, create new strategies, track the effectiveness of their strategies, and persuade others of their value, whether funders, consumers or collaborators.

English

1 Year

MArch Architecture

University of Salford

United Kingdom

Design, Architecture, Urban Planning

Master's Degree

Continue your journey to professional architecture status with the University of Salford. Designed for students with a passion for design, an appetite for ideas, and a desire to experiment, our Part 2 MArch Architecture degree offers you an engaging learning experience in an unrivalled destination. From our location at the heart of the world’s first industrial city, and based in our studio learning environment, you will explore the architectural relationship between ecological and human systems. You’ll critically examine histories and theories in generating cultural values related to making places.

English

2 Years

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1,126 Best Design Degree Programs for 2024

MSc in Advanced Architectural Design

MA Contemporary Art Practice

MA Jewellery & Metal

MA Ceramics & Glass

MA Fashion

MA Architecture

MA History of Design (with V&A)

MA Visual Communication

MA/MSc Innovation Design Engineering (with Imperial College London)

MA City Design

MA Design Products

MA Interior Design

MA Fashion Journalism & Editorial Direction

MA Creative Direction for Fashion Media

MA Fashion Styling

MSc Food Innovation with Industrial Practice

MSc in Product Design

MA Animation

MSc in Creative Industries

MArch Architecture

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