L’École De Design Nantes Atlantique
Master International Design Strategy / Le Studio France
- Nantes, France
- Montreal, Canada
Master degree
DURATION
2 years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
EARLIEST START DATE
TUITION FEES
EUR 9,900 / per year *
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
* 8900 EUR for French and European students, 9900 EUR for non-European students per year
Key Summary
An immersive experience in the reality of design in France
In the current context of globalization, understanding other cultures and other value systems is a major asset for every designer. The Master International Design Strategy / Le Studio France encourages the exploration of the French culture within an applied, interdisciplinary context.
This International Design Strategy program offers a tremendous opportunity for international design students to discover and comprehend French culture. It follows a different rhythm, adapted to the students integrating the school at a postgraduate level, to allow a good integration and a better approach of the methodology as taught in the school.
Within this program, students will work on projects linked to our 5 topics:
- Care Design
- City Design
- Digital Design
- Food Design
- Media Design
Program taught in English.
L’École de design Nantes Atlantique was awarded the "Bienvenue en France" label with the maximum score of three stars by Campus France. This label shows the institution’s commitment and quality in welcoming international students.
A Master's Level Degree
After the successful completion of the two years, this program leads to the Master’s level degree in design, certified by the French Ministry of Higher Education and Research and registered in the Registre National des Certifications Professionnelles (the French directory for vocational qualifications or RNCP) as a Level 7 Master’s degree.
Curriculum
A unique two-year program
Students conduct their master studies from within the realm of their design discipline, and with a spirit of integration into a French context.
Within this program, students will work on projects linked to our 5 topics:
- Care Design
How to provide creative, innovative and sustainable solutions to contemporary social issues. - City Design
How design must deal with the evolution of our built environment and the urban transformations. - Digital Design
Interactions between humans and machines in the digital world, the rise of artificial intelligence and the quality of user experience. - Food Design
How to feed more than 7 billion humans in a sustainable way and promote food that is good for health and the environment. - Media Design
How to tell the real and make the truth tangible through data visualization.
1st year
Semester 1
Students who are joining L’École de Design Nantes Atlantique at the postgraduate level benefit from an integration semester. The goal of this semester for students is to highlight and expand professional knowledge in the context of another culture.
Courses:
- Welcome, transcultural content & technical skills
- Integration & skills development – creativity, methodology, marketing and projects
- Optional courses
Students who completed their undergraduate studies at L’École de design spend this semester abroad, either in academic exchange or internship as a junior designer (13 weeks minimum).
Semester 2
During this semester, students learn how to manage complex design projects, deepen their knowledge of the economic, social, and cultural aspects of the field covered in their program, build and apply a methodology, and support their end-of-term project. studies, the subject of which they define.
Teaching is delivered in the form of projects in partnership with industry, workshops, lectures, conferences, and professional meetings.
Courses:
- Design projects and seminars
- TOEIC preparation and language courses
- End of studies project and thesis workshop
- Professionalization & lab
- Competitions
2nd year
Semester 1
Continuation and finalization of the end-of-studies project summarizing all the professional skills acquired. It can be conducted in collaboration with a company and/or research laboratory of a partner university. This personal end-of-studies project must be related to the program in which students are enrolled.
Supervision is ensured in the form of workshops under the direction of a referent designer, to which punctual speakers are associated. Writing a thesis on the theme of the project.
Courses:
- Initiation to law
- Introduction to management
- End of studies project and thesis workshop
- Professionalization & lab
- Competitions
Semester 2
The study program ends with a minimum of sixteen weeks (and a maximum of six months) internship within a company, in France or abroad.
Trainees work as junior designers and support all or part of a project.
The student must demonstrate his ability to integrate into a team, manage a project, and develop all the sequences of the project for its smooth running. It allows the student to articulate all of his studies with what will be his first professional experience. Depending on the professional project of the student, this internship can also take place within a company that the student will create, or even within a research laboratory.
Diplôme de design Bac +5: master’s level degree
This MDes program leads to the master’s level degree (Diplôme de design) certified by the French Ministry of Higher Education.
Program objectives
This program prepares adaptable and well-rounded design professionals who can address a wide range of design projects in a fast-changing world.
Students will learn how to manage a project from the definition of the design problem to the final presentation in front of a client, organize their work and their team efficiently, and thus hone their skills through inspiring design projects.
The Master’s level degree confers the "Grade de master", and you can pursue your education at a Ph.D. level.
Job prospects and further education
International career prospects
This program trains students to become global players who can converse fluently in English and possibly even local, French language, understanding the context of another country, and most of all, steep themselves in the ability to design for clients and employers from other cultures. It is a living experience that will change its participants, often opening up unexpected, exciting international career opportunities.