Master of Arts in Design

A one year master degree in design practice, covering design research, concept development, materials and process, professional practice and a substantial final project.

At GBP 19,520 the design masters are the most expensive at Bath Spa, reflecting the studio, workshop and materials provision that practice based teaching requires.

Master of Arts in Design is taught at Bath Spa University, a public university in England with full degree awarding powers. Because the design master is a degree, it supports an application under the UK Graduate Route, which gives two years of unsponsored work in Britain after you finish. No job offer or sponsor is needed for the design master, but you must be inside the UK on a valid student visa when you apply. Your student visa covers the length of the design master plus a short period afterwards. UK rules from January 2024 bar a dependant partner or child on taught courses, so the design master does not support a family move.

Admission to Master of Arts in Design requires a completed bachelor degree at 50 percent. The English requirement is IELTS 6.5 with no band below 5.5, and tuition for the design master is recorded at GBP 19,520. Bath Spa charges no application fee, and no scholarship is recorded against the design master. The design master lists three entry windows, one September start in each of three consecutive years. Apply Study Visa manages your the design master application, the deposit, the offer, the CAS and the UK student visa as one process.