School of Design
Postgraduate study
Take your creativity to the next level! Study one of our graduate or postgraduate qualifications and become a specialist in design.
Our postgraduate programmes provide opportunities to learn and embed research methods that extend your design practice. We leverage extensive professional networks and industry connections, working with local and international institutions to provide real-world opportunities for our postgraduate students.
You are able to work with industry and community partners on live team projects or develop your own practice-based research project. We invite you to identify a need, a market opportunity, or provide a challenge to how things are now. We welcome project proposals that make a difference and are inherently sustainable, and we are happy to provide feedback for you on a draft project proposal.
Examples of possible projects include:
- Health service design
- Virtual Reality
- Cradle to cradle / circular design
- User experience
- Local business/community development
- Fashion from both innovative design, industry, craft and the wearer's perspectives
- Food design and food experiences
Our postgraduate qualifications
Design
If you have already achieved excellence in your undergraduate degree, this postgraduate qualification is a great opportunity to extend and deepen your knowledge and understanding of design research methods and professional design practice. Graduates of this programme will be well prepared for further postgraduate study or employment in a design creative lead role.Duration
1 Year Full-time
2 Years Part-time
Delivery
On campus
Career potential
Creative Lead, Digital Artist, Senior Designer, Visual Effects, Web Designer
Art
Deep dive into practical- and theory-based research through this advanced qualification. In semester one, you will develop studio work, an oral seminar paper and an essay for critical feedback. You will build on this work in semester two by producing an original exhibition and an extended 7,500-word essay.Duration
1 Year Full-time
2 Years Part-time
Delivery
On campus, Distance
Career potential
Art Educator, Design Researcher, Lead Designer , Practicing Artist
Postgraduate, Workplace & Social-space
If you want to research a significant area or issue at your own workplace and recognise your work with an advanced qualification, this master's programme is for you.Duration
18 Months Full-time
Delivery
Work-based
Career potential
Doctoral Research, Specialist roles
Explore more about postgraduate study
Discover what postgraduate study at our School of Design is like. Chat to our supervisors, or read up about the research conducted by our students and staff in the past.
Contact us
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