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Master in Digital and Interaction Design

Politecnico di Milano

Italy

Design

Master of Science (MSc)

This program addresses the advancements in Information and Communication Technologies by offering expertise and design experiences across various digital technology applications, including interactive products, responsive environments, and multimedia interfaces. Emphasizing design for experience, it aims to cultivate professionals capable of leveraging technology potentials across design domains, driving multidisciplinary design processes, and representing non-material dimensions of interactive experiences using design tools.

English

2 Years

Master of Fine Arts in Glass

Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT)

United States of America (USA)

Fine Arts, Design

Master's Degree

Dive deeper into your examination of glass as you develop your artistic expression through research, experimentation, and in-depth critiques.

English

2 Years

Master in Design for the Fashion System

Politecnico di Milano

Italy

Design

Master of Science (MSc)

The Fashion Design program at Politecnico di Milano trains designers who are not just individual artists, but professionals deeply connected to the fashion industry. Rooted in Italian design culture, it blends craftsmanship with multidisciplinary knowledge. Students engage in hands-on work in labs, utilize versatile design methods, and incorporate digital technologies. They collaborate with fashion companies, explore new materials, and tailor their studies to areas like apparel, jewelry, knitwear, sportswear, distribution, retail, and visual merchandising, ensuring a comprehensive educational experience.

English

2 Years

Master in Design & Engineering

Politecnico di Milano

Italy

Design

Master of Science (MSc)

This program, a collaboration between Design, Mechanical Engineering, and Materials Engineering, offers specialized training in three key areas: Design, Process, and Industrial Production; Design Materials; Representation and Prototyping. It aims to cultivate designers who blend design and engineering cultures, capable of delivering comprehensive project dossiers from concept to final design and production documentation. They possess expertise in material selection, virtual design methodologies, and understanding how technological aspects of production systems influence design.

Italian, English

2 Years

M.F.A. in Art

James Madison University

United States of America (USA)

Fine Arts, Arts, Design

Master's Degree

The Master of Fine Arts Program will challenge and support independently motivated artists in their intellectual, philosophical, and artistic development. The graduate program encourages lifelong learning, career success, and community involvement.

English

3 Years

Master of Arts in Fashion Marketing

Academy of Art University

Online

United States of America (USA)

Fashion Design, Marketing, Business

Master of Arts (MA)

The Fashion Marketing M.A. program offers future fashion marketers and managers a firm foundation to gain strategic consumer and market insights and knowledge on the fast-changing fashion industry and to identify emerging trends in the fashion business, marketing, technology, and consumer in a global context. Through hands-on projects and courses that emphasize research and analysis, students will learn both a strong foundation in theory and creative and analytical skills to develop real-world applications to discover global trends and digitally connected consumers.

English

2 Years

Master in Tourism 4.0: Touristic Offer Design

Università di Padova

Italy

Design

Master of Science (MSc)

The Master in Tourism 4.0: Touristic Offer Design program trains specialists in designing and managing touristic offers in the digital era. Students acquire skills in tourism marketing, data analysis, and the use of emerging technologies to innovate and personalize tourism experiences. The course combines theory and practice, preparing graduates to create tailored tourism offers, leverage digital technologies to optimize promotion, and effectively manage tourist destinations and attractions.

Italian

1 Year

Master in Communication Design

Politecnico di Milano

Italy

Design

Master of Science (MSc)

The Master of Science in Communication Design prepares designers to address strategic communication challenges with innovative solutions, coordinating various roles in complex projects. Unlike the Bachelor's, this program emphasizes critical thinking and research methodologies, enabling graduates to manage intricate communication systems using inter-media and transmedia forms. Graduates work in traditional and multimedia publishing, brand and product identity, new television services, information design, and digital platforms.

Italian, English

2 Years

Digital Media Design (Online Learning) MSc

The University of Edinburgh

Online

United Kingdom

Arts, Digital Marketing, Design

Master of Science (MSc)

This innovative programme offers the best of studio-based design learning in an online context. The student will work together, and with colleagues located on campus in Edinburgh, to realise imaginative design outcomes, acquire wide skills in creative digital techniques, investigate practice contexts for application across the arts, entertainment, performance and industry, probe the social, cultural and commercial implications of such developments.

English

1 Year

MA Fashion Business and Marketing

University of Salford

United Kingdom

Fashion Design, Marketing, Business

Master of Arts (MA)

MA Fashion Business and Marketing will enable you to learn and test the fundamentals of strategic promotion and sales. This course provides the opportunity to create a live business plan, and you will be supported in the development and launch of that business idea.

English

1 Year

Master in Urban Planning and Policy Design

Politecnico di Milano

Italy

Design

Master of Science (MSc)

This Master of Science program offers advanced training in urban planning and management, focusing on developing general urban planning tools, policies for infrastructure, housing, transport, services, and the environment, and managing complex programs and projects. It also addresses the growing need for new urban and territorial policies, equipping professionals to design and manage spatial arrangements and urban policies for transforming cities and territories.

