MA Design Management
Based in Newcastle
12 months Full Time (September start)
16 months Part Time (January start)
When the Assistant Managing Editor for Business Week declares ‘CEO’s should be designers’, it is clear that understanding design thinking will be an asset for you and your company. MA Design Management offers a unique insight into the value of creativity and design to organisations and how this can best be managed or used as a strategic tool. Also, offers an understanding of how design can contribute to leadership, sustainability and business or social innovation.
Campus based, this course is undertaken full time over a year. it consists if six modules that work concurrently to give you a holistic view of design strategies and ways to successfully manage the design process. As an MA Design Management student you will engage with industrial multidisciplinary projects based on real life situations, you will develop research and deliver a final dissertation. You will define and shape the subject of your dissertation, so you can adapt the course to suit your specific objectives - both professional and personal.
Your course in brief
This course has two intakes. Those enrolling in September will attend for one calendar year whilst January entrants will follow a 16 month programme including a break in the summer period. There are a total of 180 credits in this degree. 80 of these are theory based and cover essential elements such as:
Creative Thinking and Intellectual Property
Inter Cultural Communication
Research Principles
Reflective Practice
Contemporary Influences
Commercialisation (including brand/marketing communication and business planning)
These contextual modules provide the perfect foundation for the remainder of the degree which allows you to understand the field of Design Management, find your personal direction and provide a stepping stone to your future career. These modules include:
Design Value - Design Management
Global Strategies - Design Strategies
Final project i.e. written dissertation
Who would this course suit?
Our MA Design Management is an ideal course for designers who want to develop their career by taking on a more strategic, managerial role. It will also appeal to business graduates or managers from other sectors, who want to advance their careers by developing a greater understanding of the value of design and innovation and how to harness its power within a corporate context.
Consequently, this course attracts a wide variety of people including;
Designers from all areas
Design & Business Graduates
Public & Private Sector Managers
Brand & Marketing Managers
Advertising & Creative Directors
Cultural Managers
Individuals who work with or commission design
What our students say
"My MA Design Management experience has taught me about the value of design for successful and innovative corporations, as well as how the design process, culture and perspective connect to business strategy." Josh Bradley, Marketing Graduate, MA Design Management Graduate
"The MA Design Management program is a good choice for those interested in creating successful business ventures through design. It gave me a chance to study fields I was unfamiliar with from before such as strategy, entrepreneurship and marketing and let me meet students from all over the world." Espen Sanne Hardersen, Graphic Designer, MA Design Management Graduate
