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Overview
Students are tasked with team projects and challenged with the entire process of creating a new service or transforming an existing one – from research and conception to prototyping and preparing pilot interventions.
The concept of Master in Service Design at the Istituto Europeo Di Design (IED) refers to innovation in services from a human and systemic perspective by leveraging creativity and iterative processes. So, what exactly does a service designer do?
These are some of their possible functions, depending on their professional background and the context they work in:
- Orchestrating the various stages of a service to ensure a pleasant, seamless experience.
- Detecting opportunities for new services and conceptualising systems that allow to co-create added value with users or even among multiple organisations.
- Enabling various players to take an active part in defining new practices and narratives about value, both inside and outside organisations.
Job opportunities
- Service designer
- Strategic designer
- UX researcher
- Design researcher
- UX strategist
- Design thinker or design thinking consultant
- Customer experience designer
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Objectives
- To grasp the various conceptual perspectives of service design and be able to choose which one is most suitable for each design intervention.
- To test specific approaches, methods and tools while developing projects related to creating new services, evaluating and transforming existing services or implementing operational changes at the supplier level.
- To encourage an experimental attitude, efficient self-management and the ability to work on multi- and inter-disciplinary teams, as well as collaborating with users and other stakeholders.
- To foster sensitivity and a critical mind regarding the latest breakthroughs in service design and other social-technical developments affecting the service economy.
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Duration
- Part-time
- 6 months
Start dates & application deadlines
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Language
English
IELTS 6.5
Credits
60 ECTS
Delivered
On Campus
Disciplines
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We are not aware of any academic requirements for this programme.
English requirements
IELTS 6.5
Other requirements
General requirements
- ID (Spanish students) or Passport (international students) scanned
- University Diploma (Bachelor, Undergraduate Degree or equivalent) scanned
- Motivation Letter in the Postgraduate’s language
- CV in the Postgraduate’s language specifying languages level and computer skills
- Advanced knowledge of Spanish or English as appropriate. For courses taught in English requires an intermediate level, corresponding to a paper TOEFL 550 or IELTS 6,5. For courses in Spanish requires a level B2. In case you don’t have any qualification, it will be necessary to assess your level through an in-person or Skype interview
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International
14600 EUR/fullTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 14600 EUR for the full programme during 6 months. -
National
14600 EUR/fullTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 14600 EUR for the full programme during 6 months.
Living costs for Barcelona
770 - 1360 EUR /month
Living costs
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Funding
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