English

2 Years

Master of Arts in Animation and Visual Effects

Academy of Art University

Online

United States of America (USA)

Graphic Design, Design, Film Studies, Arts

Master of Arts (MA)

The MA program provides students an opportunity to work in 2D Animation & Stop Motion, 3D Animation, 3D Modeling, or Visual Effects, while focusing on storytelling with an emphasis on exhibiting technical skills and eliciting emotional responses.

English

2 Years

MA Fashion Design

University of Salford

United Kingdom

Arts, Design

Master of Arts (MA)

Our MA Fashion Design is an intensive, specialist program that will give you the tools to explore and refine your identity as a fashion design practitioner and entrepreneur. Our close industry links from across the globe will provide you with a clear insight into a variety of possible career paths and professional opportunities, alongside working closely with a team of academics and demonstrators ready to support and push you towards your goals.

English

1 Year 4 Months

Master's Degree in Computer-Aided Integrated Design and Manufacturing

Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV)

Spain

Engineering, Industrial Design

Master's Degree

This Master is a specialization in the modern techniques of Computer Aided Integrated Design and Manufacturing. Today manufacturing is not conceived without the use of these technologies, so its contents will be directly applicable to the future professional activity of the student. The knowledge transmitted in this Master must allow the student to go through all the stages of the product's life cycle, from conceptual design to manufacturing and recycling.

Spanish

1 Year

Master in Sustainable Architecture and Landscape Design

Politecnico di Milano

Italy

Design

Master of Science (MSc)

This program provides architects with a multidisciplinary background, emphasizing environmental sustainability and landscape design. It integrates sustainability into all scales of landscape transformation, from urban planning to technical details. The approach combines physical, social, and technical aspects, moving beyond narrow specialization. The international curriculum includes workshops, study trips, and summer schools.

English

2 Years

Master of Architectural Design

Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University

China

Design, Urban Planning, Architecture

Master's Degree

The Master of Architectural Design educates the next generation of forward-looking global architects who have the necessary cross-cultural awareness, social and environmental responsibility, creative and critical capability, technical competence and professional attitude to enable ongoing and future transformations in the globalised building environment.

English

Master of Fine Arts (MFA) in Industrial Design

Academy of Art University

Online

United States of America (USA)

Arts, Industrial Design, Design

Master's Degree

The School of Industrial Design's MFA program provides advanced study within focused fields of physical design. In addition to classroom and collaborative coursework, each student works toward producing a final thesis project.

English

3 Years

Master of Fine Arts (MFA) in Graphic Design

Academy of Art University

Online

United States of America (USA)

Fine Arts, Arts, Graphic Design

Master's Degree

With its focused thesis development process, the School of Graphic Design’s MFA program emphasizes the advanced study of the field and encourages students to extend their design skills into content creation, authorship, entrepreneurialism, and social innovation.

English

3 Years 6 Months

Master of Fine Arts (MFA) in Illustration

Academy of Art University

Online

United States of America (USA)

Fine Arts, Design

Master's Degree

The MFA in Illustration provides the skills to develop portfolios with samples in Children’s Book, Editorial, Licensing, Package Illustration, Concept Art, Book Covers, Preliminary Art, Advertising, or Institutional Art portfolios. Both representational and stylistic approaches for print and or web are taught. Students graduate with a portfolio created in a personal style and medium of choice that is market appropriate.

English

3 Years

Master of Fine Arts (MFA) in Game Development

Academy of Art University

Online

United States of America (USA)

IT & Computer Science, Arts, Design

Master's Degree

The MFA Game Development program allows students to further their careers by synthesizing traditional art and design fundamentals with today’s groundbreaking technologies. Students level up their skills through hands-on prototyping of game mechanics and art creation, followed by creating a thesis project and an industry-quality portfolio.

English

3 Years

475 Best Design Master's Degree Programs for 2025

Master in Digital and Interaction Design

Master of Fine Arts in Glass

Master in Design for the Fashion System

Master in Design & Engineering

M.F.A. in Art

Master of Arts in Fashion Marketing

Master in Tourism 4.0: Touristic Offer Design

Master in Communication Design

Digital Media Design (Online Learning) MSc

MA Fashion Business and Marketing

Master in Urban Planning and Policy Design

Master of Arts in Animation and Visual Effects

MA Fashion Design

Master's Degree in Computer-Aided Integrated Design and Manufacturing

Master in Sustainable Architecture and Landscape Design

Master of Architectural Design

Master of Fine Arts (MFA) in Industrial Design

Master of Fine Arts (MFA) in Graphic Design

Master of Fine Arts (MFA) in Illustration

Master of Fine Arts (MFA) in Game Development

Master's Degree, Design