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Design Informatics MA (eca)

UK

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What will I learn?

Design informatics combines data science with design thinking in a context of critical enquiry and speculation.

We build a value-aware, reflective practice at the interface between data and society by combining theory and research with an open-ended process of making and hacking.

What will I study?

Human activity is being constantly shaped by the flow of data and the intelligences that process it, moving towards an algorithmically mediated society.

Design informatics asks how we can create products and services within this world, that learn and evolve, that are?contextualised?and humane.

It asks questions about what we should create, speculating about the different futures we might be building and the values behind them.

The central premise is that data is a medium for design: by shaping data, we shape the world around us. Data science provides the groundwork for this, with design thinking underpinning reflective research through design.

Career opportunities

This?programme?will put you at the cutting edge of the intersection between: data science; design; information technology.

Which department am I in?

Edinburgh College of Art

Study options

Full Time (1 year)

Tuition fees
£40,900.00 (44,56,309) per year
This is a fixed fee
Start date

September 2025

Venue

The University of Edinburgh

Student Recruitment and Admissions,

33 Buccleuch Place,

EDINBURGH,

EDINBURGH, CITY OF,

EH8 9JS, SCOTLAND, Scotland

Entry requirements

For international students

Normally a UK 2:1 honours degree, or its international equivalent, in any subject relevant to themes within design informatics. IELTS: total 7.0 (at least 6.0 in each module). TOEFL-iBT (including Special Home Edition): total 100 (at least 20 in each module). We do not accept TOEFL MyBest Score to meet our English language requirements.

*There may be different IELTS requirements depending on your chosen course.

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