MA/MSc Product Design Futures at Northumbria University

The Product Design Futures course at Northumbria University is highly specialised in combining the creative elements of technology, engineering, creative expression, and business entrepreneurship into industrial design. It is designed to encourage a deep understanding of how our sustainable development challenges can be addressed by applying design-for-people-and-planet theory and methodologies to smart products and services supported by emerging technologies, with particular emphasis on AI.

Faculty: School of Design, Arts and Creative Industries  |  Duration: 1 year Full Time; 2 years Part Time  |  Study mode: full-time / part-time  |  Intake: September 2027  |  Location: Newcastle upon Tyne, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

Core modules: Design Futures with Emerging Technologies, Research Through Design Practice (Studio), Sustainable and Regenerative Design, Design Innovation and Brand Management. Optional modules include Service Design, Design for Behaviour Change, Experimental Generative Design, Smart Product Design and Practice (Studio), Major Service Design Project &Thesis, Major Product Design Project &Thesis.

Career pathways

This Product Design Futures Masters is an innovative approach to taught postgraduate study. It develops your creative thinking and professional practice with emerging technology to support your personal career aspirations.

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