Call for Applications: Master of Design 2025, NSCAD University

Master of Design (MDes)
NSCAD University

Application Deadline: January 15, 2025

Register for an Information Session

NSCAD will host an information session about the MDes program December 5, 2024 at 5pm AST for North American applicants or December 6, 2024 at 8am AST for students in time zones at a greater distance. Register now.

About the Program

The Master of Design (MDes) at NSCAD University is an interdisciplinary, two-year, 60-credit program.

Our program prepares students to lead the development of new ideas in design, providing them with a competitive edge in securing forward-looking careers by giving them the opportunity to work with a variety of materials and fabrication processes, under the mentorship of design faculty.

The advantage of the NSCAD University Master of Design is that it offers both studio and classroom courses throughout the duration of the program, allowing students to apply in our studios and workshop facilities the concepts and theories they learn and develop in seminars and classrooms.

Throughout their degree, students pursue practice-led design research, explorations of process, applications of theory and scholarly writing. Through practicums, field study, and intensive design workshops, students work with visiting designers in a concentrated and collaborative fashion on specific design problems.

In a series of studio and theory courses and in their thesis projects, students formulate new and critical responses to social design opportunities. Few design programs offer the opportunity to combine theory and practice, at the drawing table and in the workshop, in this manner.

Given the interdisciplinary nature of the program, the MDes welcomes students with diverse academic and cultural backgrounds. Part-time study is also available, provided the program is completed within five years. Summer electives open to full and part-time students will be available to help ensure timely program completion.

By working in an interdisciplinary studio environment and interdisciplinary teams, students gain experience in thinking and working with others who bring an international point of view to design and its opportunities, stretching across the globe for creative endeavours outside traditional design areas.

For more information
NSCAD Graduate admissions: admissions@nscad.ca
Program director: Assistant Professor Huschang Pourian, hpourian@nscad.ca

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Canada
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