MA Graphic Design at Kingston University

Develop your creative practice in a studio-based context, so you're ready for the future social impacts and professions related to graphic design. Test the boundaries of design technologies and tools through critical thinking and ambitious projects in collaboration with your peers and external partners.

Faculty: Kingston School of Art  |  Duration: 1 year full time / 2 years part time / 2 years full time including professional placement  |  Study mode: full-time, part-time (optional professional placement year)  |  Intake: September 2027  |  Location: Kingston upon Thames, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

Through tutorials, field trips, lectures, seminars, workshops and research projects, you will gain the technical skills, critical tools, knowledge and confidence needed to contribute to the development of the subject and its practice. You will be asked to examine and reflect on your own practice and identify existing practice-based research methods, which will then be developed by introducing discipline specific notions of rigour, originality, play, experimentation, ethics, empathy, positioning, responsibility, and inclusivity. Modules - core modules: Reading: Critical Positions, Critical Making Through Graphic Design, Presentation: Future Directions, Studio: Graphic Design Future Practices, Studio: Extended Research Project for Graphic Design.

Career pathways

Graduates gain advanced creative skills and industry knowledge, preparing them for roles in diverse spheres of design practice, including; branding, project management, copywriting, strategy, UX, in-house design, education, and doctoral research. Kingston fosters adaptability and innovation for the evolving job market.

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