ELISAVA Barcelona School of Design and Engineering
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Sep 2025
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On-Campus
Key Summary
Introduction
University Master's Degree in Design and Communication
The University Master in Design is an advanced, specialized and multidisciplinary training aimed at professional specialization and initiation into research activities about design and from a design point of view. Also, since it is an University Master's Degree, provides access to a doctoral programme in a related area.
The design is understood as a tool for reflection, for generating knowledge and for transforming the world around us. The programme trains professionals and researchers with the necessary skills to carry out design projects in all kinds of contexts, enabling the communicator and the designer in the conception of design strategies, in their formalization in concrete projects and in the analysis and reflection on the own practice of design.
The focus of learning lies in the development and acquisition of creative, critical and methodological skills to develop their profession in research and innovation. Upon completion of the University Master in Design, the student will have obtained a deep understanding of current design, communication and visual and material culture, as well as the challenges presented in these areas.
Our graduates acquire analytical and instrumental skills that allow them to complement their professional profile obtained after their university degree. Thanks to the acquisition of advanced research techniques (focused on research through design and speculative design, as well as in the generation of knowledge and critical thinking), University Master graduates can aspire to qualified professional positions, managing teams, directing projects or teaching in areas related to design and communication.
Scholarships and Funding
Several scholarship options are available. Please check the school website for more information.
Curriculum
Study plan:
The programme is structured in two semesters. For each subject, a theoretical and/or practical project work is carried out and is presented according to the premises defined in the teaching plan of the subject.
Module 1: Narrative in design and communication
Explore the new contents that generate the narrative between two complementary disciplines, design and communication:
- Artifacts and Visual Language
- Design and Communication Strategy
- Media and Environments of Design and Communication
Module 2: Theory and Practice of research in design
The aim is to raise a critical reflection on how to approach a design project, and its different points of view, with the different types of research in design:
- Research on design which has as the object of study the design activity itself or its results.
- The historiography of design or the methodology of design as examples of disciplines that deal with this type of research.
- Research through design refers to research activities, in which it is designed to investigate.
Subjects:
- Interdisciplinary Critical Perspectives based on practice
- Social design. Care and the Common Good
- Scientific Academic Methodology for Design Research
Module 3: Optional (to choose two)
This module raises the possibility of directing the training towards a professional aspect or towards academic research to continue with the research work:
- Philosophy and Ethics of Design and Communication
- Projection of the Professional and Research Career
- Professional Internships
Module 4: Master's Final Thesis
The Master's Final Thesis (TFM)module consists of the development of a research project in design and communication. The TFM is the latest academic project, in which the knowledge acquired during the Master's Degree is put into practice and revalidated.
The University Master in Design combines the following training activities: master classes, seminars, theoretical-practical work, experimental workshops, supervised work and independent work. The projects are developed in groups or individually. For each subject, a theoretical and/or practical project work is carried out and is presented according to the premises defined in the teaching plan of the subject.
Program Outcome
University Master's Degree in Design and Communication. Awarded by UVic-UCC.
Program Tuition Fee
Program delivery
The University Master in Design is part of the offer of university postgraduate courses at Universitat de Vic - Central de Catalunya (UVic - UCC). Therefore, it is an university Master's Degree that allows subsequent access to a doctoral programme in the field of design. It is structured in 60 ECTS credits (European credit transfer system), in which a credit is equivalent to 25 hours of the work carried out by the student. The teaching activity usually takes place in the afternoons, from Monday to Friday, from the end of September to the middle of June.