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Master of Research RCA MRes - Communication

Master of Research RCA MRes - Communication

Different course options

Full time | Royal College of Art | 1 year | SEP-25

Study mode

Full time

Duration

1 year

Start date

SEP-25

Key information
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Qualification type

MRes - Master of Research

Subject areas

Communication Studies Education Research Research Methods (Science)

Course type

Research

Course Summary

The MRes RCA is a dynamic, interdisciplinary degree that fosters innovative thinking and equips students for PhD-level study or professional industry research roles. By teaching processes and methods that are informed by art and design thinking, you will be introduced to and develop practice-led and experimental research skills.

The MRes curriculum offers a transformational experience and gives you the opportunity to construct your own area of expertise. It offers vibrant, rigorous and experimental research training in a broad array of research methods, allowing students to innovate and interrogate their disciplines by learning from methods across art and design practice.

Specialisms

The MRes RCA is interdisciplinary in nature, however at application you will elect a specialism. This specialism will be your central discipline and you will be assigned a related expert supervisor for closer supervision of your research project.

Architecture
Communication
Design
Fine Art
Experimental Humanities.

Modules

AcrossRCA is a compulsory 30-credit unit which is delivered as part of all MA programmes. Situated at the core of your RCA experience, this ambitious interdisciplinary College-wide unit supports you in responding to the challenges of complex, uncertain and changing physical and digital worlds. Developed in response to student feedback, AcrossRCA creates an exciting opportunity for you to collaborate meaningfully across programmes.
Research in Practice Part 1: Testing and Experimenting (15 Credits)
Research in Practice Part 2: Defining and Developing (15 Credits)

Tuition fees

UK fees
Course fees for UK students

For this course (per year)

£15,150

International fees
Course fees for EU and international students

For this course (per year)

£35,950

Entry requirements

This programme is open to a wide range of applicants, including graduates of the RCA or other MA programmes from the UK or around the globe, mid-career artists and designers seeking to further their education and practice, and career-changers who wish to bring their knowledge into the context of art and design research. The MRes award will also appeal to those in, or working towards, an academic career in a range of contexts.

University information

Ranked for eleven consecutive years as the world’s number 1 art & design university, the Royal College of Art (RCA) in London is a specialist creative university. Offering a portfolio of exclusively postgraduate programmes, the RCA enables students to tackle complex issues, push the boundaries of their practice, innovate, build networks and find their voice as creative professionals. The RCA’s world-leading academic staff guide and challenge...more

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