Book your place on 27 November 2024 or 20 March 2025.
MA Communication Design Open Afternoon
Student work
Visit our MA Communication Design student work website to see more examples of student projects.
Master's courses
Study communication design or typographic research at postgraduate level.
Why study with us?
Our collections and archives
Archives from major individual designers and design companies are an important part of our collection. They make a unique contribution to our teaching, to postgraduate research, and as a source of inspiration to our students.
How you'll study
You'll learn in small-group workshops and seminars, and apply your design skills to practical projects. You'll also work with historical material from our collections and gain insights in how design practice reflects past and present technology and contexts.
Master's scholarships available
There is a variety of funding support available to our master’s students, including a range of scholarships open to UK and international applicants.
Funding opportunities for students accepted to our MA Communication Design programme include:
- the Stationers' Foundation Bursary and Mentoring for MA Communication Design
- the Information Design and Ernest Hoch Scholarship
- the Arts & Communication Design Scholarship
- the Felix Scholarship.
For full information and application dates, please visit the University's master's scholarships page.
Life in the Department
Read Dan's story
Dan Rhatigan
Master's graduate and Senior Manager at Adobe Type
Our research
95% of our research is world leading or internationally excellent and 100% of our research impact has been classed ‘outstanding’ or ‘very considerable’ (Research Excellence Framework 2021, combining 4* and 3* submissions – Art and Design: History, Practice and Theory; Typography and Graphic Communication).