Design Management (MA)

This MA Design Management course helps you strengthen your creative thinking, strategic decision making and understanding of real user needs. You will learn how to connect creativity with strategy by combining design thinking with contemporary management principles. The course focuses on ethical leadership, sustainable practice, culture mapping and a global outlook. You will explore current and emerging issues such as the ageing population, competitive advantage and changing consumer behaviour. This design management master’s combines academic depth with real-world experience. It helps you build practical skills that matter to industry and society. You will benefit from: industry insight through guest lectures, live briefs, real-world projects and interactive workshops led by professionals and academics immersive experiences that place design in context, including museum visits and hands-on projects case study analysis using current industry examples to develop problem-solving and proj

IELTS: overall 6.5; reading 6.0; writing 6.0; speaking 6.0; listening 6.0

International students: £28,700 per year

UK students: £11,500 per year

UK/Home: £11,500 per year

International: £28,700 per year

September 2026

Application deadlines UK students The deadline to apply for this course is midday UK time.

• Winchester and Southampton City Centre, Southampton, United Kingdom