Master of Design (Design Innovation) (Strategic Design)

Program Overview

The University of Sydney's Master of Design (Design Innovation) (Strategic Design) is a postgraduate degree that equips students with the leadership and innovation skills necessary to create transformative strategies, organizations, and services. The program offers a balance of core and elective units, a capstone project, and opportunities for industry internships and international travel. Graduates are prepared for roles in organizations that value design innovation and strategic design, such as Chief Design Officer and Strategic Designer.

Program Outline

Degree Overview:

The Master of Design (Design Innovation) (Strategic Design) is a postgraduate coursework degree offered by the University of Sydney. It equips students with the skills to lead by design in challenging environments and global economies. The program aims to provide students with the principles of design-led innovation, strategic design and leadership, and design research methods. It is designed for talented designers who want to create transformative strategies, organisations and services. It is ideal for design professionals who want to use design innovation and strategy across business and social domains to create value and social impact.

Outline:

• Course Structure: The course is a 2-year full-time program, with the option to study part-time.
• Core Units: Students will complete foundation and advanced core units in both design innovation and strategic design.
• Capstone Unit: The capstone unit involves exploring industry or research-based design problems or situations.
Students have the opportunity to interact with industry professionals and address real-world problems.
• Elective Units: The program allows students to build specialisation and tailor their learning through a range of elective units.

Careers:

Graduates of the Master of Design (Design Innovation) (Strategic Design) will be prepared to perform roles in organisations that incorporate design skills, design innovation and strategic design into their ways of doing business. These roles include:

• Chief Design Officer
• Strategic Designer
• Design Manager
• Customer Experience Designer
• Innovation Strategist
• Digital Innovation Director

Other:

• The program enhances students' analytical, creative thinking, communication and information literacy skills, preparing them to apply these skills in a practical industry setting.
• The program offers opportunities for industry internships and international travel.
• Students have access to state-of-the-art computer laboratories, digital fabrication equipment, dedicated studio spaces, the only indoor environmental quality (IEQ) laboratory in the southern hemisphere, an extensive research lighting laboratory, and outstanding audio and acoustics facilities, including an anechoic chamber and recording studio.
• Students can attend workshops run by international scholars and display their work in the Tin Sheds Gallery.