Program Overview

Construct a critical practice to analyse, experiment and convey messages, meaning and experiences through a diverse range of media. This interdisciplinary course will enable you to produce a body of work tailored to your interests and motivations and position yourself in the creative and cultural industry.

In a recent survey, our postgraduate courses scored 91% student satisfaction for creativity and design, and 93% satisfaction overall. That makes us second for postgraduate study in the country.

Why study this Design Communication master's degree?

• Immerse yourself in emerging technologies and interdisciplinary methodologies
• Establish an experimental, critical and sustainable design practice
• Create design projects that are grounded in community engagement and collaboration
• Gain insight into how cultural, historical and political contexts influence design practices
• Foster audience engagement and create dynamic interacting design solutions
• Analyse complex information and communicate it effectively through visual communication techniques
• Collaborate with industry professionals and gain valuable connections

Expand and master your visual communication design skills

Throughout this course, you will be exposed to a range of theoretical frameworks, creative techniques, and research methods that will enable you to investigate a subject of your choosing, unravel its complexity, and translate your findings into powerful visual narratives that can engage and mobilise diverse audiences.

In our exciting MA Design Communication course, you will gain the knowledge, confidence and professional acumen to creatively position services, systems and need-driven design products.

You will respond to societal and user needs to expand your graphic communication design skills. You will be immersed in the tools and processes of digital design and emerging technologies, whilst exploring the value of design thinking and services in a bustling marketplace.

During the course you will establish a critical design practice, create dynamic interacting spaces, and apply design to respond to a range of needs. You’ll engage your target audiences by synthesising creativity with sound business theories – an essential skill that will boost your employability across many potential career avenues.

After studying for your MA Design Communication course, you will have:

• The hands-on design thinking skills to turn creative visions into truly engaging assets
• The business and commercial acumen to reach and inspire audiences across all business, international and not-for-profit sectors
• The confidence to generate real change and influence decision making at the most senior levels.