Overview

Many of the social, cultural, political and professional structures that support our communities have remained static and unchallenged for generations.

Our education, healthcare and primary production systems, our workplaces and our products need to keep up. We need design leaders, design strategists and design thinkers to dismantle these structures, and to dissect and solve some of our most complex problems.

Whether it’s rethinking the way remote communities access healthcare, creating a less risk-averse corporate culture or developing a more individualised education system, our world needs more innovative thinkers and communicators; people with the knowledge and skills to design our future.

Career

The Design Futures course from the RMIT University has been developed to help build the skills required for senior management and leadership roles in design-conscious organisations.

These include traditional design businesses, as well as a growing number of public and private organisations that use human centred design to achieve their long and short-term goals.

Graduate careers include:

Design Leader
Director, Human Centred Design
Design Strategist
Service Design Lead
Chief Experience Officer

These careers exist under various job titles in many sectors including:

Corporate
Retail
Banking
Finance
Health
Government
Not-for-profit
Cultural organisations

Programme Structure

Courses include

Future Design Contexts: new modes of design practice, from social entrepreneurship to strategic design

Future Design Clients: techniques and skills for working with people in design

Future Design Leadership: how design works inside organisations

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 18 months
Part-time
- 36 months
- Flexible

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2027-07-21 00:00:00
- Apply before 2027-03-05 00:00:00 , International

More details

National: Applications will be accepted for each program until all places are filled, so ensure you apply as early as possible for your application to be considered.

Int: Applicants who are required to apply for a student visa are recommended to apply and accept their offers for minimum of 4 weeks prior to program’s commencement date to allow sufficient visa processing time.

Language

English

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Delivered

Online

Campus Location

Melbourne, Australia

Disciplines

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Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

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Other requirements

General requirements

CRICOS provider number: 00122A

Successfully completed an Australian bachelor degree (or equivalent overseas qualification), AND five years of significant professional experience that demonstrates your knowledge of human-centred design and any experience or skills that would be valuable to this practice. OR

At least eight years of significant professional experience that demonstrates your knowledge of human-centred design and any experience or skills that would be valuable to this practice.

Experience or skills may include leadership, innovation, creative practice, community engagement, change management, forward thinking, social innovation, strategic and service planning and implementation.

To have your professional experience considered you must include in your application a CV and a personal statement that details your experience.

Tuition Fees

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Non-residents

47520 AUD / year

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Citizens or residents

47520 AUD / year

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Funding

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