About the Programme

Global Innovation Design (GID) is a joint Master's programme between the Royal College of Art and Imperial College London. It is a unique, transnational Master’s design initiative that brings together three major centres of design, culture, enterprise and industry: Europe, North America and Asia.

GID is a multidisciplinary, multicultural and multinational design programme awarding both an MA from the Royal College of Art and an MSc from Imperial College London to graduates. GID offers an engaging global curriculum and provides powerful cultural experiences crafted to nurture innovators and designers who are prepared to take on the changing needs of the enterprise in the twenty-first century.... [-]

About the Programme

Innovation Design Engineering (IDE) is a double Masters that has been run jointly with Imperial College London for over 35 years. It is a leading-edge, creative product development course that involves experimentation, design, engineering and enterprise activities. In multidisciplinary teams or as individuals, participants work at the centre of the complex, demanding projects with an emphasis on prototyping and proving propositions. The programme is external facing and encourages all to tackle important real-world issues involving advanced technical, design and social parameters. We believe that design is a verb, not a noun.

The programme offers a unique double Master's MA Royal College of Art/MSc Imperial College London (students are fully enrolled at both institutions) a vibrant creative studio space for all MA/MSc students and a new research studio, both situated at the RCA with a diverse and international mix of students teaching staff who are highly experienced practitioners and work professionally in their field multiple commercial connections (recent projects have included Ford, Coca-Cola, Airbus, BBC, Unilever, Vodafone (Future agenda), LG, Guzzini) good links and involvement in enterprise and commercialisation teaching or support through Design London Fellowships and InnovationRCA incubator student bursary support through The Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851 and the James Dyson Foundation international exchanges, connections and student modules organised annually in different countries (recent visits include India, Japan, Thailand, China and Ghana) graduate destinations, alumni working at a high level in businesses such as Apple, Nokia, Philips and self-started commercial enterprises including Takram, Bare... [-]

Program Description

The MBI is an Executive Master, taught in collaboration with Cambridge Judge Business School and Orchestra (Basque Institute of Competitiveness). The programme is unique in its field, integrating theory and practice and reinforcing the idea of innovation through action.

It allows participants to discover new business opportunities, enhance the development and implementation of strategic ideas, create a culture that encourages innovation, facilitate the integration of R+D+I, develop an innovation project for their company and convert themselves into leaders who can drive innovation in their companies. The course consists of 6 intensive week-long modules in various locations.... [-]