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Lancaster University: Design Management
Institution | Lancaster University View institution profile |
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Department | Lancaster Institute for Contemporary Arts (LICA) |
Web | www.lancaster.ac.uk |
fass-pg-admissions@lancaster.ac.uk | |
Telephone | 01524 510880 |
Study type | Taught |
MA
Summary
**Why Lancaster?**
Use this Master's course as a springboard into a rewarding career - our graduates are the next generation of design leaders
Learn from world-renowned figures in design, be among the first to hear about their latest research and the innovative way we take design in new directions
Explore complex design challenges in our cutting-edge Imagination Lab - an intensive, project-based design studio
Be part of our vibrant, international community – we benefit from being joined by students and staff from around the world
What role does good and bad design play in society? What challenges do design managers face in the real world? You’ll explore questions such as these while examining how design shapes our interactions with people, products and places.
**Design for life**
Design management is all about how we organise and deploy design solutions to solve problems and add value for users, organisations and society.
Our Master's programme helps you assess the far-reaching impact of strategically deploying design methods to address key issues today and for the future. You’ll focus on much more than just design but on aspects such as delivery to market, the supply chain and sustainability.
You might consider some big issues. How design can be used to help a city reach net zero. Or how to apply data privacy rules when working with the Internet of Things. Or how to give people better access to health services.
Our students and staff join us from diverse disciplinary backgrounds as well as from businesses in various sectors. This creates an inspiring and creative environment that is rich in innovation.
**Sparking the imagination**
Experience the excitement of creating a prototype in our project-based module – the Imagination Lab. We’ll bring in charities or businesses to set the brief, so you get the sense of working with a client in real life. You may be looking at the steps needed to improve transport around the region or how to tackle social inequalities in a particular town.
In addition, your major research project is a chance to experiment with new design methods and focus on a real research question; for example, using speculative design to consider topics such as artificial intelligence, distributed production and digital space.
Level | RQF Level 7 |
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Entry requirements | 2:1 Hons degree (UK or equivalent) in design or a related discipline. We may also consider non-standard applicants, please contact us for information. We may ask you to provide a recognised English language qualification, dependent upon your nationality and where you have studied previously. We normally require an IELTS (Academic) Test with an overall score of at least 6.5, and a minimum of 6.0 in each element of the test. We also consider other English language qualifications. |
Location | Main Site Admissions Bailrigg Lancaster LA1 4YW |
Summary
The course will help you to develop an understanding of contemporary design management. We aim to prepare our graduates for careers as design consultants, managers, researchers and design-led, change-makers in private and public organisations, as well as for doctoral study. You will have the chance to develop modes of thinking critical to the challenges design managers face across a range of real-world situations. The course explores design management from a range of future-oriented perspectives, including service design, design for sustainability, design strategy, and design and branding. Our Imagination Lab – an intensive project-based design studio – enables you to explore complex design challenges.
Level | RQF Level 7 |
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Entry requirements | 2:1 Hons degree (UK or equivalent) in design or a related discipline. We may also consider non-standard applicants, please contact us for information. We may ask you to provide a recognised English language qualification, dependent upon your nationality and where you have studied previously. We normally require an IELTS (Academic) Test with an overall score of at least 6.5, and a minimum of 6.0 in each element of the test. We also consider other English language qualifications. |
Location | Main Site Admissions Bailrigg Lancaster LA1 4YW |
Summary
The course will help you to develop an understanding of contemporary design management. We aim to prepare our graduates for careers as design consultants, managers, researchers and design-led, change-makers in private and public organisations, as well as for doctoral study. You will have the chance to develop modes of thinking critical to the challenges design managers face across a range of real-world situations. The course explores design management from a range of future-oriented perspectives, including service design, design for sustainability, design strategy, and design and branding. Our Imagination Lab – an intensive project-based design studio – enables you to explore complex design challenges.
Level | RQF Level 7 |
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Entry requirements | 2:1 Hons degree (UK or equivalent) in design or a related discipline. We may also consider non-standard applicants, please contact us for information. |
Location | Main Site Admissions Bailrigg Lancaster LA1 4YW |
Lancaster University is home to a dynamic postgraduate community and offers a wealth of both taught and research study options across a wide range of subject areas. Studying at Lancaster is all about broadening your horizons, finding new perspectives and discovering new experiences. By living and studying with students and staff from over 130 countries students join a global community and have the opportunity to make international connections.
We are proud to be highly ranked in three major UK league tables. We are also climbing in the world rankings and are currently in the top 125 out of more than …
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