MA Design: Products and Furniture at Nottingham Trent University

A Masters for design professionals and graduates with a design-related honours degree, developing innovative products, furniture, systems or services in a studio-based culture. It analyses the relationship between traditional craft skills, new technology and modern manufacture and includes complimentary student membership of the Chartered Society of Designers.

Faculty: School of Architecture, Design and the Built Environment  |  Department: Product Design  |  Duration: One year full-time or two years part-time  |  Intake: September 2026  |  Study mode: full-time  |  Location: Nottingham, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

Four core modules: Design Research Methods and Design Tools (Semester One), Professional Collaboration (Semester Two) and a 120-credit Major Study Project running across all semesters in three elements (Context and Rationale, Design and Development, Realisation and Evaluation), with a public exhibition at the NTU Degree Show.

Career pathways

Graduates start their own businesses, work in manufacturing industries, design consultancies and research and development organisations, or progress to PhD study.

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