100% Online Mdes Design

Inspire, create and innovate with an MDes Design from a global university

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  • Apply by: 19 August 2025
  • To start: 02 September 2025

180 credits

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Complete within 24 months

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£6,780 total fees

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5 star QS Teaching Rating (2023)

why Sunderland?

  • 100% online MDes within 24 months
  • 5 star rating for teaching, inclusiveness, employability and facilities*
  • Top 40 UK University**
  • 70% of university research rated as ‘world-leading’ or ‘internationally excellent’***
  • 12th in UK for Art and Design****
  • £6,780 total fees, option to pay £565 per module
*QS Stars World University Rankings 2023
**Guardian University Guide 2025
***Research Excellence Framework 2021
****The Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2025

Impress And Inspire Employers With A 100% Online Mdes Design

The MDes Design degree is studied by students in the UK and from around the world, and the design issues it tackles are similarly global in nature. It is designed to challenge your thinking, so you can critically evaluate a wide range of information and ideas to use as a basis for your own approaches, methods and design thinking. As a student, you will be encouraged to think about your career path throughout, and demonstrate the skills learned in a portfolio of creative work designed to help you secure your ideal job.

This course is delivered entirely online, as asynchronous learning, in either full-time or part-time study modes, so you can study anywhere, anytime and progress your career at your own pace around commitments including work, family and friends.

What Will You Study?

This course aims to develop skilled ethical designers with an understanding of how design can positively impact society and the world. You will gain a systematic understanding of design knowledge and critical awareness of current challenges and new insights at the forefront of contemporary design practice.

As a graduate, you will know how to position and promote your own work, using your knowledge of the creative industries to understand how the sector is evolving and confidently recognising possible career paths and potential demand for your creative projects.

Key knowledge and skills taught on this course:

  • How to generate creative ideas and apply them to design concepts
  • Develop creative brand awareness concepts using research
  • Ethical design issues including sustainability, inclusive design and social responsibility
  • A body of work showcasing original ideas, skills and knowledge application
  • Producing creative and technically advanced materials to generate paid work
  • Strategic design thinking and design leadership and management
  • Knowledge of movements, styles, theories and design history
  • Knowledge of how a ‘design manifesto’ influences design practice

Outward-looking And Prepared To Teach A global Village Of Online Learners

Our international community makes up a high percentage of our overall student cohort and we have distance learning students across the globe. We’re also a leader in UK widening participation which has been awarded 7th in the UK for social inclusion (The Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2024).

Our expertise, our cutting-edge technology and our vast experience delivering excellent online learning experiences to global students is key to what sets the University of Sunderland and our online MDes Design apart.

A 100% Online Mdes Design From A Global University Acclaimed For Excellence In Teaching, Research And Skills Development

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