Master of Science - User Experience Design

Program Description

Study user experience design (UXD) in a city that is one of the UK’s leading centres for creative technology. Students can benefit from partnerships and collaboration with employers from professional networks in the city and beyond. This accredited course fosters innovation and creativity in interactive design. Students develop knowledge of human-computer interaction and design for interactive products in a range of application areas.

With a focus on applied learning students will plan and manage an interactive design project from concept to implementation and gain an understanding of the commercial contexts of interaction design. They will also have the opportunity to gain valuable work experience on placement with a digital media company as part of a major project module.

Students will develop research skills working alongside researchers in our Centre for Secure, Intelligent and Usable Systems (CSIUS) that explores the interaction between people and software systems from the perspectives of analysis, design, evaluation and visualisation. They will also benefit from the university's well-established links with industry and have opportunities to attend networking events and talks with user ex professionals and researchers.

Full-time students also have the option to add work experience to their masters through a year’s paid placement in industry.