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Service design is a powerful design practice for social and organisational change. Building on a foundation of theory, you’ll gain practical experience through live projects, design research, user testing and collaborative methods so you can make a sustainable difference.
RCA Service Design teaching will open your eyes to a new way of viewing the world. Examine existing practices, ask questions, consider ethics, and propose alternative design ideas that have impact. Your innovative thinking, problem-solving and questioning mindset will make you attractive to future employers.
Program overview
Main Subject
Art and Design
Degree
MA
Study Level
Masters
Study Mode
On Campus
Service design is a powerful design practice for social and organisational change. Building on a foundation of theory, you’ll gain practical experience through live projects, design research, user testing and collaborative methods so you can make a sustainable difference.
RCA Service Design teaching will open your eyes to a new way of viewing the world. Examine existing practices, ask questions, consider ethics, and propose alternative design ideas that have impact. Your innovative thinking, problem-solving and questioning mindset will make you attractive to future employers.
We invite candidates from around the world who have a passion for design as a transformational tool and wish to take that to a Masters level. Our selection process looks for a desire to take on challenging issues, to be curious in uncovering reality and bring creativity to finding and delivering new solutions.
The Service Design MA programme takes students with and without a design background who show the right qualities and the intellectual ability and desire for creative innovation as demonstrated through your portfolio. You should have a BA, BSc or similar or minimum of five years professional experience.
Students may come from product, communication, digital and user experience design who wish to expand to their capabilities, be recent high performing graduates from other design disciplines as well as from computing and other technical disciplines, be budding entrepreneurs interested in launching new service-led business ventures and mid and senior professionals from industry and the public sector, with evidence of their creative talents as demonstrated by leadership of innovative projects.
One of the important factors when considering a master's degree is the cost of study. Luckily, there are many options available to help students fund their master's programme. Download your copy of the Scholarship Guide to find out which scholarships from around the world could be available to you, and how to apply for them.
Specialising in teaching and research, the RCA offers Graduate Diploma, MA, MRes, MFA, MDes, MArch, MEd, MPhil and PhD qualifications across the disciplines of fine art, architecture, applied art, design, communications and humanities. There are over 2,800 masters and doctoral students from 90 countries and more than 1,000 professionals interacting with them – including scholars, leading art and design practitioners, along with specialists, advisors and distinguished visitors. The RCA is the most concentrated community of artists, designers and communicators to be found anywhere; a community focused on art in a design environment and design in an art environment. At the College’s heart is a firm belief in project-based education, face-to-face teaching and learning and professional orientation. We aim to bring talented students of great variety and complexity together - whatever their background. www.rca.ac.uk
Service Design MA
Kensington, London, United Kingdom
# 1QS Subject Rankings
12 monthsProgram duration
37,000 GBPTuition Fee/year
YesScholarships
Program overview
Main Subject
Art and Design
Degree
MA
Study Level
Masters
Study Mode
On Campus
Service design is a powerful design practice for social and organisational change. Building on a foundation of theory, you’ll gain practical experience through live projects, design research, user testing and collaborative methods so you can make a sustainable difference.
RCA Service Design teaching will open your eyes to a new way of viewing the world. Examine existing practices, ask questions, consider ethics, and propose alternative design ideas that have impact. Your innovative thinking, problem-solving and questioning mindset will make you attractive to future employers.
Program overview
Main Subject
Art and Design
Degree
MA
Study Level
Masters
Study Mode
On Campus
Service design is a powerful design practice for social and organisational change. Building on a foundation of theory, you’ll gain practical experience through live projects, design research, user testing and collaborative methods so you can make a sustainable difference.
RCA Service Design teaching will open your eyes to a new way of viewing the world. Examine existing practices, ask questions, consider ethics, and propose alternative design ideas that have impact. Your innovative thinking, problem-solving and questioning mindset will make you attractive to future employers.
Admission requirements
Exam Scores
Important Dates
We invite candidates from around the world who have a passion for design as a transformational tool and wish to take that to a Masters level. Our selection process looks for a desire to take on challenging issues, to be curious in uncovering reality and bring creativity to finding and delivering new solutions.
The Service Design MA programme takes students with and without a design background who show the right qualities and the intellectual ability and desire for creative innovation as demonstrated through your portfolio. You should have a BA, BSc or similar or minimum of five years professional experience.
Students may come from product, communication, digital and user experience design who wish to expand to their capabilities, be recent high performing graduates from other design disciplines as well as from computing and other technical disciplines, be budding entrepreneurs interested in launching new service-led business ventures and mid and senior professionals from industry and the public sector, with evidence of their creative talents as demonstrated by leadership of innovative projects.
Tuition fee and scholarships
Tuition Fee
Scholarships
Domestic Students
International Students
One of the important factors when considering a master's degree is the cost of study. Luckily, there are many options available to help students fund their master's programme. Download your copy of the Scholarship Guide to find out which scholarships from around the world could be available to you, and how to apply for them.
In this guide you will find:
Where to look for scholarship opportunities
How to apply to scholarships relevant to you
A list of available scholarships around the world
A scholarship application checklist
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