Design MA at University of Leeds

This Masters course focuses on human and user-centred design and focuses on developing research and practice-based design solutions to respond to a demanding industry and rapidly changing society.

Whether your background is in design or in another discipline, you’ll gain the skills and knowledge you need to develop, test and evaluate innovative design solutions in real-life scenarios. You’ll gain first-hand experience of current needs and trends across a range of sectors, and focus on a large-scale design project within one of the specialisms offered.

Taught by diverse staff with internationally recognised profiles in research and practice, you’ll build an interdisciplinary approach to design in a stimulating environment while being exposed to and involved in cutting-edge research. You’ll gain practical and research skills to prepare you for a wide range of careers.

We have plenty of facilities to help you make the most of your time at Leeds. We have an impressive range of resources that you can use to develop your projects.

At the top of our research facilities, we have the world’s most sophisticated mobile eye-tracking glasses, which are used to understand how users interact with design. For those interested in engaging with immersive technologies, we also offer standalone Android-based Virtual Reality headsets, enabling VR prototype testing.Other excellent research facilities are our EEG equipment (electroencephalography) to understand how users interact with the world and our colour analysis lab.