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  Sustainable Design (MA)


Kingston University    Kingston School of Art

Full time & Part time September MA 1 year full time, 2 years full time with a professional placement, 2 years part time
Architecture, Building & Planning (3) Creative Arts & Design (9)

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The MA Sustainable Design at Kingston University is the perfect programme for individuals who want to use their creative skills to make a positive impact on sustainability. This course focuses on social innovation, systems thinking, and design for service to drive collective sustainable change. You'll have the opportunity to collaborate with students from other design courses, expanding your network and learning from different perspectives. With a strong emphasis on practicality and theory, you'll explore innovative ways to create a more sustainable society. The programme is open to candidates with a 2:1 or above honours degree in a related subject, or relevant professional experience. A portfolio submission is required.

About the course

The MA Sustainable Design welcomes those who want to direct their existing creative practice towards ambitious and inclusive visions of sustainability.

It focuses on the power of social innovation, systems thinking, and design for service to drive collective sustainable change. This established course will enable you to raise your sustainability literacy, and then design meaningful responses to the challenges of unsustainability that move you the most.

The cohort includes designers of communications, clothing, products, interiors, buildings, services, and digital environments, unified by a commitment to designing sustainability itself. You will also have the chance to collaborate with students on other courses in the Design School.

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Entry Requirements

You'll normally need to have:

A 2:1 or above honours degree or equivalent in a related art, design or craft subject and/or appropriate professional experience.
A portfolio of work reflecting your experience and skills working in 2D and 3D.
We also welcome applicants with relevant professional or vocational experience

See the programme website for portfolio guidance




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Scholarships

Through the generous support of Kingston University alumni and friends to our Inspire the Future campaign, we are able to offer 20 postgraduate scholarships to progressing Kingston University undergraduate students and recent graduates (class of 2020-2022 only). The purpose of the scholarship is to encourage academic excellence and allow talented graduates to continue to higher levels of learning and research. The scholarship offers a 40%* reduction in fees for taught masters or postgraduate diploma courses with September start dates.

Your application will be judged on:
your academic success to date and your future potential, as evidenced by undergraduate module results, awards and references from those who have taught you at Kingston University
your demonstration (in your personal statement in the application form) of the impact studying this course will have on your future and the wider world

* Please note that the Inspire the Future scholarship cannot be combined with other Kingston University scholarships or discounts. Therefore, for those who are eligible for a 15% or 10% fee discount, the total discount they would receive for each year of their course, if awarded an Inspire the Future postgraduate scholarship, would be 40%.

Value of Scholarship(s)

40% reduction in tuition fees.

Eligibility

To be considered, you must:
- have already received an offer of a place to study at Kingston on an eligible course
- be classed as 'home' for fees purposes
- have a first-class honours in a previous degree with additional evidence of academic excellence
- must also meet one of the additional criteria listed on our website

Application Procedure

Please visit: https://www.kingston.ac.uk/postgraduate/fees-and-funding/funding-your-course/scholarships/inspire-the-future-scholarship/


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Value of Scholarship(s)

Up to 3,500

Eligibility

Please see our website for full details of all current scholarships available.

Application Procedure

Please see our website for full details of all current scholarships available.


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