Navigation

All Top Courses

MA in Design and Branding Strategy

Brunel University London, United Kingdom
Overview Course Requirements Syllabus
MA in Design and Branding Strategy
Next enrollment cycle September 2024 See all cycles
Total Cost KES 4,115,126
Course Accredited By NA
1 Years On Campus Postgraduate Degree

Our Design and Branding Strategy MA degree focuses on using design to address key issues in branding. It examines how design thinking can develop a new brand, or improve or expand an existing brand and enhance customer engagement.

  • It aims to produce master’s qualified creative design management graduates capable of making a major contribution to the use of design in branding practices in organisations, both large and small.
  • You’ll have access to modern teaching and learning facilities, including a dedicated master’s design studio. Here you can discuss and exchange ideas with other students passionate about design management and design-led branding strategy.
  • Our popular, annual Design Master’s: Industry Student Review Evening is a great opportunity for you to connect with experts from design, brand and business. Their professional and practical perspective will help you to build a strong and clear direction for your research projects and dissertation.
  • And there’s Made in Brunel - a unique, student-led initiative that showcases our design talent at its finest. Each year our students run a series of industry and community events leading up to the Made in Brunel exhibition. This annual showcase is a highlight of the London design calendar and promotes the incredible work our students produce to the creative community, and is your chance to network with key design professionals.

Enrollment Cycles

  • September 2024

Entry Requirements

UK entry requirements

  • A 2:2 (or above) UK Honours degree, or equivalent internationally recognised qualification in a design or closely related creative subject. Other subjects with relevant work experience will be assessed on an individual basis.

Please note that we do not require a Design portfolio as part of the application for this programme. In the unlikely event that we do need this we will contact you.

EU and International entry requirements

  • If you require a Tier 4 visa to study in the UK, you must prove knowledge of the English language so that we can issue you a Certificate of Acceptance for Study (CAS). To do this, you will need an IELTS for UKVI or Trinity SELT test pass gained from a test centre approved by UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) and on the Secure English Language Testing (SELT) list. This must have been taken and passed within two years from the date the CAS is made.

English language requirements

  • IELTS: 6.5 (min 6 in all areas)
  • Pearson: 59 (59 in all subscores)
  • BrunELT: 63% (min 58% in all areas)
  • TOEFL: 92 (min 20 in all)
  • The course is delivered in three phases. Term one is the taught element. In term two, the seminar and workshop programme exploring future trends is delivered, and you’ll also work on your two research projects. Then you move on to your dissertation and undertake an advanced piece of research relevant to design and branding strategy. This will be assessed through a final 20,000 word submission.
  • This course can be studied 1 year full-time or 2.5 years part-time, starting in September.

Year 1
Compulsory

  • DM5500 - Dissertation
  • DM5502 - Branding Strategy Studies
  • DM5545 - Design and Branding Futures: Seminar and Workshop Programme
  • DM5552 - Design Research
  • DM5554 - Strategic Design Management
  • DM5555 - Design and Branding Research Project 2
  • DM5557 - Design and Branding Research Project 1
  • DM5601 - Innovation Strategy and Management

Interested in this course?

Our Admissions Counsellors would love to assist!

Apply with Craydel