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Qualification
MA - Master of Arts
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Location
City Centre Campuses
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Study mode
Full time
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Start date
SEP
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Duration
1 year
Course summary
MA Creativity, Making and Innovation Practice is a creative, future-thinking Masters course. It is designed as a multi-disciplinary practice-based programme that combines creativity, innovation, technology and enterprise.
Addressing challenges on a range of societal issues, you will research and develop concepts and prototypes. Working collaboratively, in an open lab environment, you will be supported by technical and innovation experts.
Students on the course will apply their previous experience in creative, artistic, design, making, engineering or computing backgrounds.
What's covered in the course?
The emphasis in this course is on the application of creative thinking to technology in the development of innovation concepts. You will work collaboratively across disciplines, supported by lecturers, technical and enterprise specialists to develop working prototypes, service designs and business concepts.
Teaching will be through workshops, masterclasses from subject experts, tutorials and technical instruction. During the course you will be able to access facilities at BCU’s innovation space, STEAMhouse. These include rapid prototyping and manufacturing such as CNC, laser cussing, 3D printing, metal work and print technologies.
A key element of the course content are two one-week Open Innovation Labs in the second semester of the course.
At the end of the course, participating teams will produce working protoypes and demonstrate how these will be taken to market.
The Creativity, Making and Innovation Practice Masters will bring opportunities for employment in innovation in areas that include; technology start-ups, the creative industries, innovation teams in global businesses and governments or NGOs.
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University information

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University League Table
84th
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Campus address
Birmingham City University, University House, 15 Bartholomew Row, Birmingham, Birmingham, B5 5JU, England
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Subject ranking
89th out of 123 3
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Entry standards
/ Max 209112 52%86th
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Graduate prospects
/ Max 10061 61%95th
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Student satisfaction
/ Max 53.97 79%62nd
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