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Design Management MA

University of Southampton

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Course options

  • Qualification

    MA - Master of Arts

  • Location

    Winchester School of Art

  • Study mode

    Full time

  • Start date

    01-SEP-25

  • Duration

    1 year

Course summary

Convert your creative ideas into business success and use the power of design and innovation in a corporate context. This MA Design Management will teach you how to understand, manage and oversee the process of design in all aspects of business. Providing you with a huge range of career opportunities.

This course will suit a graduate or professional who wants to excel in design and business.

Throughout this design management master's course you’ll develop essential workplace skills and put your learning into practice. You’ll take part in mini projects, including auditing the user experience of digital services and looking at brand design for a range of organisations. In a sophisticated group marketing simulation workshop you’ll invent a company, design and sell a product, then use customer and market feedback to review and develop this.

Explore our specialist arts campus:

One of only a few specialist art schools in the Russell Group, you’ll be inspired to create in our purpose built studios and workshops and learn with expert creative practitioners at Winchester School of Art (WSA), part our University of Southampton community and just one hour from London. You’ll have industry exposure through guest lectures, work on live project briefs, and explore work internships where graduates have gone on to set up their own design labels or work at prestigious brands across the globe including Selfridges, Saatchi & Saatchi, Alexander McQueen, Burberry, ASOS, Nike and Apple.

Assessment methods (Outcome qualification level)

Assessment methods vary by module, but may include presentations and written assignments, such as project reports and critical analyses. Your dissertation will also contribute to your final mark.

Tuition fees

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(International fees)

£ 27,800per year

Tuition fees shown are for indicative purposes and may vary. Please check with the institution for most up to date details.

University information

University of Southampton

University of Southampton

University of Southampton

  • University League Table

    20th

  • Campus address

    University of Southampton, Highfield, Southampton, Hampshire, SO17 1BJ, England

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Southampton is proud of its inclusive global community and welcomes students from over 130 countries.
As a truly global university, Southampton has many opportunities for students to develop intercultural skills through its wide variety of clubs and societies.
Specialist careers support and paid year in employment and internship opportunities prepare international students for their future.

Subject rankings

  • Subject ranking

    Art & Design

    26th out of 84 8

    26th out of 122 3

    9th out of 87 1

  • Entry standards

    / Max 239
    140 59%

    31st

  • Graduate prospects

    / Max 100
    55.0 55%

    74th

    1

  • Student satisfaction

    / Max 4
    3.23 81%

    24th

    26

  • Entry standards

    / Max 221
    147 66%

    34th

  • Graduate prospects

    / Max 100
    78.0 78%

    30th

    9

  • Student satisfaction

    / Max 4
    3.00 75%

    85th

    18

  • Entry standards

    / Max 204
    158 78%

    11th

  • Graduate prospects

    / Max 100
    88.0 88%

    10th

    4

  • Student satisfaction

    / Max 4
    2.98 75%

    64th

    17

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