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Pursue your passion for particular areas of design, at an advanced level and with professional support. Contextualise your chosen areas within the broader field of design with theoretical elements. Join our graduates in exciting jobs throughout the design industry and around the world.
This course is built around your personal design interests and aspirations. It allows you to push the boundaries of creativity, within a framework of academic rigour and contextual research. You can choose to study any of the following areas: advertising, animation, calligraphy and lettering, creative computational design, design thinking, innovation and ideation, design leadership, fashion product and promotion, graphic communication, graphic design, illustration, interactive media, motion graphics, and typographic design. Other specialised design disciplines will also be considered.
Our specialist tutors will work with you as you create a portfolio of creative designs that will excite and impress potential employers. By the end of the course, you'll have completed a major project that has evolved from your practice and research. The project will be supported by a critical evaluation report.
Please contact your Study Centre for the duration and mode of this course.
Compared to an undergraduate course, you will find that this MA Design course requires a higher level of independent working. The course aims to stretch your creativity and maximise your sense of personal fulfilment.
We use a wide variety of teaching and learning methods, which include lectures, seminars, critiques, workshops and practical demonstrations. These sessions are supported by a range of guest speakers from diverse academic and industry backgrounds. You'll also have high levels of weekly contact with tutors who give regular feedback and support.
We don’t currently display entry requirements for United States. Please contact the Student Admin team on studentadmin@sunderland.ac.uk or 0191 515 3154.
Please contact the study centre for more information on their specific requirements and equivalent qualifications from outside the UK.
Please contact the study centre directly for information on fees, finance and start dates.
This information was correct at the time of publication.
Postgraduates are highly employable and, on average, earn more than individuals whose highest qualification is an undergraduate degree. On completing this course, you will be equipped for roles throughout the creative industries. Potential roles include animator, graphic designer, illustrator, calligrapher, lettering designer, typographic designer, interactive designer, lecturer or broad-based designer.
Our graduates have forged careers all over the globe in graphic design, editorial, infographics, motion graphics, advertising, web, packaging and interactive design. We have graduates working in Ordinance Survey, MTV, SEGA, and the creative industries of publishing, design consultancies and advertising design.
This creative degree can also open doors into many other careers, such as teaching, or further study at Doctorate level.