Students will pursue their ambitions as a graphic designer with this specialised visual communication master’s degree. Based at the School of Art, Architecture and Design, students will benefit from everything the revered school of art, architecture and design has to offer – from its central London location and the collaborative, multidisciplinary nature of the School to the esteemed visual communication staff and their strong industry networks. Completing the Visual Communication: Graphic Design MA course will enable students to hit the ground running as they begin a career in their chosen field.
London Metropolitan University's Visual Communication: Graphic Design course will allow students to develop a collaborative, multi-disciplinary approach to their practice as a visual communicator whose specialist expertise lies in graphic design.
With an emphasis on research, experimentation and creative risk-taking, the course will empower students to graduate as professional practitioners at the forefront of their field. Students will leave the course with a clear sense of their own role as a designer in the world.
During this master’s degree in graphic design, students will find theory and practice meet and inform one another as they implement an interconnected approach to research and design. In turn, this will help students to refine their portfolio of professional-level work and thus demonstrate their advanced problem solving, creativity and critical thinking skills.
This course will expand students' critical thinking abilities through design practices, which will enable them to work both speculatively and on fully realised outcomes. Through design research methods and design project development students will develop a project proposal to complete as their final major project.
With a particular focus on socially-engaged design, the Visual Communication: Graphic Design course will encourage students to explore the social, cultural, ethical and economic impacts of graphic design practice.
An International Bright Futures Scholarship in the amount of £3,000 will automatically be applied to eligible students with overseas fee status starting a degree with London Met in the 2024/25 academic year. This scholarship includes a tuition fee reduction for the duration of students' studies and is applicable to both undergraduate and postgraduate courses.
Tuition Deposit is £4,000 for all students excluding those from Punjab and Haryana for whom the deposit amount will remain at 50%
