User Experience and Service Design MA  

Postgraduate, 1 year, Full-time

Ulster University

1809 User Experience and Service Design MA

UK Citizen Students:

Academic Requirements:

The course interlinks the domains of User Experience Design, Service Design and Design-Thinking. Students first explore aspects of each before selecting a personal focus during Semester 2.

The specific requirements for admission are detailed below:

i) Applicants should normally hold a good honours degree in design practice or cognate subject from a University of the United Kingdom or the Republic of Ireland, from the Council of National Academic Awards, the Higher Education and Training Awards Council or from an institution of another country which is recognised as being of an equivalent standard.

ii) Applications are welcomed from diverse backgrounds however where there is a discipline shift the applicant must represent a coherent rationale for this shift and evidence prerequisite understanding and skills/experience (see below).

iii) Interview by portfolio and proposal. Portfolios must be digital but multiple file types are acceptable (e.g., .pdfs, .docx, .pptx, .jpegs, etc.). Portfolios may also take a variety of forms. For example, if applicants come from a non-design background (e.g., the social sciences), they may use the portfolio to demonstrate research competencies or outline a series of possible projects.

The programme is devised specifically to support continuing lifelong learning for professions in a rapidly changing field. Therefore APL (Accreditation for Prior Learning) will be considered as evidence of exceptional ability appropriate to recruitment to the programme. Applications from professionals with extensive professional, industrial and/or commercial experience but lacking recent or higher level academic qualifications will be encouraged. APL (Advanced Prior Learning) will be considered as evidence of exceptional ability appropriate to the course.

Form outside UK Students:

Academic Requirements:

* Successful completion of a Masters degree
  * 2:1 - 60%
  * 2:2 - 50%
* Successful completion of a 4-year Bachelors degree course, from a recognised institution
  * 2:1 - 65%
  * 2:2 - 60%

https://www.ulster.ac.uk/global/apply/country/bangladesh

English Language Requirements:

* IELTS 6.0 overall with minimum 5.5 in each skill 

https://www.ulster.ac.uk/global/apply/country/bangladesh

Academic Requirements:

Typically we require applicant for taught programmes to hold the equivalent of a UK first degree (usually in a relevant subject area). Please refer to the specific entry requirements for your chosen course of study as outlined in the online prospectus. We consider students who have good grades in the following:

* Bachelor Degree
  * 2:1 - 60%
  * 2:2 - 55%

https://www.ulster.ac.uk/global/apply/country/india

English Language Requirements:

* IELTS 6.0 overall with minimum 5.5 in each skill 

https://www.ulster.ac.uk/global/apply/country/india

Academic Requirements:

* 4 year Bachelor degree (if awarded prior to 2015 degree must include a final year dissertation or project)
OR

* Master’s degree and a 2 year Bachelor’s Degree
  * 2:1 - 65%
  * 2:2 - 55%
 

* 50% or above can be accepted for applicants who complete LLB, MA English or MA Education from University of Punjab

https://www.ulster.ac.uk/global/apply/country/pakistan

English Language Requirements:

* IELTS 6.0 overall with minimum 5.5 in each skill

https://www.ulster.ac.uk/global/apply/country/pakistan

Academic Requirements:

* 2:1- 3 year Bachelor degree with 70% overall OR 4 year Bachelor degree with 65% overall OR Masters Degree (following 3 or 4 year Bach Deg 65%)
* 2:2- 3 year Bachelor degree with 60% overall OR 4 year Bachelor degree with 55% overall OR Masters Degree (following 3 or 4 year Bach Deg 55%)

https://www.ulster.ac.uk/global/apply/country/nepal

English Language Requirements:

* IELTS 6.0 overall with minimum 5.5 in each skill

https://www.ulster.ac.uk/global/apply/country/nepal

Academic Requirements:

Typically we require applicant for taught programmes to hold the equivalent of a UK first degree (usually in a relevant subject area). Please refer to the specific entry requirements for your chosen course of study as outlined in the online prospectus. We consider students who have good grades in the following:

Qualifications
 

* Diplomë e Nivelit të Pare (First Level University Diploma)

https://www.ulster.ac.uk/global/apply/country/albania

English Language Requirements:

* IELTS 6.0 overall with minimum 5.5 in each skill

https://www.ulster.ac.uk/global/apply/country/albania

Academic Requirements:

Typically we require applicant for taught programmes to hold the equivalent of a UK first degree (usually in a relevant subject area). Please refer to the specific entry requirements for your chosen course of study as outlined in the online prospectus. We consider students who have good grades in the following:

Postgraduate qualifications

* Bachelor degree
  * 2:2 - 50% or above (normally CGPA 3.0/5 or 2.0/4)
  * 2:1 - 60% or above (normally CGPA 3.5/5 or 3.0/4)

https://www.ulster.ac.uk/global/apply/country/nigeria

English Language Requirements:

* IELTS 6.0 overall with minimum 5.5 in each skill

https://www.ulster.ac.uk/global/apply/country/nigeria

Academic Requirements:

Typically we require applicant for taught programmes to hold the equivalent of a UK first degree (usually in a relevant subject area). Please refer to the specific entry requirements for your chosen course of study as outlined in the online prospectus. We consider students who have good grades in the following:

Postgraduate qualifications
 

* Bachelors Degree

https://www.ulster.ac.uk/global/apply/country/ghana

English Language Requirements:

* IELTS 6.0 overall with minimum 5.5 in each skill

https://www.ulster.ac.uk/global/apply/country/ghana