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Design for Business MSc

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Study mode

Full time

Duration

1 year

Start date

16-SEP-24

Key information
DATA SOURCE : IDP Connect

Qualification type

MSc - Master of Science

Subject areas

Business Studies Design (Non-Industrial)

Course type

Taught

Course Summary

Design has a transformative effect on the world around us. This impact cuts across culture, business, the environment, and the economy. The course will give you an understanding of this impact and how you can shape it. Using an interdisciplinary approach, the course will enable you to approach design strategically and enhance your knowledge and understanding of design management, service design, enterprise and entrepreneurship.

You will gain new perspectives on products and services, processes, new ways of working, managing innovation and stakeholders. By using design thinking and other design research methods to help understand and empathise with users, you will be able to make better informed business decisions, in marketing, organisational change and enhanced customer engagement.

You will study in Dundee, a UNESCO City of Design, a city rich in design heritage. The city is also home to the V&A Dundee, the only design museum in Scotland and the first V&A outside of London. We’ve developed the course in parallel with the professional Design for Business programme at the V&A Dundee, and you will take part in interactive workshops and briefs with them. You will also have the opportunity to be a part of a highly engaged design community through the School’s excellence in design research, industry relationships and a highly connected creative culture in the city.

Careers:

You could go on to a successful career within:

  • professional design
  • design consultancy
  • service design
  • design-led, change-managers in private and public sector
  • product & marketing management
  • leadership and management roles in the private, public and voluntary sector
  • management organisations
  • business enterprises
  • entrepreneurship and start-ups
  • further academic/doctoral study.

Modules

In this module, students will undertake futures thinking, service innovation proposition and apply the contemporary notion of strategy and scenario planning to identify opportunities, and develop the skills to support social, economic, cultural and-or environmental transformation(s) in business. They will actively learn about models of basic business enterprise acumen, such as; marketing and media, management, planning, customer relationship management, organisational performance and growth.

Tuition fees

UK fees
Course fees for UK students

For this course (per year)

£8,765

International fees
Course fees for EU and international students

For this course (per year)

£20,900

Entry requirements

Honours Degree at 2.1 or above in an Arts, Humanities, Social Science, or Management related discipline. Applicants with other qualifications or relevant professional experience will also be considered.