MA Design for Interactive Experience

Edinburgh Napier UniversityEdinburgh, United Kingdom

Course overview

If you’re looking to study design in Scotland, study design in Edinburgh the capital city. The MA Design for Interactive Experience course draws from design and visual arts to understand how to create unforgettable interactions between people and technology. In this innovative course, you will learn applied and theoretical approaches for designing interactivity for everyday experience.

Drawing from a range of disciplines including user experience, interactive art and interaction design you will learn an approach to designing across and between the physical and digital. In this way you will establish how you can develop new means for interacting with information, creative outputs, and brands, contributing to our modern experience driven economy. This course takes a human-centred design approach to incorporating technology into everyday experience in a meaningful way.

You'll learn a critical approach to designing with technology and explore how and why interaction can contribute to an engaging and satisfying experience. You'll use experience design as a method to critique and respond to current issues.

Key highlights

Draws on user experience, interactive art and interaction design
Combines applied and theoretical approaches to designing interactivity
Covers designing across and between physical and digital experiences
Human-centred approach to embedding technology in everyday life
Uses experience design to critique and respond to current issues
Explores new ways of interacting with information, creative outputs and brands

Entry requirements

Degree: 2:2 — to include any discipline; or above

Scholarships

Harilela Scholarship
Successful applicants will be awarded £2,500 towards the cost of their fees, paid directly to the University’s fees office.
Up to £2,500
June Scholarship
We have partial scholarships available for self-funded international applicants starting a course at Edinburgh Napier in June.

Careers this course leads to

UX Designer
Interaction Designer
Experience Designer
Service Designer
Digital Product Designer
Creative Technologist

Cost of study

UK/Home: £8,030 | International: £20,540

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 Edinburgh Napier University, and guide you through interview, offer, CAS and visa — right up to enrolment.

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