Master of Design
The Master of Design (MDes) program offers a dynamic and interdisciplinary curriculum that blends design theory, practice, and research. Develop your voice as a practice-based design researcher while honing your technical skills in design and strategic problem-solving. You’ll be mentored by our distinguished faculty, which includes renowned designers, researchers, innovators, and scholars in the field. This program will equip you with the expertise to create impactful designs, analyze complex challenges, and lead in the ever-evolving design industry.
Program Highlights
Interdisciplinary Approach with Social Impact
Comprehensive Design Research Training
Caribbean Design Immersion & Residency
Flexibility for Working Students
Blend interdisciplinary design skills with a focus on social design to create designs that promote positive social change.
Learn to conduct practice-based design research projects by completing a guided capstone project in your area of design practice.
Explore global design perspectives within the context of the Caribbean and bond with your peers during a one-week, in-person residency in Curacao.
Enjoy the freedom to study full-time or part-time, online from anywhere in the world.
In-Person Residency
The MDes program is a low-residency program where all studies can be completed online, in addition to required attendance to one, week-long residency seminar in Willemstad, Curaçao. The MDes residency week explores global perspectives in shaping contemporary design practices by critically examining Carribbean design.
The annual on-site residency leverages the local content and culture of Curaçao to shape course topics, and students will examine how designers engage with diverse cultural influences. In addition to coursework, the residency week will have seminars and social events that allow students to build community with each other. Learn more about upcoming in-person Residency programming.
Upcoming Residencies
2026 MDes & DDes Joint Program Residency
Willemstad, Curaçao
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Jul 9
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Jul 12, 2026
2027 MDes Program Residency
Willemstad, Curaçao
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Jul 8
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Jul 11, 2027