Product Design - MA

at London Metropolitan University

The modules listed below are for the academic year and represent the course modules at this time. Modules and module details (including, but not limited to, location and time) are subject to change over time.

Year 1 modules include:
 

• Design Project Development (core, 40 credits)
• Design Research for Practice (core, 40 credits)
• Project as Professional Practice: Product Design (core, 60 credits)
• Democratising Luxury (alternative core, 20 credits)
• Design for Change (alternative core, 20 credits)
• Interior Contexts (alternative core, 20 credits)
• Material Thought (alternative core, 20 credits)

You will be required to have: 
 

• a first class or strong upper second class degree, or equivalent, in a related subject

Applicants will also be expected to present a portfolio and provide a statement demonstrating their ambition for the subject area and for studying at postgraduate level.

A related undergraduate degrees plus related employment, or consultancy within the field can be considered alongside the portfolio and statement.

UK/Home Fees

Cost
£9,300 per year

Overseas Fees

Cost
£16,500 per year

Please note, in addition to the tuition fee there may be additional costs for things like equipment, materials, printing, textbooks, trips or professional body fees.

Additionally, there may be other activities that are not formally part of your course and not required to complete your course, but which you may find helpful (for example, optional field trips). The costs of these are additional to your tuition fee and the fees set out above and will be notified when the activity is being arranged.

The creative industry in the UK is huge and about half of all those involved in the design sector work in London. Located in the creative hub of the East End, our School of Art, Architecture and Design offers excellent opportunities for students and professionals to showcase cutting-edge design within related industries and venues. Through work placement and live projects, you will create design projects that are commercially and creatively relevant to global consumer markets.\

Typical career opportunities include consultant designers, in-house designers in manufacturing companies, bespoke furniture designers, production facility managers/consultants, freelance designers for multinational corporations, industrial and interior designers, and design management.