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Design Management (MA)

Award
Master of Arts
Duration
1 year
Course Type
Full-time
Campus
Winchester
Next course starts
September 2023

About this course

This course is now closed to new applications for 2023 entry.  

Each year we get many high-quality applications and places for many of our courses are very competitive.  

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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.

You’ll be taught by a variety of design management specialists who’ll involve you in their research to enhance your learning. They’ll help you develop original ideas to negotiate and co-create with designers, marketers, financiers, lawyers, and clients. 

Studying as a design management postgraduate with us will give you access to strong links with a range of industries. External practitioners regularly give lectures and run workshops, where you can see how design management theory applies to real life business scenarios and get a chance to network. 

This degree covers: 

  • marketing and branding 
  • service, process, and product design 
  • customer experience design 
  • project and risk management 

Course lead

Dr Yuanyuan Yin leads on projects funded by the Economic and Social Research Council, British Council, China Confucius Institute Headquarter and the University. She explores inclusive service design for ageing populations in the UK and China, and has worked as a designer and design researcher for companies such as Lenovo, Design Bridge and Xerox.

Visit Dr Yuanyuan Yin's staff profile to learn more about her work.

Course location

This course is based at Winchester.

Awarding body

This qualification is awarded by the University of Southampton.

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The Course Description Document details your course overview, your course structure and how your course is taught and assessed.

Changes due to COVID-19

Although the COVID-19 situation is improving, any future restrictions could mean we might have to change the way parts of our teaching and learning take place in 2022 to 2023. This means that some of the information on this course page may be subject to change.

Find out more on our COVID advice page.

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