Master's degree in Advanced Studies in Design-Barcelona (MBDesign)

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Master's degree in Advanced Studies in Design-Barcelona (MBDesign)

Barcelona School of Architecture (ETSAB)

Terrassa School of Industrial, Aerospace and Audiovisual Engineering (ESEIAAT)

Vilanova i la Geltrú School of Engineering (EPSEVG)

The master's degree in Advanced Studies in Design-Barcelona (MBDesign) (master's degree website)  is a multidisciplinary degree in which creativity, innovation and research are applied as tools for knowledge and for proposing the designs of the future. It is conceived from a comprehensive, wide-ranging and cross-disciplinary perspective that is characteristic of design in Barcelona, which has become an international benchmark in recent decades. Its approach is propositional: it contributes new views on theory, participatory network strategies and the most innovative trends in new product design. Teaching takes place in settings such as design workshops, projects on various topics, materials and technology research laboratories, collaborative work, and digital manufacturing laboratories.

The master's degree consists of a compulsory, cross-disciplinary stage of 15 ECTS credits and an optional stage of 30 ECTS credits that includes five specialisations:
  • Contemporary Design (taught in English)
  • Design, Innovation and Technology (taught in English)
  • Industrial Design Engineering
  • Art Direction in Design
  • Design Research (a cross-disciplinary specialisation that covers the other four)

These specialisations all end with a master's thesis of 15 ECTS credits that can be focused on a design project or research. In addition to these five specialisations, optional courses covering business, entrepreneurship and intellectual property are also taught.

Specialisations

  • Contemporary Design
  • Design, Innovation and Technology
  • Industrial Design Engineering
  • Art Direction in Design
  • Design Research
Duration and start date
One academic year, 60 ECTS credits
Timetable and delivery
Face-to-face
Fees and grants
Approximate fees for the master’s degree, excluding other costs (does not include non-teaching academic fees and issuing of the degree certificate):
€1,660 (€6,331 for non-EU residents).
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Language of instruction
Check the language of instruction for each subject in the course guide in the curriculum. The Contemporary Design and Design, Innovation and Technology specialisations are taught entirely in English.

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Location
Barcelona School of Architecture 
Vilanova i la Geltrú School of Engineering 
Terrassa School of Industrial, Aerospace and Audiovisual Engineering 
Faculty of Fine Arts - Universitat de Barcelona 
General requirements
Academic requirements for admission to master's degrees
Places
75
Pre-enrolment
Pre-enrolment closed (consult the new pre-enrolment periods in the academic calendar).



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All documents issued in non-EU countries must be legalised and bear the corresponding apostille.
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