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MARCA/MSc Global Innovation Design GID

Imperial College London

London, United Kingdom

Tuition Fee £ 31,000
Country Rank#4
Duration21 Months
Score IELTS: 7

Program Overview

Global Innovation Design is a joint Master's degree between Imperial College London and the Royal College of Art. You receive a double Master's – an MSc from Imperial and an MA from the RCA.

It is a unique, transnational initiative which brings together three major centres of design, culture, enterprise and industry: Europe, North America and Asia.

The programme is a world class design collaboration between six internationally-renowned academic institutions. Each partner brings distinct expertise and complementary approaches to design, engineering, technology and business, with an emphasis on internationally-oriented design and innovation.

GID offers a new international style of learning, and unique educational and cultural experiences designed to meet the changing needs of enterprise in the 21st century.

You are able to work in three Global locations with partner universities following one of two routes. Students on both routes will start their GID experience in London, then travel on to Asia, spending a term in Tokyo or Beijing.

After the summer break, you spend the following term in New York or Singapore. All students will spend the rest of their second year together at RCA and Imperial College London. Graduates from the programme are expected to be central to innovation leadership in the 21st century.

Course Content
Year 1
- Critical and Historical Studies Dissertation Programme – an opportunity for you to write a significant piece of written work on a reflective theoretical subject related to your studies
- London Core – two-term foundation in research-based design theory and methodology, mechatronics, form-giving, design research and anthropological methods, innovation, communication and creation of vision
- Partner Residency – one-term residency with either Keio University, Tokyo or Tsinghua University, Beijing during the final term
Year 2
- Partner Residency – a one-term residency with either Pratt Institute, New York or Nanyang Technological University, Singapore during the first term of the second academic year
- Professional Development – during the final two terms, designers return to London to focus leadership, outreach and business development to cultivate their professional design practice. The course culminates in Final Examination and the Final Show.
Entry Requirement
Our minimum requirement is a 2.1 degree.

You are required to have an aptitude for design or technology led-innovation.

Professional experience or outstanding creative or technical abilities may be accepted in place of a degree in exceptional circumstances.
Fees & Scholarships
£31,000

Fees are charged by year of entry to the College and not year of study.

Except where otherwise indicated, the fees for students on courses lasting more than one year will increase annually by an amount linked to inflation, including for part-time students on modular programmes.

Cost Of Studying At Imperial College London

Interest rates as low as 8.9% ^*

250K+

Students Assisted

800Cr+

Loan Amount Disbursed

5000+

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