About the course

MA Graphic Communication Design brings critical depth and rigour to an increasingly noisy and disorienting visual landscape. MA Graphic Communication Design explores how the production of knowledge is intertwined with its form, context, and circulation. The course takes an expanded approach to the idea of research, combining studio and writing practice to engage critically with graphic design as both a creative practice and a subject of study. Through iterative and open-ended experimentation with visual media and tools of communication, students develop work that investigates existing knowledge, activates positions, and projects new forms of knowledge—within and beyond the discipline.

　　Engaging with studio and writing practice as a form of rigorous enquiry, students and staff together explore how graphic design is a situated and relational discipline that both reflects and reconfigures its cultural, social, and environmental conditions. From this position, our community of practitioners critically interrogates the academic and professional contexts for practice as well as the very nature of the discipline itself, continually co-defining and re-defining the expanding field of graphic design.

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Start dates and prices

Course fees are indicative and should be used as a guide. Speak to a counsellor to get an accurate price.

　　Duration: 2 Year(s)Fees: GB£32,900

Intake	Location
Spring (January), 2021	King's Cross
Autumn (September), 2024	King's Cross
Spring (January), 2025	King's Cross
Summer (April), 2025	King's Cross
Autumn (September), 2025	King's Cross

　　

How to apply

Entry requirements for University of the Arts

All Official Transcripts. IELTS - 6.5. (Minimum 5.5 All Sections). TOEFL IBT - 90 (Listening 17, Reading 18, Writing 17, Speaking 20). An honours degree OR An equivalent EU / international qualification.

　　

English language requirements

　　6.5

　　Overall IELTS band score

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　　TOEFL Internet based overall score: 90.0

　　

Application deadline:

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Further information

Career outcomesIf you aren’t eligible for the above entry requirements, you might want to explore pathway options at University of the Arts. If you want to find out more, please speak to our counsellors.

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