Thomas More University of Applied Sciences
Postgraduate in Space and Service Design
Mechelen, Belgium
Postgraduate Certificate
DURATION
2 years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time, Part time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
EARLIEST START DATE
TUITION FEES
EUR 3,140 *
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
* EEA candidates and non-EEA candidates who already reside in Belgium not based on studies or search year | Non-EEA candidates and non-EEA candidates who already reside in Belgium based on studies or search year: € 4,190
Key Summary
About: Study the fully accredited international Postgraduate in Space and Service Design at Thomas More in Flanders. You’ll build on a BA or MA in design (industrial, graphic, UX/UI, architecture, interior and more) in a one-year programme, gaining user-centered research, co-creation, system design, prototyping, testing, strategic thinking, team leading and intercultural collaboration. You’ll work in multidisciplinary multinational teams on real-life client projects and attend weekly master classes with industry experts.
Career Outcomes: You’ll qualify for roles like service designer, UX designer, design researcher, public space architect, service design consultant, digital service designer, in government, agencies, industry and private firms worldwide.
A space and service designer does not only design the services but also the spaces, objects, and communication systems that make a service system really work.
We will equip you with skill sets for success in navigating today's dynamic, diverse and interconnected world.
- You will build on your BA or MA in design (Industrial, Graphic, UX/UI, Architecture, Interior, and more) with this fully accredited international postgraduate program. You will acquire future-ready skills like focussing on the users’ needs, co-creation with communities, developing a digital perspective, creating evidence-based and context-based solutions, teamwork and team leading, prototyping and testing, strategic thinking and system design as well as working with constraints and effective intercultural collaboration and communication.
- You will work collaboratively with multidisciplinary multinational teams on real-life projects with clients, expanding your network on top of weekly master classes with industry experts.
You will transform your design career or business aspirations to new heights via this one-year programme.
Designing for change
- AReady to use your design skills for forward-thinking, inclusive solutions to tackle today's social, cultural, and economic challenges?
- Do you want to collaborate with real clients and end-users to tackle genuine design challenges?
- Eager to dive into users' lives through research-led and user-centered design?
- Come and study with us and use your personal vision to add sustainable value to public spaces and improve the accessibility and user experience of the clients of public services.
- Embark on the 'Designing for Change' journey, where your creativity shapes innovative services and service environments that have a positive impact.
- Become a proactive and socially aware agent of change, making tangible differences for people through the application of innovative design thinking.
Structure
First semester |Your first semester provides you with knowledge and skills in researching and designing services and experiences. The methodologies and tools presented support you in developing innovative design ideas and delivering relevant solutions to real-world design problems presented by our client-organisations.
You collaborate in international, multidisciplinary design teams and take up individual designer roles (the designer-researcher, designer-sustainability coordinator, designer-manager, designer-entrepreneur, designer-social media guru,…). As part of the team, you will apply and share your previous knowledge and interact directly with our clients and users. The SSD Master Classes bring in professional experts from creative industries that will share their knowledge, approaches and experiences.
Second semester |The second semester offers the opportunity to focus on your own strengths by working on a challenging real-life project and take part in an (international) internship, taking a client project to production or contribute to a service design research project. You expand your professional network.
Major Project | In the major project you will demonstrate your research skills and your ability to define the tangible and intangible context and needs related to the project. Your end work will be the creation of a relevant user-centred space and service design solution that you effectively document and present.
Courses
Below you can find an overview of the courses ( under reservation of changes), with the number of credits per phase. Credits express how many hours you need on average to process the subject matter (incl. lessons). Count about 25 to 30 hours for 1 study credit.
- Space & Service Design
- SSD Master Classes
- Future Proof Designer
- Design & Research
- Final project Space & Service Design
- Professional Experience
- Professional Development and Design Management Master Classes
Your future job
- service designer
- user experience (UX-) designer
- design researcher
- project manager
- public service architect
- public space architect
- customer experience designer
- retail designer
- interaction designer
- sustainability coordinator
- design facilitator
- change coach
- workshop facilitator
- service design consultant
- consumer expert
- digital service designer