Master International Design Strategy / China Studio
DURATION
2 Years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
28 Jun 2024
EARLIEST START DATE
Sep 2024
TUITION FEES
EUR 9,900 / per year *
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
* 8900 EUR for French and European students, 9900 EUR for non-European students
Introduction
Regarding the actual health situation, this program will not open for the academic year 2023-2024
A postgraduate program in two years specialized in International Design Strategy, a single master’s degree in desig
Throughout the Master Transcultural Design / China Studio students will learn to decipher the local behaviors and understand the Chinese market to offer a coherent project, adapted to users, with an anthropological approach to design. This program is a stepping stone to an international designer career.
Program in partnership with the Fineart college of Shanghai University
Main themes
- Anthropology
- Design in a Chinese context
- Multicultural approach
The Master programs, established over two years, are organized in four semesters validated by 30 ECTS each. A consequent and increasing personal working time is expected for each module.
Shanghai, China
Shanghai is a strategic location to develop an intercultural design because of its dynamism and its recent evolution. It also represents a great field of observation and experimentation for understanding and internalizing Chinese codes and uses.
Students conduct their master studies from within the realm of their design discipline, and with a spirit of integration into an Asian context. During applied projects conducted with local partner companies, students form interdisciplinary design teams working on real assignments for Asian clients.
A Master's level Degree
The Master's Degree in Design delivered after the successful completion of the two years 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.
Curriculum
Semester 1
Students spend this semester abroad in an internship as a junior designer (13 weeks minimum). They follow before this internship a module including a welcome seminar and methodology-transculturality (80 hours), language courses, and local culture (30 hours).
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.
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.
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 of the project 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.
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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.
Career Opportunities
This program trains students to become global players who can converse fluently in English and possibly even local, Asian languages, understanding Chinese context better, and most of all, steep themselves in 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.