Postgraduate · September intake

User Experience and Service Design MSc

A one-year MSc at Loughborough University London that joins service design and systems thinking to user experience design, with live briefs and an optional placement dissertation.

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Tuition per year £32,750 as publishedThis fee is the one the university prints on its own page for this course, read off that page on the date shown. It is their figure and not an estimate of ours. Fees are set a year at a time and can change between the year you read this and the year you start, so ask us to confirm it before you rely on it.
Duration
1 yearFull time
Award
MSc
Intake
September

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Overview

This MSc puts service design and systems thinking beside user experience design, so a student learns to design not only a screen but the whole service around it. It covers design research and prototyping, and how AI, data and digital production are changing design work.

Most of the year is project work on live and conceptual briefs set with industry partners. Options include service design strategy, immersive experiences and creative technologies, a collaborative project and a field trip on learning from the Global South.

Teaching is through lectures, seminars, workshops, practical sessions and group work at Loughborough's London campus, and assessment uses essays, reports, presentations, projects and exams. The 60-credit dissertation can be desk research, a study inside an organisation, or a full professional placement where the student finds one.

Graduates go into service design, design research, experience and UX design, design strategy and innovation consulting.

Curriculum

Entry requirements

Academic
A 2:2 honours degree in design, innovation, business, media, technology or a related subject. Applicants from outside design need at least 55% in their final year.

Careers opportunities

Hiring in this field is decided on a portfolio rather than on a transcript, and the degree's job is to build one. A large share of graduates work freelance or on contract for the first few years, often alongside a studio job.

Roles graduates go into

  • Designer or practitioner in your discipline
  • Studio assistant
  • Art director
  • Creative producer
  • Arts administrator
  • Freelance commissions

Where they work

  • Design studios and agencies
  • In-house brand and product teams
  • Galleries, museums and arts organisations
  • Publishing and print
  • Self-employment and commissions
After the course

There is no register to join. What replaces it is a body of work, and most graduates spend the first two years building it in paid assisting roles.

Fees and funding

Tuition, international students£32,750 as publishedThis fee is the one the university prints on its own page for this course, read off that page on the date shown. It is their figure and not an estimate of ours. Fees are set a year at a time and can change between the year you read this and the year you start, so ask us to confirm it before you rely on it.

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Where you will study

Loughborough University

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The region
England
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