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About MA Designer Maker in University of the Arts London

In the last 10-15 years craft and making activities have been attracting more attention in the design industry and beyond. Engaging fully with the broadening and diversifying debates around making, the course reflects the notable shift in the discipline’s focus towards ethical and environmental issues.

These may manifest in the development of new materials, or reconfiguration of existing systems and resources, while others address diversity, ecology, inclusivity and empowerment of individuals.

Students on the course typically come from craft, product, furniture design and architecture backgrounds.

What to expect

• To develop a project from proposal to final exhibition
• To explore new and existing materials and processes
• To be part of an inter-disciplinary and inter-cultural cohort where multiple perspectives and diversities are recognised as a rich resource for learning
• A transdisciplinary learning environment in which MA Designer Maker students are part of a community of postgraduate design students who share the same teaching and learning spaces
• Seminars and discussions that cover material culture studies, anthropology, philosophy, sustainability, consumerism, museum studies, psychology and literature
• Access to collections, makers' studios, galleries and museums
• To engage with contemporary debates in applied arts, design and object-based art
• To explore human-object relationships and the meaning of making
• A lecture programme
• The opportunity to access the ILEA collection housed at Camberwell College of Arts, working with the UAL Archives and Special Collections curator
• Access to Material and Spatial Practices digital resources as well as Camberwell's shared workshops that include printmaking, photography, film, moving image, digital, plastic, ceramics, wood and metalwork. View the Camberwell facilities

Entry requirements

• A Bachelors Honours degree with 2:2 in a required subject or equivalent.

English language requirements

• IELTS: An IELTS score (or equivalent) of 6.0, or above, with 5.5 in each of the components. Certain courses require higher IELTS scores of 6.5, 7.0 or 7.5. .
• TOEFL iBT: 80 - 100 overall.
• PTE Academic: 51 - 65 (with no less than 51 in each component).

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