Design MA

Venuka Wickramaarachchi, MA Design (with Advanced Practice) Hear from Venuka as he talks about his experience showcasing his designs at the Ferrari fashion show in Milan. Join our MA Design programme and equip yourself with the professional skills to become a confident design leader. Design transforms our world by solving problems, enhancing experiences, embedding sustainability, and realising opportunities. By blending possibility and future thinking with research, you can make a difference through impactful design vision, collaboration, and knowledge integration. Our industry-leading facilities support you to build an engaging and tailored portfolio, to showcase your ability to iterate, innovate, and develop effective solutions to real world challenges. This interdisciplinary studio environment prepares you for collaborative work in industry. You apply a range of advanced methodologies to equip you with transferable frameworks. You shape your personal narrative through perspective and reflection while building a responsible, ethical, and theoretical framework, to develop your career networks and effect change. You work alongside peers from a variety of backgrounds to expand your critical thinking, problem solving, decision making and communication. You enhance your career with advanced expertise, conceptual understanding, and informed decision making. You gain transferable skills, knowledge, and communication abilities that are highly valued across various industries and roles. Top reasons to study this course at Teesside University: Get creative: our course and campus are powered by Adobe and Apple. We’re Europe’s first Adobe Creative Campus and the only Apple-accredited University, equipping you with the digital tools and resources to hone your creative skills. Collaborative modules: our MA courses include interdisciplinary modules where you can interact with people from other MA subject areas, widening your perspectives and network. Modules are also delivered in a condensed way to help you balance your other commitments. Industry engagement and exposure: gain direct exposure to the industry by connecting with professionals, practitioners, and thought leaders. Learn contemporary design practices and expand your professional network. Industry-standard facilities: develop your own design style using the latest technology, including iMacs, software and Wacom digital drawing tablets. Professional memberships: we’re a member of Creative UK, perfect to expand your professional network. Creative UK Take advantage of our Creative UK membership and help futureproof your career, with networking events, a resource hub to support professional development, and bespoke workshops in partnership with industry leaders and mentors. Sign up for free student membership to get opportunities, events and newsletters sent directly to your inbox.

Applicants are normally expected to have at least a 2.2 UK honours degree, or equivalent qualification. A range of degree subjects are acceptable including subjects related to arts, design or other creative discipline. We also consider relevant experience or equivalent qualifications. You are expected to be a confident and independent learner with a good understanding of the design process, idea development and critical thinking. You are asked to present a portfolio of work or a completed project showing the development of your work from behind the scenes, or an ongoing project showing the progression and direction of your work. Students with a degree awarded outside the UK must also meet the University's minimum English language requirements. Non-EU international students who need a student visa to study in the UK should check our web pages on UKVI-compliant English language requirements. The University also provides pre-sessional English language courses if you do not meet the minimum English language requirement.