Master International Design Strategy / Africa Studio
Cotonou, Benin
DURATION
2 Years
LANGUAGES
French
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
28 Jun 2024
EARLIEST START DATE
Sep 2024
TUITION FEES
EUR 9,900 / per year *
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
* EU students €8900 / non-European Union students €9900 per year
Introduction
Discover the Beninese culture through a two-year Master program, and obtain a French certified degree.
Benin is undergoing rapid development of its territory and the digital transition of its companies, placing urban planning and societal design at the heart of the Africa Studio’s challenges.
In this program, taught in French, students will work in multicultural teams on projects focusing on societal, ecological, and environmental issues and will try to answer the question of how to put design at the service of the population and its surroundings.
In partnership with the Africa Design School, the first design school in West Africa based in Cotonou, the economic capital of Benin.
A Master's Level Degree
The successful completion of the two years of this program leads to the Master’s level degree in design, certified by the French Ministry of Higher Education and Research and registered in the Registre National des Certifications Professionnelles (the French directory for vocational qualifications or RNCP) as a Level 7 Master’s degree.
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Curriculum
1st year
Semester 1
Students spend this semester abroad in an internship as a junior designer (13 weeks minimum).
The goal of this semester for students is to highlight and expand professional knowledge in the context of another culture.
Semester 2
During this semester, students learn how to manage complex design projects, deepen their knowledge of the economic, social, and cultural aspects of the field covered in their program, build and apply a methodology and support their end-of-term project. studies, the subject of which they define.
Teaching, delivered in the form of projects in partnership with industry, workshops, lectures, conferences, and professional meetings includes the following compulsory credits:
- Design and complexity project
- Workshop to define the end of the studies project
- Prospective design project
- Seminar methodologies
- Innovation seminar
- Intellectual property
- Seminar specific to the theme of the program
- Introduction to research workshop
- Professionalisation / lab
- Contests
- TOEIC preparation
- Preparation for the end of studies project, complementary seminar
- Memory preparation workshop
2nd year
Semester 3
Continuation and finalization of the end-of-studies project summarizing all the professional skills acquired. It can be conducted in collaboration with a company and/or research laboratory of a partner university. This personal end-of-studies project must be related to the program in which students are enrolled. Supervision is ensured in the form of workshops under the direction of a referent designer, to which punctual speakers are associated. Writing a thesis on the theme of the project.
Courses:
- Initiation to law
- Introduction to management
- End of studies project workshop
- Memory Workshop
- Professionalization & lab
- Competitions
Semester 4
The study program ends with a minimum of sixteen weeks (and a maximum of six months) internship within a company, in France or abroad.
Trainees work as junior designers and support all or part of a project.
The student must demonstrate his ability to integrate into a team, manage a project, and develop all the sequences for its smooth running. It allows the student to articulate all of his studies with what will be his first professional experience.
Depending on the student's professional project, this internship can also take place within a company that the student will create, or even within a research laboratory.
Program Outcome
Diplôme de design Bac +5 : master’s level degree
This MDes program leads to the master’s level degree (Diplôme de design) certified by the French Ministry of Higher Education.
The Master’s level degree confers the "Grade de master", and you can pursue your education at a PhD level.
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Career Opportunities
Job prospects and further education
International career prospects
This program trains students to become global players who can converse fluently in English and possibly even Portuguese, understanding the Brasilian context better, and most of all, improve the ability to design for clients and employers from other cultures. It is a living experience that will change its participants, often opening up unexpected, exciting international career opportunities.