Product, Ceramics and Jewellery Design

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Postgraduate

Our MA in Product, Ceramics and Jewellery Design will actively support you in developing your visual design practice and knowledge at a professional level.

The course aims to situate your creative design practice within an innovative practice-based and entrepreneurial context, supporting you in achieving your onward career aspirations & personal creative interests, if working in a team or as a designer-maker.

The Product, Ceramics and Jewellery Design pathway within the Masters Programme is supported by subject specialist tutors who will help develop new design skills and technical skills needed to move your critical understanding and specialist knowledge forward, in order to follow a rewarding career as an independent designer in the following areas: Product Designer, 3D Ceramic or Jewellery Designer-maker.  

The course is built around a personal design project, and the development of your professional practice, resulting in creative graduates who are critically and socially engaged, and independently capable of thriving in a variety of professional contexts.

If you are considering a postgraduate study option starting in September 2025 or January 2026, then please be aware application deadlines are in place which may affect your first choice of start date or course selection.

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Mode of Study

  • On Campus

Mode of Attendance

  • Full Time

Start Date

September

Course Length

12 months

Mode of Study

  • On Campus

Mode of Attendance

  • Part Time

Start Date

September

Course Length

24 months

The programme is delivered through four modules and associated learning experiences, each positioned to critically challenge and develop your specialist disciplinary practice at Masters level. The studio-based programme and teaching environment provides a diversity of teaching methods: lectures, seminars, technical workshops, peer-to-peer crits and individual tutorials all supporting your research, development and realisation of an individual design project(s).

Stages 1 & 2

Teaching methods will develop your subject knowledge, critical thinking, and technical and digital skills within your creative design practice. We encourage risk taking, encourage students to test discipline boundaries, to push their visual practice and ideas outside predetermined limits.

You will develop through Applied Practice Module appropriate methodologies and practice-based strategies in the development of your Design project. Students are introduced to relevant research methods and critical theory, in Critical Contextual Studies and Research Methods Module. Whilst core skills and knowledge needed to situate and promote your practice within a chosen professional or entrepreneurial setting are introduced by Professional Development & Creative Entrepreneurship Module.

Stage 3

Building on pervious stages you will develop work more independently with tutorial supervision, for the Masters Project Module. In the development and preparation of your Masters exhibition and associated dissertation, with both elements providing you with the opportunity to synthesise your specialist knowledge and understanding of Communication Design with course culminating in public exhibition.

 

Modules

Modules and delivery order may change for operational purposes. The University regularly reviews its courses. Course content and structure may change over time. See our course and module disclaimer for more information. 

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