The MA Industrial Design course at Central Saint Martins examines the historic legacy of the discipline while also reframing it from a contemporary standpoint.

Traditionally, industrial design is associated with the improvement of goods and services through creative intervention.

However, as the nature of production and consumption has changed in the face of growing social, economic, and environmental challenges and technological development, so has the role of the industrial designer.

This places an emphasis on the strategic competencies within the design process and requires a set of responsive and critical skills that complement the creative processes and materially informed skill sets that gave rise to the discipline.

As a pioneering course in the field, MA Industrial Design adapts to these changes continually expanding the disciplinary purview of industrial design.

On the course, you will question how, why and for whom particular goods and services are produced. You will utilise Industrial Design to catalyse change and leverage insight to inform new practices, your discipline and industry.

You will question the impacts of design practice and the role and agency of the industrial designer engaging in a broad range of problem contexts.

We draw on current thinking and practice in other discipline areas, including the physical sciences, social psychology, policy design, behavioural science and environmental studies.

School: Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts London (UAL)
Course: MA Industrial Design
Type: Postgraduate
Location: London, United Kingdom
Course dates: starts September 2026, with a duration of two years (60 weeks) extended full-time
Application deadline: 18 March 2026

Applications to this course have now closed.

What will I learn during this course?

– Responsive and critical skills
– Explore the application of industrial design in both market-led and societal contexts

What are the requirements?

– An honours degree in a relevant field: for example, product design, 3D design, furniture design, service design, interaction design, architecture, game design, creative computing, engineering and led social innovation
– Alternatively, applicants should have an equivalent EU/international qualification and at least one year of relevant professional experience
– Applicants are also considered from disciplines as broad ranging as performance practice to physical and behavioural sciences
– Portfolios that demonstrate some proficiency in industrial design skills, and that personal and professional aspirations are compatible with the aims of the course
– English language requirements: IELTS level 6.5 or above, with at least 5.5 in reading, writing, listening and speaking (please check our main English language requirements webpage)

What facilities and resources are available?

– Students on this course have term-time access to a range of open technical facilities, including the Loan Store, Digital Fabrication Bureau, Digital Labs, Digital Print, Paint/Surface, Photography Studios and 3D Capture Lab, and Casting
– Term-time access to specialist facilities including Digital Make, 3D Make, Physical Computing Lab, Mixed Reality Lab

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