Confered Degree | Duration | ECTS
Master Degree | 4 Semesters | 120 ECTS
Programme Director
Professor Doutor António da Cruz Rodrigues
Secretariat
Entrance Conditions
The following may apply for the Master's Degree:
a) People who hold a B.A. or equivalent degree;
b) People who hold a foreign academic degree awarded after a 1st study cycle organized according to the Bologna Process by a member state of that process;
c) People who hold a foreign academic degree acknowledged as a degree satisfying the objectives of the graduate degree by the due body;
d) People who have a school, scientific or professional curriculum acknowledged by the due body of ULHT certifying the capacity to obtain this study cycle.
Programme requirements
Have completed a total of 120 ECTS
Objectives
This Master¿s Degree proposes to promote the integration of knowledge and practices and stimulate the constant updating of Designers, through a permanent attitude of inquiry and experimentation that provides the capacity for autonomous action and team-work, fundamental in the prosecution of Design projects. It is equally intended to develop the researching skill of Designers/Master¿s students, namely in the context of projects articulated with less developed or emerging areas of Design.
Knowledge, abilities and skills to be acquired
This Master¿s Degree proposes to promote the integration of knowledge and practice and stimulate the constant updating of Designers, through a permanent attitude of inquiry and experimentation that provides the capacity for autonomous action and team-work, fundamental in the prosecution of Design projects. It is equally intended to develop the researching skill of Designers/Master¿s students, namely in the context of projects articulated with less developed or emerging areas of Design, in a market updating perspective. The Master¿s Degree in Design intends to deepen project making skills in various areas of expertise, as well as develop and update the technical and technological domain of Designers:
Application, test and development of conceptual, methodological, project making and production processes of Design, with special focus on areas of interdisciplinary and experimental innovation, in a context of renewal of the creative process itself;
Understanding of recent developments in terms of materials, equipments and technologies, and its application to complex projects;
Exploration of new fields of application for Design, in a transdisciplinary and specialisation perspective, namely in Inclusive Design, Web design, Video-Games, Illustration and Editorial Design, always resorting to solid conceptual and critical foundations.
Development of individual research projects, of fundamental or applied research, in the sense of supporting or promoting innovation in Design.
Further Studies
The Masters in Design will be able to pursue studies for a PhD in Design, Arts, or Communication Sciences.
Occupacional Profiles
The Master's degree in Design aims for training designers to integrate the work market in the following areas:
Web design and Web content management offices;
Publishers, Design offices/producers
Videogame production;
Environmental Management, Territorial Management Offices, in City Halls and Central, Regional and Local Public Administration Bodies;
Design offices/firms;
Communication, Advertisement and Public Relations Agencies;
Teaching and Research institutions in Design and Communication Science
Scientific Areas
Design | Artes | Artes e humanidades