Design for Interactive Experience

Entry requirements

The entry requirement for this course is a Bachelor (Honours) Degree at 2:2 or above in any discipline.

Months of entry

January, September

Course content

If you’re looking to study design in Scotland, study design in Edinburgh the capital city. The MA Design for Interactive Experience course draws from design and visual arts to understand how to create unforgettable interactions between people and technology.

In this innovative course, you will learn applied and theoretical approaches for designing interactivity for everyday experience. Drawing from a range of disciplines including user experience, interactive art and interaction design you will learn an approach to designing across and between the physical and digital. In this way you will establish how you can develop new means for interacting with information, creative outputs, and brands, contributing to our modern experience driven economy.

This course takes a human-centred design approach to incorporating technology into everyday experience in a meaningful way. You'll learn a critical approach to designing with technology and explore how and why interaction can contribute to an engaging and satisfying experience. You'll use experience design as a method to critique and respond to current issues.