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49 Master's degrees offered by the university

Design Products
Design Products from Royal College of Art will be available either as a one year MA or a two year MDes. This programme at the RCA explores new terrain for designing products by questioning what a product can be and what design can do.

Design Practice
Design Practice programme at Royal College of Art is a transformative, research-led programme for architects, designers, spatial and creative practitioners responding to the planetary crisis.

History of Design
Studying History of Design from Royal College of Art offers innovative, interdisciplinary approaches to understanding the history and material culture of design from around c.1500 to the present.

Textiles
Textiles from Royal College of Art operates at the creative interface between materials, making and meaning.
Intelligent Mobility Design
Intelligent Mobility Design from Royal College of Art builds on the rich history of vehicle and transport design at the RCA, placing this in the context of new social, cultural, and technical changes.
Digital Direction
At Digital Direction from Royal College of Art will equip you to be a creative thinker, maker and leader in your chosen field.
Design Futures
Design Futures program at Royal College of Art equips you with research, strategic and entrepreneurial design skills to address complex social and environmental challenges through futures thinking.
Ageing, Health and Inclusive Design
Ageing, Health and Inclusive Design degree is based in the Helen Hamlyn Centre for Design, a global leader in inclusive design with a focus on age, health and (dis)ability. Ageing, Health and Inclusive Design degree is offered at Royal College of Art.
Artificial Intelligence and Digital Art
Artificial Intelligence and Digital Art from Royal College of Art is a new programme, with its first intake in September 2027.
Environmental Architecture and Urban Design
Environmental Architecture and Urban Design programme from Royal College of Art is a new programme, with its first intake in September 2027.
Architecture
The Royal College of Art offers a Master of Research (MRes) in Architecture, designed for full-time or part-time study. This programme spans one year and is structured to enhance your research capabilities. It provides a unique opportunity to engage with various disciplines while honing your skills under expert supervision.
Communication
Communication from Royal College of Art span the full range of communication, design and media environments.
Arts and Humanities
Ready to deepen, reset or activate your existing creative practice across a global network? In this Arts and Humanities programme from Royal College of Art, you could be looking at health and care, spatial practices, experimental arts or AI and digital or affective infrastructures. Whatever the theme, you’ll be considering how to address future challenges.
Communication
The Communication programme at Royal College of Art combines the choice of college wide electives with the structure of focused core units, so every student has a unique journey.
Arts and Humanities
In the Arts and Humanities programme from Royal College of Art supports research across art and writing practice, art and design history and theory, curating and criticism, with expert supervision for theoretical and practice-led projects, as well as industrial collaborations and technologically focused research.
Architecture
The Architecture research programme at Royal College of Art supports experimental, practice-led and interdisciplinary research with tangible public and social impact.
Healthcare and Design
Healthcare and Design degree is offered at Royal College of Art.
City Design
City Design from Royal College of Art is more than just designing physical structures. It’s about how we live together, work, and move.
Communication Design
The Master of Research in Communication Design (MRes) at the Royal College of Art offers a comprehensive exploration of design principles. This full-time programme spans one year and provides an engaging environment for students to develop their research skills and creative practices through interdisciplinary collaboration.
Digital Narrative Arts
Digital Narrative Arts from Royal College of Art will be available either as a one year MA or a two year MFA.