Postgraduate
MDes Design Management
Duration
1 year full-time. Part-time also available.
Entry Requirements
- First or upper second class honours degree (or equivalent non-UK qualifications, or equivalent professional qualification) in a relevant subject.
- Applicants with science and business degrees are also welcome provided they have relevant professional, industry experience and demonstrate strong design awareness.
- Applicants applying direct from an undergraduate degree must demonstrate a high level of knowledge and understanding of design practice.
- Applicants for whom English is not a first language must be able to speak and write competently in English. This applies to students from the European Union as well as those from countries outside the EU. Applicants must have IELTS 7.0, with a minimum of 6.0 in each section.
- Applicants submit a completed application form, a personal statement, resume detailing educational and professional background, two references (academic or professional). Applicants will also be interviewed, they are conducted either in person, by telephone or over Skype.
How To Apply
Application can be made direct to the College, please click here to download an application form. For further information contact Ravensbourne on +44 (0)20 3040 3500 or email admissions@rave.ac.uk.
Term Starts
October 2012.
The Ravensbourne MDes is a new interdisciplinary degree programme built around Design Thinking as a methodology for creatively resolving practical problems and thereby seeking an improved future result. The programme has three differentiated but related pathways:
- MDes Design Management * (from October 2011)
- MDes Service Design * (from October 2012)
- MDes Luxury Brand Management * (from October 2012)
The programme has been developed in response to specific demands from industry for ‘T-shaped’ creative professionals with specialist technical design skills and an advanced understanding of business and management, and also for managers from business to develop knowledge and skills in the strategic use of design so that they can apply this to their professional practice.
The Focus
The programme will enable you to develop skills in applying creative strategies and holistic thinking to solve a range of organisational and social problems. You will learn to navigate global current affairs, identify problem areas, and situate the role of design in developing innovative solutions for economic growth, social improvement and cultural renewal.
Our Approach
This interdisciplinary programme combines design education with business school methods. You will be encouraged to think both laterally and analytically. The programme also adopts an international perspective: through the use of a variety of globally-focused case studies you will broaden your perspectives and increase your knowledge and understanding of design and business issues. The contextual knowledge, practical skills and intellectual capability gained on the programme will open up your thinking about future career opportunities and enable you successfully to embark on a leadership career.
Design Management Pathway
This pathway explores the strategic use of design and its application in the management of processes, projects, people and organisations. Through a variety of online and collaborative learning methods, this course will allow you to develop knowledge and skills in managing design, creativity and innovation. Career opportunities related to this pathway include design managers, account managers, project managers, design consultants and design strategists.
Service Design Pathway
This pathway explores the use of design thinking as a means of developing service-based products. Here success depends on understanding the role of design in the management and innovation of services and customer experiences. It is especially important to recognize that Service Design is based on the idea that services should be designed with a user-centred approach. You will also be introduced to innovative concepts such as co-design. Career opportunities in this pathway include service designers, interaction designers and user experience consultants.
Luxury Brand Management Pathway
The growth of the global luxury industry has given rise to both challenges and opportunities in the management of luxury brands. This pathway enables you to develop a range of knowledge and skills to manage luxury brands by exploring innovative and creative concepts in design thinking and design strategy as well as by developing an international perspective on business and finance. Career opportunities in this pathway include Brand Managers, Marketing Managers, Fashion Retail Managers and Luxury Product Managers.
*Subject to validation
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