MA Graphic Design

You will need to be ambitious, highly motivated with either a degree in a relevant subject or a body of professional work.

Applicants should ideally hold a good honours degree 2:2 or above in a Graphics/Design discipline.

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Funding opportunities including scholarships available

You will be encouraged to adopt a creative, enquiring and critical approach to the graphic image and its uses in contemporary practice. Furthermore, you will graduate with relevant industry experience, having worked with a variety of design professionals.

Depending on your individual study, you may also benefit from a range of transferrable skills highly sought after by future employers, including: team working, working independently, critical thinking, report writing, project management, ideas generation, presentation and finance.

National and international graduate career prospects are many and varied and in the past have included: education, curating, film, television, special effects, print and publishing, multimedia, advertising, animation, moving image, web and interactive design, video games, music, marketing and public relations.

• Collaboration in Practice – 30 credits
• Graphic Design Specialist 1 – 30 credits
• Professional Context – 20 credits
• Graphic Design Specialism 2 – 30 credits
• Transnational Professional Development – 10 credits
• Graphic Design Specialist Investigation – 30 credits
• Graphic Design Final Project – 30 credits

With professional experience option

The professional experience opportunity² enables you the opportunity to apply for optional professional experience in semester 1, which, upon successfully securing an opportunity, will extend the duration of your master’s to either 16, 20 or 24 months. The professional experience provides an opportunity for you to develop expertise and experience in your chosen field with the aim of enhancing your employability.