Master of Communication Design
Master of Communication Design
Creative careers for visual strategists Graduate ready to manage in industry or start your own design studio through a specialised degree that opens career opportunities across the world. Why study communication design at RMIT? RMIT has thousands of award-winning graduates spread across the creative industries. Grow your network Build your…
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COURSE DESCRIPTION
Creative careers for visual strategists
Graduate ready to manage in industry or start your own design studio through a specialised degree that opens career opportunities across the world.
Why study communication design at RMIT?
RMIT has thousands of award-winning graduates spread across the creative industries.
Grow your network
Build your professional network by working with like-minded industry partners and clients on real-world briefs and projects. Connect with industry through work-integrated learning and by engaging with visiting industry professionals, who will deliver guest lectures and studio intensives.
Dedicated facilities
Immerse yourself in your practice in dedicated postgraduate studio facilities with state-of-the-art design and printing equipment. You’ll have unrestricted access to use the studio space for coursework, and collaborative and personal projects. You can also access photography, editing and production suites for cross-discipline projects.
Further your design thinking
Renowned design practitioners will lead you through studio-based courses, where you’ll work on briefs and campaigns with industry partners.
What you will study
Learn essential and advanced communication design skills to become a global communication design practitioner. Undertake a series of major studio courses and enhance your practice through additional specialisation courses.
In your final year, you’ll connect theory and practice in an individually negotiated professional research project.
Enhance your practice through studies in:
Strategic design thinking
Best practice in communication design
Typography
Theory and criticism
Research methods
Develop expertise in communication design practice, and focus on design entrepreneurship and strategic design thinking. Push your creative boundaries and think critically to find design solutions to communication challenges.
Develop expert knowledge and specialised technical and creative skills to prepare for professional roles in multidisciplinary environments, including communication design studios, digital design consultancies, advertising agencies, design teams within other organisations, and in independent practices. You will be able to work independently or in teams, and you will be able to communicate confidently with other design professionals and clients.
Under expert guidance from RMIT’s team of nationally and internationally renowned practitioners and educators, you’ll advance your knowledge and practice as a communication design practitioner and will be well prepared to contribute to global industry developments and design innovation.
Career
The Master of Communication Design opens career opportunities across the world.
Design thinking is increasingly important in most organisations, and employers are looking for the advanced knowledge and skills demonstrated by graduates of this program. Graduates will be able to practise entrepreneurial and collaborative approaches to design, driving the creation of new business enterprises.
Graduates can enter into roles such as
communication designer
design manager
account manager
design strategist
EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION
Since its establishment in 1887, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology University (RMIT) has been meeting the needs of the community surrounding it. Originally a Working Men’s College, RMIT showed its flexibility during World War Two, training over 20,000 servicemen in communications to help with the war effort.Now, it is a true pioneer in international education, championing cross-border study opportunities with campuses in various countries. Granted formal university status in 1992, RMIT is ranked 21st in the world for universities that are less than 50 years old.RMIT is the largest higher education institution in Australia, currently with more than 82,000 students. With nearly 20% of those students coming from overseas, it is a university that truly welcomes diversity and is a melting pot of different cultures. RMIT has three campuses in Vietnam, a European hub in Barcelona, an office in Indonesia, and partners with 200+ institutions in 42 countries to provide study opportunities worldwide.
