MA Design (with Advanced Practice) at Teesside University

Programme overview

An interdisciplinary master's in design that includes an advanced practice element such as an internship or project experience. Students combine design research, critical making and entrepreneurship to develop their own design narrative.

Duration: 20 months (September start); 2 years (January start) | Intake: January, September | Study mode: full-time | Location: Middlesbrough, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

Core modules are Advanced Practice, Design Approaches: Innovative and Emerging Themes, Design Approaches: Making, Methods and Impact, Integrated Practice, Research Through Future Practice and the Masters Project.

Career pathways

Design-related employment, new enterprise propositions or project funding to take ideas to market; further study at doctoral level is also an option.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Normally at least a 2.2 UK honours degree or equivalent; a range of subjects is acceptable including arts, design or other creative disciplines, and relevant experience or equivalent qualifications are also considered. Applicants are normally required to present a portfolio of work. Applicants with a non-UK degree must meet the University's minimum English language requirements.

Domestic applicants: GBP 5,417 a year (2026/27) Source

International applicants: GBP 20,000 for the whole programme (2026/27). International two-year Advanced practice/Applied master's total (GBP 10,000 per year); tuition only Source

Intake: January, September

Duration: 20 months (September start); 2 years (January start)

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