Design (Design for Health)

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  • University/Institute Name Sheffield Hallam University
  • Attendance Type On Campus (Full Time)
  • Position Duration1 year
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Position Details (Master's)

Tackle local, global, societal and environmental issues creatively and ethically – advancing your specialist design and research practice in a collaborative environmentwith this Design (Design for Health) degree fromSheffield Hallam University.

Placing emphasis on personal research and practice, this Design (Design for Health) course at Sheffield Hallam University provides a stimulating and supportive environment within which you candevelop your interests and ideas at the intersection of design and health. Our academic staff are design specialists, researchers and practitioners with expertise across all facets of design and health who will support and encourage you to expand your creative practice. The course is part of an interdisciplinary Postgraduate design program which promotes an ethos of social and cultural innovation.

Course summary

  • Develop skills, knowledge and capability to pursue opportunities and conduct independent creative research arising from the intersection of design and health.
  • Expand your professional aspirations and innovate by synergising your creative practice with critical and conceptual thinking around design and health.
  • Develop or expand your professional relationships and networks.
  • Receive teaching from world class design for health researchers and practitioners

Future careers

This course prepares you for a career in

  • design
  • design management
  • making or manufacturing
  • company-employed design
  • independent design practice
  • postgraduate study at PhD level
  • education
  • retail/marketing
  • design research
  • academia
  • social enterprise
  • health and social care service design
Courses include:
  • Creative Design And Positionality
  • Design Lab: Synthesis And Manifesto (Design For Health)
  • Methods For Research And Practice

Research Areas & Fields of Study involved in the position

Position Start Date

Sep 2026