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MA User Experience and Service Design

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    MA 1 year full-time, up to 4 years part-time

Course Description

Our MA User Experience and Service Design degree will develop your critical awareness of major issues in user experience (UX) design, service design and interaction design. Our modules will teach you how to: (1) undertake user research, (2) identify opportunities for creating great user experiences, and (3) design transformative products/services. You will also work with industry clients, and develop material for your portfolio.

The MA User Experience and Service Design equips students to become human centred designers within industry, empowered to design socially and environmentally responsible products and services. The content of the programme will enable you to develop your skills and competencies in both the creative and analytical aspects of UX, whilst working on a diverse range of projects. This includes the opportunity to design experiences that embed digital in the physical world, take an empathic and systemic world view, and use the opportunities presented by new technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI) and augmented reality (AR) to design compelling product and service experiences.

Entry Requirements

A 2:1 honours degree (or equivalent international qualification). We consider students from a range of disciplines relevant to User Experience Design (including Art and Design, Computer Science, Media, Psychology, Business).

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Fees

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Programme Funding

There are lots of options available to you to fund your master’s programme, from alumni bursaries to school and department scholarships and government loans.

Student Destinations

Organisations beyond the design industry (including management and information technology companies) value the user-centred design skills we teach.

Graduates usually pursue careers as user experience designers, interaction designers, user researchers, usability specialists, and service designers. In some cases, graduates go on to careers in research, teaching, or progress onto PhD study. Employment destinations of our recent graduates include IBM Design, IBM iX, Samsung, Next, Dyson, Tencent, Huawei, Baidu, and Pivotal Labs.

Module Details

Semester 1

Compulsory Modules

  • Experience Design
  • Usability, Principles and Practice
  • Design Research Methods

Optional Modules (choose one)

  • Digital Storytelling for Creative Practice
  • Design for Behaviour Change
  • Design for Inclusivity

Semester 2

Compulsory Modules

  • Industry Project
  • Service Design
  • Experience Design Major Project

Summer

Compulsory Modules

  • Experience Design Major Project

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