MA User Experience (UX) Design

Become a strategist operating at the leading-edge of User Experience Design to create unique experiences for the consumers of tomorrow. UX designers and strategists bring creativity, human behaviour, and digital technology together to understand and translate consumer needs into smart solutions and elegant user experiences. UX design is a growing trend across diverse industries from digital platforms, to leisure and luxury brands, healthcare and financial services, where user-centred design is key to a holistic brand experience. Well prepare you to be a leader and strategist in this growing field, as you harness business intelligence, consumer psychology and design thinking to identify big problems and human needs that you solve through designing exceptional user experiences. Youll become confident in leading, strategising and planning UX projects that deliver high-value brand experiences, as well as developing industry skills, from ethnography and user journey mapping to wireframing and storyboarding. Studying in a diverse international community, youll apply your knowledge and skills through developing a portfolio of UX projects for a range of global industries and brands, from start-ups, to corporate sector, NGOs and social enterprise. Youll gain experience of team working in co-creative labs, and explore contemporary topics such as ethics, diversity and sustainability, as you prepare to be a future leader and strategist in this exciting field.

Graduates of User Experience Design could pursue the following careers: UX Engineer , UX Researcher , UX Product Designer, Director of UX, Digital Product Manager, User Experience Design Business Analyst, Senior Digital Designer, Project Manager, Content Strategist, Usability Consultant, Digital Consultant, Digital Marketer, UX Strategist, UI Developer, UX Analyst/Developer, Service and Process Designer and Front End Developer.

One of the following qualifications:

Minimum second class UK undergraduate degree
Equivalent international qualifications as deemed acceptable by the University
Exceptional entry will be assessed on case by case basis by academic referral only based on
- An undergraduate degree lower than 2:2 plus one year of relevant work experience
- No undergraduate degree but three years of relevant work experience
IELTS - Overall score of 6.5, with 5.5 or above in all 4 component parts
TOEFL IBT - 60