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Overview
Based in a lively, collaborative environment, the MSc in Design and Digital Media from The University of Edinburgh provides a critical and reflective framework to explore practice-led design and digital media in commercial, cultural and social contexts.
What will I study?
Digital media technology is at the heart of modern life. At work, in education, in leisure and entertainment, even in sport, digital tools and devices are everywhere. How we communicate, our social life, the core of our society, is now based on digital media. Design, also, continually shapes contemporary experience. The products and services we use, the environment we inhabit, the information we use, or are presented with, are all designed with specific intent. Things that are not themselves digital are commonly designed digitally.
Digital design requires a multi-perspective approach to developing media and interactive experiences, and this programme deals with the complex relationships between design and digital media. Our programme is practice-led and there are significant demands on our students to create innovative design for, and with, digital media and technologies across a range of creative contexts that can include:
- visual design
- user interface and experience
- interactive media
- mobile web applications
- animation
- gaming
- virtual environments
Career opportunities
Prospects for employment are diverse. During this programme, students create project work that may include:
- integrated elements of graphic design and three dimensional modelling
- interactive and immersive media
- moving image and animation
- user interfaces and user experience
- augmented and virtual reality
- web and mobile applications
- creative coding
- data visualisations
- digital art installations
Our graduates work in all these areas, as well as:
- advertising
- education
- journalism
The programme’s critical and reflective framework is also ideal if you are considering continuing on to advanced research at a doctoral level.
Programme Structure
- Teaching is through a combination of lectures, seminars, tutorials, practical sessions and critique. Projects encourage original thinking and independent achievement within a framework of team-working and creative ability.
- In the first semester, the programme focuses on developing design thinking and digital skills, exploring approaches to design of interactive media, and discussion of cultural theories about living and working with digital media. Teaching is through a combination of lectures, seminars, tutorials, practical sessions and studios.
- In the second semester, the focus moves to dynamic and data-driven web applications, immersive experiences such as game design, cross-disciplinary design and the artistic dimensions of design as creative practice.
- The programme concludes with a self-directed but supervised research-led final design project over the summer period in an appropriate area of design and digital media.
Key information
Duration
- Full-time
- 12 months
- Part-time
- 24 months
- Flexible
Start dates & application deadlines
- Starting
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Language
English
IELTS 7
TOEFL® IBT 100
Credits
180 alternative credits
Delivered
On Campus
Disciplines
Design Graphic Design User Experience Design View 45 other Masters in User Experience Design in United KingdomAcademic requirements
GPA Upper Second Class
English requirements
IELTS 7
TOEFL® IBT 100
Other requirements
General requirements
- Normally a UK 2:1 honours degree or its international equivalent.
- Evidence of prior practical design and/or technology experience, either as part of your undergraduate degree or for personal and professional projects, is one of the criteria that we use when considering applications, and this will normally be reflected in academic transcripts.
- You must submit a portfolio as part of your application. Your portfolio should be a single PDF file. Please provide examples of your creative design and/or technology work to demonstrate your aptitude and commitment to working in this area, especially if your previous study is not primarily design and/or technology focused.
Tuition Fee
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International
26300 GBP/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 26300 GBP per year during 12 months. -
National
13400 GBP/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 13400 GBP per year during 12 months.
Part-time fees:
- Home - £6,700
- International/EU - £13,150
Living costs for Edinburgh
725 - 1167 GBP /month
Living costs
The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.
Funding
If you live in the UK, you may be able to apply for a postgraduate loan from one of the UK’s governments.
The type and amount of financial support you are eligible for will depend on:
- your programme
- the duration of your studies
- your tuition fee status
Programmes studied on a part-time intermittent basis are not eligible.
Studyportals Tip: Students can search online for independent or external scholarships that can help fund their studies. Check the scholarships to see whether you are eligible to apply. Many scholarships are either merit-based or needs-based.
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