UWE Bristol's MA Designer/Maker course has a wide appeal to experienced or aspiring practitioners from across creative disciplines. Our interdisciplinary outlook supports you, as the next generation of makers, to pioneer innovative material-led approaches in design practice.
Why study this course?
The MA Designer/Maker at UWE Bristol re-asserts the role of craft and making in design, industry, and artistic contexts. The course supports the next generation of makers as they pioneer innovative material-led approaches in design practice. You will be encouraged to develop pivotal alternatives to urgent issues in design, in response to contemporary narratives and global discourse.
The course has a wide appeal to experienced or aspiring practitioners from across creative disciplines, offering time, resources and access to a creative community to support personal development. You'll hone project management skills and work at an autonomous, professional level. Through hands-on engagement with matter, thinking through making and artefact creation, you will develop as a responsible, open-minded practitioner capable of responding with creative agility and resilience.
We're seeking highly motivated students from any background, committed to creative growth in our supportive School of Arts community. Most applicants would have an honours degree in the arts, but those with qualifications in other disciplines or prior professional experience are also encouraged to apply.
While some students enter the course after years of independent work, we also welcome entries from ambitious applicants directly from undergraduate courses.
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Don’t let money stand in the way of your ambition. On top of the student loans available to UK postgraduate students, we offer a range of generous scholarships and bursaries to help you invest in your potential – please visit website for details.
You will be taught by practising designers, makers, and researchers, bringing their skills and expertise exclusively to you studying at postgraduate level.
You will have the opportunity to enter or continue employment in the creative industries in professional studios, as a self-employed designer/maker, as a designer running your own businesses, or in teaching in both formal and community education programmes.
You may also choose to progress to PhD study at UWE Bristol or elsewhere.
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