100% Online Mdes Design With Graphic Design

Imagine a new future with an MDes Design with Graphic Design from a global university

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  • Apply by: 10 June 2025
  • To start: 24 June 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

Your New Career By Design – 100% Online Mdes Design With Graphic Design

The MDes Design with Graphic Design is meticulously crafted to cultivate highly skilled and ethically conscious designers who grasp the influential role of design in shaping society and the world. Its content delves deeply into critical aspects of graphic design, intertwining theoretical frameworks, historical contexts, practical exercises, and case studies, to help students develop advanced skills needed to critically analyse and innovatively address design challenges. You will be encouraged to consider your career path along the way and develop a portfolio of creative work designed to showcase the skills and knowledge you’ve gained.

This degree is designed to offer full flexibility so you can work alongside your studies with completely online delivery, asynchronous learning and the option to choose between a part-time or full-time study path.

What Will You Study?

This course aims to graduate skilled and ethical graphic design professionals with a full understanding of how their work can positively impact society and the world. You will develop a systemic understanding of design knowledge and awareness of the existing challenges and new insights of contemporary design practice.

You will develop a keen understanding of the creative industries, so that you know how to recognise career paths, and position and promote your creative projects, understanding likely demand for your work among prospective clients.

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
  • Transform complex data into engaging, informative graphics
  • Key principles behind witty graphics applied to a creative brief

A University With Global Connections And excellent Online Learning Expertise

Our distance learning students can be found across the world and international students comprise a high percentage of our total student cohort. We are also highly regarded for our efforts in UK widening participation, and have 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 with Graphic Design apart.

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

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