Overview
This Masters course focuses on human and user-centred design and focuses on developing research and practice-based design solutions to respond to a demanding industry and rapidly changing society.
Whether your background is in design or in another discipline, you’ll gain the skills and knowledge you need to develop, test and evaluate innovative design solutions in real-life scenarios. You’ll gain first-hand experience of current needs and trends across a range of sectors, and focus on a large-scale design project within one of the specialisms offered.
Taught by diverse staff with internationally recognised profiles in research and practice, you’ll build an interdisciplinary approach to design in a stimulating environment while being exposed to and involved in cutting-edge research. You’ll gain practical and research skills to prepare you for a wide range of careers.
Career opportunities
On completing this course, you’ll have strong visual and critical awareness, as well as integrated research and practical skills for creative problem-solving. You’ll have developed research and critical skills that make you an independent thinker, reflecting critically on the information you have and then drawing your own conclusions. All of these qualities are highly valued by employers in a range of industries.?
Graduates have entered careers in a number of different fields. Many continue with their professional practice, pursuing a variety of careers in graphic design, user experience research, motion design, art direction, UX/UI design, or are well placed to continue in academia though PhD research.
*Price shown is for indicative purposes, please
Expected June 2025
Start date
September 2025
University of Leeds
Woodhouse Lane,
Leeds,
LS2 9JT, NORTHERN ENGLAND, England
*There may be different IELTS requirements depending on your chosen course.
The university has a high student satisfaction rate - the third-best in the UK (Times Higher Education Student Experience Survey 2018).