Communication Design MDes

All applicants should normally have a good honours degree in a relevant subject area or equivalent professional practice.

Overseas applicants for whom English is not their first language should normally obtain a minimum score of 6.0 in the IELTS test or equivalent. 

Scottish/EU/UK: £5,760. International: £13,534

http://www.gsa.ac.uk/life/fees,-funding-finance/postgraduate-funding/

Graduates from the GSA’s department of Communication Design have gone on to work with Pentagram, Graphic Thought Facility, Studio Fernando Gutiérrez, Lust, O-SB, Weiden + Kennedy, Lewis Moberly, BBC, Stand, ISO, or succeed in freelance practice, working in publishing, editorial, film and TV.

The programme aims to:

• Offer each individual student the opportunity to critically develop his or her own work in the context of a rigorous but supportive intellectual climate;
• Encourage students to identify and explore key contextual issues relevant to their practice as contemporary designers;
• Develop students’ awareness and knowledge base in communication design philosophy, theory, practice and research in the context of innovative forms of communication design;
• Enable Communication Design graduates to critically evaluate their work and that of their peers in the context of contemporary design practices;
• Enable students to achieve the highest possible standards in their work, so that graduates have the confidence, maturity and intellectual and interpersonal skills necessary to function successfully in the communication design field;
• Equip students with the highly developed intellectual, practical and interpersonal skills deemed necessary for careers in design.