This MA puts studio practice at the centre of user experience design. From the start, students design new digital, sensory and immersive experiences, and learn how they are researched, prototyped, tested and evaluated, with user research running through the whole course and a critical eye on the methods and power structures behind UX itself.
The year moves from a first term on UX studio practice to work with outside partners: in Macro UX on live briefs around themes such as smart cities, cultural placemaking, publishing and archives, and in Micro UX with a second organisation on themes such as health and wellbeing, data visualisation and human-robot relations. A collaborative unit builds working relationships with other students and organisations, and the course ends with a research-led Final Major Project and a portfolio of writing.
Recent partners include R/GA, UCL and Kinda Studios. Teaching is through lectures, seminars, workshops, guest speakers and tutorials, and assessment through practical projects, critical reports, presentations, reflective blogs and research proposals. From 2027/28 the course runs for twelve months, in London College of Communication's new building at Elephant and Castle.
It is for graduates in design, the social sciences, digital technologies and media and communications, and for working designers who want to deepen their practice.