About the course

The MA Graphic Design programme at Kingston School of Art takes a practice-based, research-orientated approach to anticipating the future potential and practice of graphic design. The course will explore and challenge assumptions about the designer, as a researcher, facilitator, producer, artist, storyteller, teacher, author, entrepreneur, provocateur, leader, and agent of change.

　　We are ambitious for our students and invested in pushing the boundaries of the discipline through socially and ecologically responsible thinking and making in a discursive studio-based community of practice. Risk, play, and experimentation are valued within, and alongside, a rigorous academic framework.

　　We embrace process as a mode of meaning-making in a dynamic studio-based culture to generate new modalities of knowledge for local and global audiences. The diverse positions and experiences our students bring to the course are integral to our key aim of examining and challenging graphic design.

　　We align ourselves to SHAPE (Social Sciences, Humanities and the Arts for People and the Economy), a collective name for social sciences, humanities, and the arts, developed by the British Academy as a tool to tell the story of these subjects as a ‘powerful and inclusive way to inform, illustrate and inspire people about the value of understanding our human world'.

　　Please note: this course was previously called Communication Design: Graphic Design MA. Scholarships - View all scholarships Internships

　　

Start dates and prices

Course fees are indicative and should be used as a guide. Speak to a counsellor to get an accurate price.

　　Duration: 1 Year(s)Fees: GB£20,900

Intake	Location
Spring (January), 2024	Kingston upon Thames
Autumn (September), 2024	Kingston upon Thames

　　

How to apply

Entry requirements for Kingston University London

Applicants should have a good BA(Hons) degree or equivalent qualification in graphic design or a related subject, such as moving image, graphic communication, illustration, 3D design, advertising, photography, packaging, computer-related design, architecture or fine art.

　　We also welcome applicants with relevant experience, which demonstrates the necessary skills and intellectual achievement needed to undertake the course.

　　You must submit a portfolio. You must submit a portfolio. IELTS of 6.5 overall, with no element below 5.5. TOEFL iBT - Overall 88.

　　

English language requirements

　　6.5

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　　TOEFL Internet based overall score: 88.0

　　

Application deadline:

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Further information

Career outcomesIf you aren’t eligible for the above entry requirements, you might want to explore pathway options at Kingston University London. If you want to find out more, please speak to our counsellors.

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