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Design Management at University of the Arts London - UCAS

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2025 - 20262026 - 2027
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This course is not open to application until the 13th May 2025.

This course is not accepting applications for deferred entry.

University of the Arts London has participated in the Teaching Excellence Framework. These ratings were awarded in 2023, for four years.

Course summary

BA (Hons) Design Management will teach you how to produce, facilitate and strategise to solve problems in many different areas, from business to social and global challenges. With innovation as its core, you’ll get an introduction in making positive change for diverse organisations with a skillset that develops your entrepreneurial spirit. Why choose this course at London College of Communication

  • Connecting creativity and business: You will gain core skills of creative and critical thinking, understanding context, entrepreneurship, management and communications, social justice, sustainability and climate justice so that you can succeed in the creative economy.
  • Industry links and collaboration: We encourage our students to proactively develop their industry connections. We invite industry professionals to share their experiences in guest lectures and feedback sessions.
  • Graduate success: Our graduates work at agencies whose clients include global brands like Google as well as government departments, such as the Singapore Design Council.
What you can expect? Foundational knowledge and skills: Develop essential skills for design management practice including visual communication, design research, basic project management and production. Experimentation and innovation: You'll experiment and engage with emerging practices as you develop skills in insights and trend forecasting to understand how contemporary branding and marketing relate. Collaboration: Work collaboratively, co-designing and understanding cultures and client and user needs through the lens of socially responsible enterprise, innovation and organisational change. Strategic problem-solving: With enterprise and innovation in mind you'll research and create an independent project to instigate change, acknowledging industry contexts and connections and embodying sustainable and ethical practices. Practical projects and workshops: Engage in immersive experiences of the design process, including research methods, defining and reframing problems, developing briefs, brainstorming, prototyping, testing, delivery and assessing effectiveness. About London College of Communication London College of Communication is for the curious, the brave and the committed: those who want to transform themselves and the world around them. Through a diverse, world-leading community of teaching, research and partnerships with industry, we enable our students to succeed as future-facing creatives in the always-evolving design, media and screen industries. The London College of Communication experience is all about learning by doing. Our students get their hands dirty and develop their skills through the exploration of our facilities and technical spaces. Students work on live briefs and commissions, with everything from independent start-ups and charities in Southwark, through to major global companies, including Penguin, the National Trust and Royal Mail, to name a few.

How to apply

This course is not open to application until the 13th May 2025.

14Jan

This is the deadline for applications to be completed and sent for this course. If the university or college still has places available you can apply after this date, but your application is not guaranteed to be considered.

Application codes

Course code:
W202
Institution code:
U65
Campus name:
London College of Communication
Campus code:
C

Points of entry

The following entry points are available for this course:

  • Year 1

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Fees and funding

Tuition fees

England £9535* Year 1
Northern Ireland £9535* Year 1
Scotland £9535* Year 1
Wales £9535* Year 1
Channel Islands £9535* Year 1
Republic of Ireland £9535* Year 1
EU £29990* Year 1
International £29990* Year 1

*This is a provisional fee and subject to change.

Tuition fee status depends on a number of criteria and varies according to where in the UK you will study. For further guidance on the criteria for home or overseas tuition fees, please refer to the UKCISA website .

Additional fee information

PLEASE NOTE the above fees are for entry in 2025. Tuition fees for the 2026/27 academic year have yet to be determined and may increase for new and continuing students. More information about tuition fees for entry in 2026/27 will be published in due course, with further information about tuition fees at UAL available on our website: https://www.arts.ac.uk/study-at-ual/fees-and-funding/tuition-fees/undergraduate-tuition-fees
Design Management at University of the Arts London - UCAS