MA Design: Expanded Practice at Goldsmiths, University of London

Programme overview

This is a radical post-disciplinary programme for practitioners who want to push the boundaries of what design can be and do. During the Masters we work with you to transform your practice as a critical and social undertaking. By challenging the role and norms of traditional design towards an emerging type of ‘advanced design’, unshackled from the history of specialisms and entrenched methods, you will become part of a community of practice.

Faculty: School of Design | Department: Design | Duration: 15 months full-time | Study mode: full-time | Location: London, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

Modules (compulsory modules): Studio Expanded Practice, Design Transfocality, Extended Study.

Career pathways

Graduates of the MA Design Expanded Practice can expect to enter a wide range of careers. You'll be equipped with the necessary expertise to develop a personal professional practice where you can expect to operate in roles such as: Individual designer/researcher, Designer/maker, Creative technologist/practitioner, Freelance consultant, You may decide to develop and manage your own business, creative studio or design projects after graduation.

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Application information

Entry requirements

You should have (or expect to be awarded) an undergraduate degree of at least second class standard in a relevant/related subject. If you don't have a related undergraduate degree, we also welcome those who have significant practical experience in a design-related field: you will be judged on the relevance of your previous work experience and on your art and/or design work. We will also consider applicants who do not have a design-related background but who have engaged in research either in academia (as students or academics) or at work. We expect a high standard of achievement in design or other creative practice, and competencies in the use of equipment used to produce design work (IT and/or manufacture workshop skills). You need to present, in portfolio and at interview, evidence of evolved critical and creative thinking in design. English language: IELTS 6.5 with a 6.5 in writing and no element lower than 6.0.

Domestic applicants: GBP 14,300 a year (2026/2027). Home - full-time Source

International applicants: GBP 29,500 a year (2026/2027). International - full-time Source

Duration: 15 months full-time

Apply through the official page: https://mygoldsmiths.gold.ac.uk/OnlineServices/applications/appModuleList.aspx?id=128000129744370

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