Design Management University of the Arts London (UAL)

Overview

Throughout this Design Management course at the University of the Arts London (UAL), you'll explore and develop collaborative strategies and hone your leadership skills, empowering you to drive and facilitate transformative social and organisational change.

Students explore design management as a strategic and entrepreneurial mindset, a bridging discipline enabling business synergies. Through collaborations with your peers, you will engage in evidence-based design research, develop a deep understanding of, and confidence to deal with a broad range of contexts, systems, processes, methods and audiences to foster equality, diversity, inclusivity, and cultivate impactful practices.

What to expect

• Practice: workshops and projects, design thinking, strategy, and systems thinking required to lead design for social equity and sustainability. 

• Systems knowledge: using design frameworks to consider current systemic realities and forecast desired futures to identify design interventions required for a responsible future.   

• Co-creation: collaboration with colleagues of diverse cultures and expertise to develop the team working and leadership skills required for effective design management. 

• Storytelling: crafting compelling narratives that engage and influence stakeholders through empathy, knowledge and rigour.

• Design research: identify, investigate and address a design management related issue of your choosing and develop mastery through a major project aligning with your career aspirations.   

• Leadership: facilitate the development of ideas that inspire meaningful change in organisations, locally or globally, and the confidence to manage and lead your own practice. 

Careers

Graduates of Design Management will be equipped to make a contribution to both private and public sectors in areas such as private enterprise, public sector service provision and the voluntary sector. Career opportunities include setting up your own business, managing design projects, strategic leadership in a variety of industries, forecasting, consultancy, research and entrepreneurship.