+46 (0)8 744 30 50 School Courses Business Locations Resources About Contact Manchester Start date: January 10, 2022 Location: Manchester, UK Length: 24 weeks on-campus, 18 weeks Industry Research Project UK/EU tuition fees: £14,000 Swedish residents/citizens can apply for a study abroad CSN Non-UK/EU Tuition Fees: £17,000 Start your application Got questions? Contact Iman or book a call Programs and Courses MA Digital Experience Design Hyper Island’s deepest dive into Experience Design, a transformative experience to create the design pioneers of tomorrow. This program equips you to question why and how we design experiences, the bravery to go beyond than tools and skills. Integrate products, services and systems ahead of the curve for new markets and shifting industrial territories. Join leading professionals to master purposeful responses and to create new kinds of experiences. Access the curriculum Overview Format Manchester Campus Modules Companies Jobs Why Hyper Island Alumni FAQ One of the most interesting schools around the world — Monique Todd CNN Thinking Business '9 awesome schools that will help you master everyday life' Overview Become a better designer The role of a designer is shifting. There is a gap between what education and industry needs, the Masters in Digital Experience Design was designed with practitioners to understand what designers need to build products, services, and systems within the industry. Digital Experience Design will prepare you to become a better designer. It will push your critical, creative and strategic skills. The MA is primed for anyone who is interested in design or who wants to craft experiences in collaboration with the industry. What this program is about During the first six months of the program, you’ll be working on practical group projects lead by industry practitioners at our Manchester campus. Additionally, you’ll go through a range of interactive talks, hands-on workshops, team challenges, and deep reflection. The second part of the program you’ll complete your independent Industry Research Project. This is your opportunity to design your own project based in the workplace. Research, state assumptions, formulate hypotheses, test them, make conclusions, engage with other professionals and ultimately: create something original. Format What this program is about Meet some of our Alumni and get a quick tour of our Manchester campus Manchester Campus Study in Manchester You’ll get an immersive learning experience The MA Digital Experience Design (DXD) program is exclusive to Hyper Island’s Campus in Manchester. This unique full-time course attracts talented and driven individuals from all over the world (more than 27 nationalities to be exact!) to a purpose-designed studio, alongside the MA Digital Management (DM) program. Together, the DM and DXD crews create a formidable studio culture and one of the most immersive learning experiences offered by Hyper Island. Manchester Campus You’ll be located in central Manchester, more specifically in the highly creative Northern Quarter – a large central open plan studio with a variety of different connected spaces. Manchester has an abundance of student-friendly city centre accommodations, which means you’ll be in the heart of a vibrant and extraordinarily well-connected city with ongoing investment in sustainable future infrastructure. As Manchester is the only hub where two Master’s programs run together, it enables them to create a dense support network amongst the crews for peer sharing skills and learning from each other. Collaborating on briefs enables the crews to gain deeper insight from different perspectives outside of the Digital Experience Design cohort. Each program is designed as a distinct learning journey, but content and talks are often open to both DXD and DM, allowing each to share and benefit from the other’s learning experiences. There is space and time to debate and collaborate and to sample perspectives from industry leaders, facilitators and experts working at the forefront of their fields. The Hyper Island UK Team are based in Manchester and coordinate Hyper Island’s European Master’s Programs which has become a peerless platform of talented and purpose-driven people who go on to be part of our global and influential change-making alumni network. Modules Areas of study Hyper Island Way Week Build your team and create a group culture, learn the Hyper Island methodology and develop skills to enhance your creativity. Design and Creativity Creativity is the highest form human activity. Designers think flexibly and intuitively to create meaning, designing for experiences and situations regardless of channel. Design equips us to tackle wicked problems resistant to solutions. Design has expanded into every domain. Question what design actually is and experience perspectives from Design Thinking, Service Design and Human Centred Design. Explore the edges of design with thought leaders from across design fields to develop your own mastery of design. Humans Understanding People Industry tells us that what sets graduate of this programme apart is their unique understanding of behaviour and deep empathy for people. This module fosters that social intelligence to engage with people through research, to draw out powerful grounded insight to inform incisive decision-making. Considering how we’re influencing the humans involved, exploring ethical consequences of design through practical experiences. Business Transformation and Innovation Explore how organisations form and change to realise change that sticks. Amongst industries saturated with innovation and transformation, where change is the only certainty, come walk the talk. Lead transformative engagements with world leading businesses to help them navigate the complexities of volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous territories. Learn to shepherd organisations intelligently through successive waves of radical