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Language:Â English
Starting period:Â October
2-YEAR MASTER OF ARTS
Duration 2 Years
Accreditation MUR/Italy
ECTS 120
This two-year Master of Arts programme offers an innovative vision and approach to creativity and the design industry. Its objective is to establish and anticipate cross-cultural directions of multi-faceted themes.
Design is undergoing a pivotal, paradigmatic shift as it moves into contemporary contexts. As pressing social and environmental issues converge with the continuous development of advanced technologies, possibilities are expanding around what and how we design and the type of experiences we create.
The programme embraces design as a cultural act, advancing strategies of innovation while promoting interdisciplinary methodologies in addressing and solving the challenges of tomorrow.
This Master of Arts Programme offers an innovative vision and approach to creativity and the industry.
You will explore technology throughout, including virtual, augmented, and extended reality, artificial intelligence, Web 3.0, and the ecologies of materials.
You will also apply new design approaches and models to transversal and hybrid futures and to issues of sustainability, and circularity.
 The Design Innovation programme focuses on:
You will deeply explore theoretical coursework, then put your knowledge into practice within an unconventional mix of workshops, seminars, specialized laboratories, and bootcamps.
During the programme’s first year, you will examine and contextualize the expanded role of design and critically explore strategies, convergences, and fields of action. The central theme of the designer as an enabler will guide your study of new methodologies, contexts, and tools and their relationship in producing thoughtful, synergistic interventions.
Theoretical course topics include the history of art, the phenomenology of contemporary design, and alternative design contexts. Workshops and labs focus on new tools and relationships, strategies, materials research, and experimentation.
During your second year in the programme, you will apply your knowledge of innovation and of complex relationships, tools, and technologies to current and future themes within the design world. You will be expected to define and support your design propositions with solid theoretical foundations to deliver professional projects.
You will have the chance to engage in workshops and labs, and in generative and accelerator bootcamps. The second year also includes a 12-credit final thesis project.
The programme aims to:
If you are a young professional who is interested in innovation and new directions in the practice of design, this two-year programme is for you.
Candidates should hold a first-level degree in product design, architecture, or a related design field. Those with related knowledge, skills, and training are also encouraged to apply.
This programme can prepare you to launch a career in the following advanced roles within the industry:
It will also prepare you to begin a PhD programme in the design area.
The 2-year Master of Arts involves the following costs, in addition to the payment of a Degree Fee to be paid within one month before the course start date, equal to €540.
EU & Switzerland Students Fee
First Year
€ 15.900
Pre-Enrollment: € 3.000
Tuition: € 12.900
Second Year
€ 15.900
Pre-Enrollment: € 3.000
Tuition: € 12.900
Non-EU Students Fee
First Year
€ 20.900
Pre-Enrollment: € 3.000
Tuition: € 17.900
Second Year
€ 20.900
Pre-Enrollment: € 3.000
Tuition: € 17.900