Overview

Through collaborative projects, students learn to build offerings and service systems that address complex business, civic, and social challenges. Exploring options through rigorous prototyping and critique, students identify directions that provide value, prompt action, and support sustainable change. Upon graduation, students are ready to make a significant impact in the private, public, or nonprofit sector.

Students with no formal design training are encouraged to apply. Accepted students join a cohort of people from around the world with varying disciplinary backgrounds.

Career Opportunities

Our students from Master of Design programme at the Illinois Institute of Technology enjoy more than a 90 percent placement rate within six months of graduation.

Employers come to campus in the fall and spring for recruitID, when students can interview for internship and career opportunities. Through regular careerID programming, students receive ongoing support and guidance on the hiring process and in planning their professional paths.

ID alumni become leaders across the private and public sectors, serving at the director and executive level in roles like:

UX designer

Innovation consultant

Design strategist

Design researcher

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Strategic Communication

Modes of Human Experience

Analysis + Synthesis

Building and Understanding Context

Communication Systems

Embodied Design

Digital Media

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 24 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-08-17 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-06-15 00:00:00 , International
- Apply before 2026-08-16 00:00:00 , National
Starting 2027-01-11 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-11-15 00:00:00 , International
- Apply before 2027-01-07 00:00:00 , National

Language

English

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Credits

54 SCH

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Chicago, United States

Disciplines

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Academic requirements

GPA

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Required

GMAT

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Other requirements

General requirements

Complete the application for admission

Submit official or certified copies of the marks or grades of courses completed prior to university or college entrance, as well as all board examination scores

English Language proficiency

Official SAT and ACT Test Scores (Optional)

Provide a copy of your passport, which is needed to fulfill the visa requirements

Submit letter of recommendations (Optional)

Tuition Fees

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Non-residents

33318 USD / year

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Out-of-State

33318 USD / year

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Domestic

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In-State

33318 USD / year

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Living costs

Chicago

United States

1297 - 2491 USD / month

The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.

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Funding

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