Design
University of SunderlandDesign MA is a postgraduate degree at University of Sunderland, based in Sunderland, taught full-time over 1 year.
About this course
Follow a chosen design discipline, including Animation, Fashion, Games Art, Graphics and Illustration. Develop a portfolio of creative designs that will impress potential employers. Join our graduates in exciting jobs throughout the design industry and around the world.
This Masters is built around your personal design interests and aspirations. It allows you to push the boundaries of creativity, within a framework of academic rigour and contextual research. You can choose to study any of the following areas: advertising, animation, design thinking, innovation and entrepreneurship, fashion and promotion, graphic communication, graphic design, illustration, interactive media, motion graphics, and typographic design. Other specialised design disciplines will also be considered.
You'll follow a chosen pathway for the duration of your MA study, with the option to be awarded with one of the following:
MA Design: Animation
MA Design: Fashion
MA Design: Games Art
MA Design: Graphics
MA Design: Illustration
You'll graduate with MA Design if you do not wish to opt for a named pathway or if your chosen discipline does not apply to one of the pathways listed above (e.g. 3D Design).
By the end of the course, you'll have completed a major project that has evolved from your practice and research, and you'll have a portfolio of creative designs that will excite and impress potential employers.
Study Options
This course is available in 2 study options:
Duration: 1 Year
Qualification: MA
Location: Sunderland
Duration: 2 Years
Qualification: MA
Location: Sunderland
Career Prospects
Graduates from this course typically go into the following occupations. Click through for salaries, employment rates and other UK degrees that lead there:
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Course Details
- Qualification
- MA
- Study Mode
- Full-time
- Duration
- 1 Year
- Start Date
- 2025
- Academic Year
- 2025
- Campus / Location
- Sunderland
- Scheme
- Postgraduate
- Subjects
- Art, Fashion, textiles, and jewellery, Graphic design, Product design
2025-entry data — 2026 offers may differ