107 Creative Arts and Design Degree Programs in Sweden

Interaction design concerns the design of digital artifacts and digitally mediated communication, with a focus on use experience.

Do you want to take part in designing sustainable architecture and developing socially just cities for the future? The Master’s Programme in Architecture and Urban Design is operating in-between the artistic and the scientific field of knowledge. The programme is characterised by a consistent focus on sustainability and has an exploratory and experimental profile with teachers from all over the world.

The course in Film - Creating and Producing is a two-year international film education with the opportunity for you to get certification in Steadicam and go on study trips abroad. We are at the forefront of technology, which means that you get access to equipment according to industry standards and a modern Virtual Production studio, which is unique in Sweden.

The Graphic Design and Web Development programme suits those who wish to combine graphic design, programming and web design with knowledge in both marketing communication and project management. In this program, you will get the skills to design and encode interactive web applications for different devices and platforms with a clear focus on the user experience. You will also get theoretical and practical knowledge for designing graphic material for both printed and digital media.

The Bachelor Programme in Industrial Design take ideas from vision to reality through a creative, life-centred design process. The programme emphasises sustainable, norm-critical design practices that address social and ecological challenges, encouraging students to imagine responsible and resilient futures through design. During the education, designers refine and develop artistic abilities, physical and digital skills, analytical thinking, and critical reflection.

The MSc Sustainable Urban Planning and Design focuses on the correlation between the built environment and social, economic and institutional forces. Graduates have the expertise to adapt planning and design practices to the environmental conditions and societal needs of the future.

We are convinced that broad competence in innovation and design from a holistic perspective is needed to deal with future challenges. In the international Master's programme in Innovation and Design, you acquire specialist theoretical knowledge and practical skills for interacting in a global market. After your studies, you will be competitive in the labour market and prepared for doctoral studies.

At the Swedish School of Textiles, fashion design is understood in its broadest sense as an activity that explores, expresses, and shapes individuals, communities, bodies, and human-cultural interactions. In the Master's programme specialising in Fashion Design, questions and issues related to expressions centered around the human body are explored and developed from a wide range of perspectives, including environmental, technical, economic, and political considerations, all within a cultural context.

Our programme in Textile Design can take you further than you imagined. The Swedish School of Textiles, specialising in textile design, provides a forward-looking environment for rethinking and creating textiles within its expanded field, including Textile Craft, New Materiality, Innovation, and Digital Specialisms. It delves deep into the most relevant subjects and skills required for a career in the textile industry and related industries.

Specialising in Textile Interaction Design involves exploring and developing textiles that interact with and adapt to their surroundings as well as to bodies, actions, humans, and other species. This specialisation delves into questions and issues related to textile interaction from a wide range of perspectives, including environmental, ethical, technical, and cultural considerations.

The International Master's Programme in User Experience and Interactive Media Design (120 credits) has a multidisciplinary basis, including perspectives from the humanities, social sciences and technology. Courses address central concepts, theories and methods for media production and interaction design.

The MSc Machine Design puts you at the forefront of shaping machines and technologies that drive our world forward. From concepts to real-world applications, you will explore the latest methods in mechanical systems design, learning to innovate, analyse, design, and optimise everything.

This master's programme focuses on designing accessible, functional and enjoyable experiences for digital and physical products, user interfaces and immersive video game worlds. It combines design theory and methodology with studio-based work, prototyping, digital tools and advanced user studies.

This program offers a studio-based, interdisciplinary approach to design, tackling societal challenges. Established and innovative design concepts are incorporated in a unique collaborative setup across campuses.

The master's programme Entrepreneurship and business design has an action-based learning process with strong elements of academic reflection-in-action. To facilitate such an intense learning experience the school has championed a pedagogy that allows students to work with simulated business scenarios as well as real technology innovation and business projects.

The MSc Integrated Product Design teaches how to create sustainable products, services, systems and business models. In one of two specialisations, students explore product, service and system design in relation to users and markets, or management of innovation and product development processes.

The MSc Architectural Lighting Design teaches how lighting quality, both natural and artificial light, affects human behaviour, comfort and health. Graduates have unique competence in lighting planning and work in lighting design, architectural studios or as consultants.