The BA/BSc International Design programme is a one year Level 6 award that allows students from anywhere in the world to convert their diploma into an honours degree. We invite students from any field of design to join us in the creative and thoughtful development of novel design solutions and outcomes and to become a designer with a truly global outlook. This programme offers you the opportunity to create and learn alongside people from another part of the world and to extend your skills as a strategic designer with an international focus. It will also prepare you for further postgraduate study, doctoral research and publishing if that is your ambition.

The International Design programme is designed to provide you with the skills to be a flexible, agile and capable designer who can quickly and creatively adapt to new and unfamiliar international contexts. The emphasis is placed upon the flexibility of your design strategies, both creatively and academically, that will support you in undertaking industry placements, live briefs, as well as identifying new and creative opportunities for business ventures anywhere in the world. The programme will also help you prepare for a career within commercial design practice and strategy, buying and consultancy, marketing and advertising, business strategy, brand development, or teaching. It will also prepare you for further postgraduate study, doctoral research and publishing.