change. Agile Making and Prototyping This project combines two powerful ideas: harnessing creative approaches to bring ideas to life and developing agile processes to prototype, test and release early with real customers and in real situations, iterate quickly towards products and services with better fit. We want you to get your hands dirty, create from paper to pixels, gain feedback, insights and develop in tight cycles and fast paced environments. Here you can truly embracing learning by doing. Experience Design Explore the core of what it means to design meaningful experiences driven by digital. Moving quickly between theory and practice, experience a diverse range of methods and approaches in depth. Learn how to experiment, test and validate concepts rapidly and fluently whilst working alongside leading professionals to get them built. Industry Research Project Explore and embed in professional contexts to generate pioneering research in industry with real impact. Hyper Island’s version of traditional Master’s thesis supports with world class research guidance to dive deeper into your chosen context – investigating, exploring and learning to create change. Find the circus you were always meant to join or master the confidence you need to create your own. Hyper Island alumni go onto reshape roles, organisations and fields around the world. Access the curriculum Meet the program team Catherine McHenry Programme Leader Full Time Manchester catherine.mchenry@hyperisland.com Rebecca Taylor Programme Leader Full Time Manchester & Academic Lead rebecca.taylor@hyperisland.com By applying my new skills and sharing my knowledge, I raised my profile in the industry. The MA opened up new doors to industry collaboration, speaking and job opportunities. — Dan Nessler Head of UX, Hinderling Volkart AG Companies Companies we have worked with The masters are designed to drive change by taking a fresh approach to problem solving, design thinking, business transformation, and leadership as an individual and in teams. Here are a few valuable examples of how might we questions framing recent client briefs: How might we look at re-employment of people with genuine experiences of homelessness? How might we work on understanding the changing workspace for neurodiversity? How might we design practical solutions or innovative approaches that will lead to a reduction in litter? How might we help augmented reality (AR) companies to use their products to raise the profile of AR as a platform for positive change? How might we enable refugees to utilise the internet as a tool to make a living? Jobs Jobs I can get after graduating The Manchester studio’s location benefits from its central position within Manchester’s cultural heart and home of it’s creative industries. Manchester’s NQ is a dynamic neighbourhood that’s grown from the many small design and digital studios and rich music, arts and crafts heritage. Most students who come in with a design role achieve a global or senior role after graduation. Here are some of the roles that our The MA Digital Experience Design students have gone on to conquer: Service Design Business Designer UX Designer Product Designer Strategic Design Lead Agency Founder Start Up Founder Design Researcher Digital Experience Designer Consultant Multidisciplinary Product Designer Why Hyper Island Transformative learning experiences Hyper Island has been creating learning experiences across the world for over 20 years. This course draws on our unique methodology and insights. Transform your skills You will learn how to apply design thinking into your every-day discipline. By exploring experience design and related fields such as service design and interaction design, you will gain the knowledge to lead the change in this evolving industry. Make better decisions Understand the components to create succinct online and offline experiences. You’ll collaborate with peers and professionals on real business challenges in a range of practical projects. That will help you to develop the skills that leaders need to make good strategic decisions. Get the understanding Understand human behavior and practice rigorous research. Leverage digital technologies and prototyping to test theories. Utilize project management skills, gain business acumen and learn to build and lead an effective design team. As designers we are well placed to move with change, to seek out new problems and new solutions. It’s never been harder to be a designer, and never more rewarding — Matt Cooper-Wright Design Director, IDEO Alumni Student stories Meet Dan UX Director and alumni Dan Nessler on his thirst for learning and why he shares. Read Dan's Story Meet Unni Norwegian parent Unni shares how she funded the Masters. Read Unni's Story Meet Phil Local lad Phil Hesketh found a collaborative, fast-paced and transformative learning environment. Read Phil's Story Meet Urska Urska talks to us about discovering a little piece of magic in the heart of Manchester. Read Urska's Story FAQ Ask us anything Program Entry Requirements Portfolio Payment Options Relocation Study Visa Qualification Estimated Living Expenses How will Brexit affect my studies? Update on Covid-19 All photos by Nils Westhoff, Digital Experience Design student 2020 Hyper Island designs learning experiences that challenge companies and individuals to grow and stay competitive in an increasingly digitized world. Our monthly issue that covers a specific topic and gives you the latest from Hyper Island For individuals - Lifelong Learning newsletter Our monthly guide to leadership and change For companies - Empowered newsletter Subscribe Hyper Island needs the contact information you provide to us to contact you about our products and services. You may unsubscribe from these communications at any time. See our privacy policy for additional info. Email privacyofficer@hyperisland.com to revoke any consent. 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