The Master’s in Communication Design is a two-year academic program that equips students with the knowledge and tools necessary to conceptualize, develop, and manage all phases of communication projects.
The course has been designed for creative industries and design graduates to enhance interdisciplinary creative skills informed by advanced marketing tools and methodology, and provide an industrially relevant education.
The two-year course provides an overall and strategic view of the world of contemporary communication and how to interface and approach the various figures working in this field such as copywriters, visual designers, art directors, advertisers, UI/UX designers.
Multidisciplinary Approach
Learning by doing approach with a lot of practice, laboratories, outdoor visits and workshops are the core of the SPD method. The program provides students with the opportunity to collaborate with industry professionals and companies, fostering teamwork and skill development.
SPD Experience
Studying at SPD means immersing yourself in a fresh, dynamic and international environment, where foreign students account for 70% of the total student population. Each student is followed individually by a faculty composed of professionals coming from different fields.
Internship/Advanced Practice
This module offers the student the opportunity to undertake a professional training internship at external institutions and companies and get a first-hand insight into what it is like to be a communication designer. Alternatively, an in-house research internship or a study period abroad.
Major Project
The Major Project module aims at enabling students to develop and direct their own design project, taking into account learnings from previous modules. It aims also at encouraging students to demonstrate a high level of professional competence and to have a deep understanding of the social and philosophical context, in which they are practising. Students are expected to demonstrate the enterprise potential in their ideas and to understand the future possibilities and contexts, in which ideas will exist. Students critically reflect upon their own learning and become prepared for continuous professional development.
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Design your path. Become Communication Designer.
The Master’s in Communication Design is a two-year academic program that equips students with the knowledge and tools necessary to conceptualize, develop, and manage all phases of communication projects.
Educational Partner
Course Length
2 Academic Years
Start
January 2025
Language
English
Where
Milan
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Master of Arts in
Communication Design
The course has been designed for creative industries and design graduates to enhance interdisciplinary creative skills informed by advanced marketing tools and methodology, and provide an industrially relevant education.
Multidisciplinary Approach
A lot of practice, laboratories, outdoor visits and workshops are the core of the SPD method. The program provides students with the opportunity to collaborate with industry professionals and companies, fostering teamwork and skill development.
SPD Experience
Studying at SPD means immersing yourself in a fresh, dynamic and international environment, where foreign students account for 70% of the total student population. Each student is followed individually by a faculty composed of professionals coming from different fields.
Internship/Advanced Practice
This module provides the opportunity for the student to experience either a vocational internship with external institutions and companies, an internal research internship, or a period of study abroad.
Major Project
The Major Project module aims at enabling students to develop and direct their own design project, taking into account learnings from previous modules. It aims also at encouraging students to demonstrate a high level of professional competence and to have a deep understanding of the social and philosophical context, in which they are practising. Students are expected to demonstrate the enterprise potential in their ideas and to understand the future possibilities and contexts, in which ideas will exist. Students critically reflect upon their own learning and become prepared for continuous professional development.
Study Plan
Below you will find the Study Plan for the Master of Arts specifically designed to lead you to an excellent education in Communication Design. Please note! Study Plan may be subject to change.
First Year
The Business Mindset - 20 credits Integrated Marketing Communication - 40 credits Design for the Real World - 40 credits Design for a Better World - 20 credits
Second Year
Advanced Practice
Major Project - 60 credits
Course Leader
Michelangelo Cianciosi
Michelangelo Cianciosi is an Executive Creative Director who has made a career in the largest communication agencies, such as Ata De Martini, DDB, Leo Burnett, Armando Testa, Leagas Delaney and who in 2021 founded, with other partners, The Bunch. He has produced campaigns for Fastweb, Audi, Campari, Gazzetta dello sport, Ferrero, ING DIRECT, Pirelli, Iren and many others, obtaining national and international recognition such as Cannes Lions, New York Festival, Epica, Cristal Festival and ADCI.
Career Opportunities
Those who complete the Master in Communication Design at SPD Scuola Politecnica di Design are ready to pursue careers in:
+ Companies, within communications and marketing departments
+ Advertising agencies, in roles such as copywriter, art director, strategist, and account manager
+ Design studios
+ Media centers, as analysts or creatives
+ Consulting firms, as part of teams dealing with marketing, communications, and design
+ In-house agencies, within their chosen industries
+ As creators, showcasing unique skills
+ As freelancers and startup founders
Employability
82% of our students find work after a year from their master’s degree.
About 10% of our students after the Master’s Degree decide to pursue their career by pursuing a higher education level.
Students of the Masters are mainly employed in communication agencies or design studios.
Training Programm
SPD’s goal is to prepare every student to be a complete professional. The courses are divided into a theoretical part, consisting of lectures and external visits, and a project part for each teaching area with workshops held in collaboration with important studios and design agencies.
Faculty
In SPD each student is followed individually by a teaching staff composed by designers, professionals from various sectors and tutors. Many of the most important international names in Design, such as Patricia Urquiola, Denis Santachiara, Ross Lovegrove and Chris Bangle gave lectures in SPD.
Aimed to
SPD’s Masters are aimed at graduates in subjects similar to the master; the students who want to undertake, in the Italian capital of design, a specialization path that allows them to improve their manual and creative skills; the places are limited and the selections happen in a previous cognitive call.
Milan
Milan, world capital of Design and Fashion, ideal for young international talents, thanks to museums, architecture, hotels, showrooms that give an incredible source of inspiration. The city offers great business opportunities, a bustling social life and exclusive events.
