Master's degree in Advanced Studies in Design-Barcelona (MBDesign)
Barcelona School of Architecture (ETSAB)
Vilanova i la Geltrú School of Engineering (EPSEVG)
Terrassa School of Industrial, Aerospace and Audiovisual Engineering (ESEIAAT)
The master's degree in Advanced Studies in Design-Barcelona (MBDesign), introduced in the 2017-2018 academic year, is a multidisciplinary degree in which creativity, innovation and research are applied as tools for knowledge and for proposing the designs of the future. It is conceived from a comprehensive, wide-ranging and cross-disciplinary perspective that is characteristic of design in Barcelona, which has become an international benchmark in recent decades. Its approach is propositional: it contributes new views on theory, participatory network strategies and the most innovative trends in new product design. Teaching takes place in settings such as design workshops, projects on various topics, materials and technology research laboratories, collaborative work, and digital manufacturing laboratories.
The master's degree consists of a compulsory, cross-disciplinary stage of 15 ECTS credits and an optional stage of 30 ECTS credits that includes five specialisations:
These specialisations all end with a master's thesis of 15 ECTS credits that can be focused on a design project or research. In addition to these five specialisations, optional courses covering business, entrepreneurship and intellectual property are also taught.
The master's degree consists of a compulsory, cross-disciplinary stage of 15 ECTS credits and an optional stage of 30 ECTS credits that includes five specialisations:
- Contemporary Design (taught in English)
- Design, Innovation and Technology (taught in English)
- Industrial Design Engineering
- Art Direction in Design
- Design Research (a cross-disciplinary specialisation that covers the other four)
These specialisations all end with a master's thesis of 15 ECTS credits that can be focused on a design project or research. In addition to these five specialisations, optional courses covering business, entrepreneurship and intellectual property are also taught.
Specialisations
- Contemporary Design
- Design, Innovation and Technology
- Industrial Design Engineering
- Art Direction in Design
- Design Research
- Duration and start date
- One academic year, 60 ECTS credits
- Timetable and delivery
- Face-to-face
- Fees and grants
- Approximate fees for the master’s degree, excluding other costs, €2,766 (€4,149 for non-EU residents).
More information about fees and payment options
More information about grants and loans - Language of instruction
- Subjects will be taught in Catalan and Spanish, depending on the student's level of comprehension and on the teaching objectives of the master's degree course. The Contemporary Design and Design, Innovation and Technology specialisations are taught entirely in English.
- Location
- Barcelona School of Architecture (ETSAB)
Vilanova i la Geltrú School of Engineering (EPSEVG)
Terrassa School of Industrial, Aerospace and Audiovisual Engineering (ESEIAAT)
Faculty of Fine Arts (FBBAA)- University of Barcelona
- General requirements
- Academic requirements for admission to master's degrees
- Places
- 75
- Pre-enrolment
- Pre-enrolment closed (consult the new pre-enrolment periods in the academic calendar).
How to pre-enrol - Enrolment
- How to enrol
- Legalisation of foreign documents
- All documents issued in non-EU countries must be legalised and bear the corresponding apostille.
- UPC school
- Vilanova i la Geltrú School of Engineering (EPSEVG)
Terrassa School of Industrial, Aerospace and Audiovisual Engineering (ESEIAAT)
Barcelona School of Architecture (ETSAB) - Participating institutions
- Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC) - Coordinating university
Universitat de Barcelona (UB) - Academic coordinator
- Josep Maria Fort Mir
- Academic calendar
- General academic calendar for bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degrees courses
- Academic regulations
- Academic regulations for master's degree courses at the UPC