MRes Typeface Design at University of Reading

Programme overview

A two-year part-time hybrid master's by research for experienced practising typeface designers and typographers who want to deepen their historical and theoretical understanding and gain a research-intensive qualification that allows them to teach at postgraduate level. Most work is online, with three two-week residential periods for research skills and archival work with the Department's collections.

Department: Department of Typography and Graphic Communication | Duration: 24 months part-time | Intake: September (first residential period late September) | Study mode: part-time | Location: Reading, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

Compulsory modules are Discourse in Typeface Design, Archives and Design Practice and a Dissertation. The first year focuses on online themed seminars between residential periods and the second on dissertation research.

Career pathways

Suited to practitioners moving into teaching careers and educators seeking higher qualifications in a research-intensive setting.

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Application information

Entry requirements

A CV and portfolio of work must be submitted and an interview attended, showing substantial engagement with typeface design practice at a professional level. International applicants: IELTS 7.0 overall with no element below 6.0.

Domestic applicants: GBP 7,800 a year (2027/28). Part-time fee; fees increase each year with inflation (up to 4%). Period of the amount (per year of the two-year course) is as listed for part-time study. Source

Intake: September (first residential period late September)

Duration: 24 months part-time

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