MA Product Design Innovation (with Professional Experience)

The Product Design Innovation course prepares its students for global employment as creative, innovative and strategic problem solvers. The Product Design Innovation course prepares its students for global employment as creative, innovative and strategic problem solvers.

Our students work collaboratively in an internationalised, cross-disciplinary and transcultural context. The focus of the course is on employing research and critical and creative thinking skills to solve complex 3D design problems with imagination and insight.

Research and critical and creative thinking are at the heart of all projects, as is ensuring students recognise sustainable and ethical approaches. You will have the option to apply for a professional experience opportunity2, designed to further develop your skills and knowledge with the aim of maximising your employability prospects. See modules for more information.

16-24 months (with professional experience)

Applicants should normally have an undergraduate degree in design or engineering

Non-design applicants can be accepted on the basis of evidence of projects or activities that signal a creative problem solving ability

Portfolio
No portfolio will be required if the academic qualifications in the subject area as defined above are met

If a portfolio is required it should feature a maximum of approximately 1015 examples of work or 34 projects undertaken within the past 2 years 3 or 4 of which should be major substantial indepth projects which demonstrate ability to conceptualise solutions to creative problems and to assimilate and combine written language or content with the visual This will clearly demonstrate the level of creative craft and production skills achieved either in a previous course of study or in a professional design studio as a freelance designer or during an internship

Projects should ideally accompanied by a brief summary of the work or projects notes on the software used and dated As a graphic designer a genuine demonstrable interest in typography and good typographic skills is required beyond the basic level

English language requirements
IELTS 6.5 overall with no component lower than 5.5