ELISAVA Barcelona School of Design and Engineering
Master in Research for Design and Innovation
Master degree
DURATION
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
APPLICATION DEADLINE
EARLIEST START DATE
Sep 2025
TUITION FEES
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
Key Summary
Master's Degree in Research for Design and Innovation
TheMaster in Research for Design and Innovationwill provide you with the knowledge, skills and tools needed to help any organisation increase its ability to thrive in any unpredictable future. In this master’s degree, you will learn how to apply innovation methodologies to increase the adaptability and responsiveness of any organisation faced with market changes and disruptions.
We live in an increasingly uncertain and complex world, where the only constant is change. In this context, being strategically ready to change at the right time is the key to any organisation's competitiveness. In other words, adapting or transforming before becoming obsolete. Or, expressed differently, being able to thrive in any unpredictable future.
Organisations, in this new context, need a new type of professional who knows how to connect the exploitation of current business with the exploration of future business. A new professional who is capable of identifying new opportunities and transforming them into new solutions that add value sustainably and systematically speaking.
The Master in Research for Design and Innovation will provide you with the knowledge, skills and tools you need to become an agent of change in any organisation, to lead, define and manage innovation focusing on people.
Several scholarship options are available. Please check the school website for more information.
Transversal Modules
Business Design
Oriented to acquire and understand the tools and methodologies and develop soft skills required to become a business designer.
Critical Essays
Addressed to apply critical thinking through debates and analysis of articles and content about future societal challenges.
Final Project
Application of the different knowledge, tools and methodologies to specific projects. The first one focused on identifying trends and designing future scenarios. The second one focused on improving or accelerating the innovation capacity of an established company.
Research-specific Modules
Qualitative Research
Learn and apply methods and tools from sociology, anthropology, market research, and semiotics to discover new insights.
Trends Analysis
Identify the most relevant trends and analyze their effects and implications. Good trend analysis helps understand how users’ needs, behavior, and expectations will evolve.
Future Scenarios
Discover different tools and methodologies for designing future scenarios. In collaboration with ELISAVA RESEARCH, students will learn how to apply different tools and methodologies during the Strategic Futures Lab.
Urban Immersion
Discover the innovation ecosystem of Europe’s two most innovative ecosystems cities: Barcelona and Berlin.
Innovation-specific Modules
Design Thinking
Apply design thinking to solve complex problems from a human-centric perspective through the following principles: empathy, critical thinking, ideation, experimentation, collaboration, and action.
Service Design
Learn how to design services that develop meaningful interactions between people and organizations and create great experiences for customers/users in any given context.
Co-creation
Discover how to create new value by collaborating with different stakeholders and ecosystem members.
Innovation Seminars
Learn how established companies, startups, and design and innovation consultancies innovate from their managers.
Master's Degree in Research for Design and Innovation. Awarded by UVic-UCC.
ECTS credits: 60
Objectives
- Train resilient professionals who are capable of leading responsible change and innovation in uncertain, complex and fast-paced environments.
- Train consultants with the ability to research, create and participate in innovation and strategy processes.
- Develop critical thinking and problem-solving skills to deal with uncertainty and develop appropriate innovation strategies.
- Understand how to apply design management methodologies to new business and social challenges with a person-centred approach.
- Provide the tools, skills and knowledge needed to transform relevant problems or opportunities into solutions that add value to clients/users, businesses and society.
- Develop team and people management skills in changing environments.
- Provide a space for interaction with other agents of innovation processes to work in multidisciplinary teams.