Industrial Design MA MSc

Northumbria University

United Kingdom, Newcastle upon Tyne

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Northumbria University

United Kingdom , Newcastle upon Tyne

Key Facts

Program Level

Master by Course Work

Study Type

Full Time

Delivery

On Campus

Course Code

W246

Campuses

Newcastle

Northumbria University

Program Language

English

Start & Deadlines

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Duration 3 year(s)

Tuition Fee

GBP 19,350 / year(s)

Industrial Design MA MSc

About

The Industrial Design course at Northumbria University is highly specialised in combining the creative elements of technology, engineering, creative expression, and business entrepreneurship into industrial design. It is designed to encourage a deep understanding of how our sustainable development challenges can be addressed by applying design-for-people-and-planet theory and methodologies to smart products and services supported by emerging technologies, with particular emphasis on AI.

On our Masters course, you will learn to create better products, services, and business models that are needed to meet changing priorities in society, and you will be assessed by your coursework for all modules.

Our course features two focused pathways:

- MA Industrial Design – Designing services and promoting behaviour change or
- MSc Industrial Design – Generative AI design and smart products.

Requirements

Entry Requirements

Entry Requirements 2025/26

Standard Entry

Applicants should normally have:

A minimum of a 2:2 honours degree in design, Business, Engineering and computing or a related discipline. Applicants with appropriate work experience and/or a relevant professional qualification will be considered

Additional Requirements

All students need to have some design communication skills to start the course. These skills include freehand sketching, digital sketching, 3D CAD modelling and rendering, 2D/3D mark-ups, or design videos. Therefore, students need to submit a creative portfolio evidencing the above skills.

International qualifications:

If you have studied a non- UK qualification, you can see how your qualifications compare to the standard entry criteria, by selecting the country that you received the qualification in, from our country pages. Visit www.northumbria.ac.uk/yourcountry

English language requirements:

International applicants are required to have a minimum overall IELTS (Academic) score of 6.5 with 5.5 in each component (or approved equivalent*).

*The university accepts a large number of UK and International Qualifications in place of IELTS. You can find details of acceptable tests and the required grades you will need in our English Language section. Visit www.northumbria.ac.uk/englishqualifications

Career

Careers & Employability

This Industrial Design Masters is an innovative approach to taught postgraduate study, which develops your creative thinking and professional practice with emerging technology to support your personal career aspirations. 

We passionately believe that the breadth of knowledge and experience that the cohort brings from a wide range of specialisms, generates invaluable insights, skills, and fresh perspectives that benefits our learning community and contributes to our mutually designed futures, caring for the individual, society and planet, underpinned by Industry 5.0.  

On graduation, you will be ready for employment, entrepreneurship or doctoral research within areas such as, service design and innovation, product design and innovation, manufacturing, health and welling, industry innovation and consultancy.  