DURATION
1 year
LANGUAGES
English, Spanish
PACE
Full time
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TUITION FEES
EUR 12,000 / per year *
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
* March edition: €11,500 +€500 pre-registration | September / October edition: +€500 pre-registration
Key Summary
Introduction
With this master's degree you will apply qualitative research, identify trends, design future scenarios and apply innovation methodologies to increase the adaptation and response capacity of any organization in the face of market changes and disruptions. You can take this master's degree in Barcelona or Madrid.
We live in an increasingly uncertain and complex world, where the only constant is change. In this environment, the competitiveness of any organization implies being strategically prepared for change at the right time. That is, it must adapt or transform before becoming obsolete.
Companies or institutions, faced with this new context, need a new type of professional who knows how to connect the current company with the exploration of future businesses, capable of identifying new opportunities and transforming them into solutions that add value in a sustainable and systematic way.
With the Master in Research for Design and Innovation you will obtain the knowledge, skills and tools necessary to help any organization increase its ability to thrive in any unpredictable future.
The student profile of this master is that of people with a strategic vision and thinking, who want to become agents of change in any organization, capable of leading, defining and managing innovation with a people-centered approach.
Admissions
Scholarships and Funding
The Elisava Scholarships recognize, reward and disseminate the talent and excellence of future master's students.
The call takes place every March.
Next call: March 2025.
Anyone who wants to study a master's degree at Elisava can apply for this annual call. Remember that in order to participate you will only be eligible for a master's degree (including the Fahrenheit Scholarship programs). If you apply to more than one program, your candidacy will be invalidated.
Elisava Masters: 15 50% scholarships
We award 15 scholarships of 50% of the total amount of the master's degree you choose, starting in September 2024 or February 2025.
Curriculum
Master in Research for Design and Innovation consists of 60 credits.
Transverse modules.
- Business design: Acquire and understand the tools and methodologies. Develop “soft skills” necessary to become a disruptive business
- Critical essays: Apply critical thinking through debates and analysis of articles about the future and challenges of society
- Final project: Application of different knowledge, tools and methodologies to specific projects. The first will focus on identifying trends and designing future scenarios. The second, to improve or accelerate a company's innovation capacity.
Specific research
- Qualitative research: Apply methods and tools from sociology, anthropology, market research, and semiotics to discover new trends
- Trend analysis: Identify the most relevant trends and analyze their effects and implications to understand how user needs, behavior and expectations will evolve
- Future scenarios: Tools and methodologies to design future scenarios. In collaboration with Elisava Research, you will learn to apply different tools and methodologies during the Strategic Futures Lab
- Urban immersion: Discover the innovation ecosystem of the two cities with the most innovative ecosystems in Europe: Barcelona and Berlin.
Specific innovation
- Design Thinking: Apply design thinking to solve complex problems from a human-centered perspective through the following principles: empathy, critical thinking, ideation, experimentation, collaboration and action
- Service Design: Design services with meaningful interactions between people and organizations and create great experiences for customers/users in any context
- Co-creation: Create new values by collaborating with different actors and members of the business ecosystem
- Innovation seminars: Learn about innovation from established companies, emerging companies and design and innovation consultancies.
Program Outcome
- Train resilient professionals capable of leading change and innovation responsibly in uncertain, complex and accelerated environments
- Train consultants with the ability to research, create and participate in innovation and strategy processes
- Develop critical thinking and problem-solving skills to create appropriate innovation strategies
- Apply design management methodologies to new business and social challenges, with a people-centered approach
- Provide the tools, skills and knowledge necessary to transform relevant problems into solutions that add value to clients or users, companies and society.
- Develop team management skills in change environments
- Offer a space for interaction with other agents to work in multidisciplinary teams.
Program Tuition Fee
Program delivery
This master's degree is taught in Barcelona (English edition) and Madrid (Spanish edition).