Loughborough University

Sustainability and Regenerative thinking for Design and Creative

Loughborough UniversityLoughborough, United Kingdom

Course overview

Sustainability and regenerative design and creative arts challenge designers and artists to move beyond minimising harm toward actively restoring ecological and social systems. This area addresses urgent issues such as climate change, resource depletion, and environmental justice. Key challenges include designing for circular economies, low-carbon futures, collective resilience and community art practices.

Research questions include: Projects may span biomimicry, eco-social innovation, participatory design, human factors, creative methods and policy advocacy, with opportunities to collaborate across environmental science, economics, and activism. 94% of Loughborough’s research impact is rated world-leading or internationally excellent. REF 2021

Key highlights

  • Research into restoring ecological and social systems, not just minimising harm
  • Explores circular economies, low-carbon futures and collective resilience
  • Projects may span biomimicry, participatory design and creative methods
  • Collaboration opportunities across environmental science, economics and activism
  • 94% of research impact rated world-leading or internationally excellent (REF 2021)

Entry requirements

  • Degree: 2:1 — or above

Scholarships

  • Alumni Bursary

    10% of tuition fees which will be credited to the student’s tuition fee account.

    Up to 10% of fees
  • Alumni Discount

    UK students: £1,500 tuition fee discount for one academic year. International students: £3,000 tuition fee discount for one academic year.

  • Care Leaver's Scholarship

  • Excellence Scholarships

    UK students: £3,000 off tuition fees; International students: £6,000 off tuition fees which will be credited to the student’s tuition fee account.

  • International Sports Student Postgraduate Bursary

    Our International Sports Student Postgraduate Bursary offers a £12,000 tuition fee discount (set against the tuition fees of your chosen postgraduate taught programme ONLY).

    Up to £12,000
  • London 10th Anniversary Award

    £5,000 off tuition fees.

    Up to £5,000
  • Loughborough Business School Scholarship

    £1,500 (UK students) and £3,000 (international students) off tuition fees which will be credited to the student’s tuition fee account.

  • MBA Progress with Purpose Scholarship

    50% of tuition fees which will be credited to the student’s tuition fee account.

    Up to 50% of fees
  • Qatari Ghanim Al-Muftah Excellence Scholarship

Careers this course leads to

  • University lecturer in design
  • Postdoctoral researcher
  • Sustainability design consultant
  • Circular economy specialist
  • Environmental policy adviser
  • Community arts practitioner

Cost of study

UK/Home: £5,238 | International: £29,500

Admission

Applications are made through AHZ at no cost. Share your transcripts, English test scores and personal statement, and your AHZ Counsellor will review your profile, submit your application to Loughborough University, and guide you through interview, offer, CAS and visa — right up to enrolment.

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