Strategic Design and Entrepreneurship at the Royal Danish Academy encourages a collaborative practice between architects and designers, informing their individual practices.

Strategic Design and Entrepreneurship is an interdisciplinary and collaborative Master's programme, developed and conducted in collaboration with Copenhagen Business School.

This programme is for architects and designers who would like to be challenged by interdisciplinary collaborative processes, global challenges and engagement with industrial partners.

The programme is built upon the understanding that no one can solve complex challenges on their own, and that the future is in need of architects and designers who can navigate and create change through a deeper understanding of the strategic aspects of design and architecture.

Architects and designers who enter the programme through the Royal Danish Academy, Scandinavia's leading academy within architecture and design, will graduate as Master of Arts in either Architecture or Design.

The entire programme is structured around project-based modules where you get to work with actual companies and organisations and real-world challenges, in collaboration with students of social science from Copenhagen Business School/CBS.

The programme is specifically directed at facilitating the exchange of knowledge between design, architecture and management into fruitful and constructive meetings through design thinking methods for innovation and entrepreneurship.

This course is for students who wish to forge their own path and creative career within architecture and design.

School: Royal Danish Academy
Course: Strategic Design and Entrepreneurship – Architecture, Design and Business
Type: Postgraduate
Location: Copenhagen, Denmark
Course dates: September 2026 to June 2028
Application deadline: 1 March 2026

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What will I learn during this course?

– Develop knowledge, skills and competencies in architecture and design
– Strengthen ability for creating new career opportunities
– Understand niches and opportunity spaces for developing your own career path as an architect or designer
– Obtain a business literacy that can help you navigate and negotiate your own creative work together with future partners, users, colleagues, stakeholders or management

What are the requirements?

The course admits bachelor students with either a bachelor's in architecture or design.

– To be eligible to apply as an architecture student, applicants must have a bachelor's degree in architecture or architectural studies from a nationally recognised school of architecture (this means that your degree must be recognised by a national architectural association or board as a degree that leads to a professional qualification as an architect)
– To be eligible to apply as a design student, applicants must have a bachelor's degree in design or a similar relevant discipline from an accredited university or design school

What facilities and resources are available?

– Each master student has their own desk and space for studying and building models
– Teaching and exhibition spaces
– Extensive suite of labs and workshops available in person
– Print and photo labs for portfolio building
– Dedicated architecture and design library

What career prospects can I expect upon graduating?

Through our focus on collaboration with external companies and stakeholders, our students can establish, develop and nurture their own professional networks over the course of their education. Many students develop their own career path as architects or designers.

Who teaches this course?

– Camilla Hedegaard Møller, associate professor

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