MA / MDes Lighting Design

Postgraduate

In Edinburgh

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Description

  • Type

    Postgraduate

  • Location

    Edinburgh (Scotland)

  • Duration

    1 Quarter

Course introduction: This is one of only a small number of postgraduate lighting design courses in the world. You’ll explore the use of light in interior and exterior spaces and light as a medium for creative practice. You’ll learn combined technical and creative skills, and user centred knowledge to apply lighting design principles. You’ll have the opportunity to shape your own ideas, concepts and theories through a self-directed major project, informed by design research and critical enquiry. Taught by award winning and internationally renowned lighting designers, you’ll develop specialised skills and knowledge to prepare you for a career in lighting design.

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Location

Start date

Edinburgh (Midlothian/Edinburghshire)
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Craiglockhart Campus, EH14 1DJ

Start date

On request

About this course

The entry requirement for this course is a Bachelor (Honours) Degree at a 2:2 or above in an art & design or related subject, or evidence of industry experience in an appropriate discipline. All candidates are interviewed with a portfolio of creative work or technical/business projects. Applicants from overseas can be interviewed by teleconference with an online portfolio. If English is not your first language, it is usually required that you sit an English language test in order to gain entry onto our postgraduate programmes. This course requires the standard IELTS 6.0 with no...

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Subjects

  • Lighting
  • Design
  • Project
  • Skills and Training

Course programme

In specialist lighting design, exhibition design and light art modules you’ll develop design skills which will inform and enable highly developed outcomes in your self-directed major project. Working with specialist tutors, the major project allows you to create and develop design outcomes for public spaces, exhibitions, and/or site specific installations. This course is part of a suite of post-graduate design courses and promotes an interdisciplinary approach. Collaboration with practitioners from other areas is encouraged. You have the option of taking an MA or MDes award, depending on whether you complete a dissertation or design project report. We have a strong studio culture supported by our multidisciplinary staff team of academics and industry based practitioners. You’ll develop creative, professional, strategic and contextual knowledge and skills and apply design thinking to a range of creative outcomes and design interventions. This is a one year full-time course starting in September and is split up into three trimesters. Subjects include Design Research Methods Spatial Lighting Design Exhibition Design Major Design Project Light Art & Projection For MDes Degree - Design Project Report For MA Degree - Design Dissertation Study modules mentioned above are indicative only. Some changes may occur between now and the time that you study. You can view a list of all current modules in our module catalogue.

Additional information

With a physical and digital/online portfolio demonstrating industry-ready skills, graduates can apply for design jobs, freelance work or establish entrepreneurial ventures. You may also continue to study to MPhil or PhD level.

MA / MDes Lighting Design

Price on request