Postgraduate studies in Media Design
Degree: Diplôme de design Bac +5: Postgraduate studies / Master's level degree
Prerequisites: 3 years of undergraduate studies in design
Admissions: On our application website
Location: Nantes
Teaching language: French
Postgraduate studies / Master's level degree
How can designers increase the knowledge and autonomy of audiences through information processing, storytelling and user experience?
This program leads to the master’s level degree (Diplôme de design) certified by the French Ministry of Higher Education.
In this Media Design master's level degree program, designers seek to understand where and how information and knowledge are produced, and then to produce tools and experiences that deliver them. Transforming information into knowledge, turning users into citizens, turning consumers into players.
This programme works with committed players in the media, digital, information and science sectors. It incorporates a practical and critical approach to digital technology, particularly from the methodological perspective of UX design and product design.
Main themes
- Information processing and representation
- UX Design
- Product design
- Democracy and citizenship
- Environmental issues
- Sociology of use
- Design fiction
- Participatory science and culture
Areas of application
- Data collection
- Information analysis and enhancement
- Collaborative science
- Citizen dialogue
- Knowledge mediation and scenography
- Media ecosystems
- Interactive experiences and devices
- Writing and producing content...
Other pathways
If you hold a bachelor degree in design and are interested in a program taught in English in Nantes, we suggest you Le Studio France “International Design Strategy” program.
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Curriculum
Our postgraduate studies, established over two years, are organized in four semesters validated by 30 ECTS each. A consequent and increasing personal working time is expected for each module.
Semester 7: International module
Students who are joining L’École de design Nantes Atlantique at postgraduate level benefit from an integration semester. The goal of this semester for students is to highlight and expand professional knowledge in the context of another culture.
Courses:
- Welcome, transcultural content & technical skills (78h)
- Integration & skills development – creativity, methodology, marketing and projects (190h)
- Optional courses (42h)
Students who completed their undergraduate studies at L’École de design Nantes Atlantique spend this semester abroad, either in academic exchange or internship as a junior designer (13 weeks minimum).
Semester 8: course modules and projects linked to the programme theme
During this semester, students learn how to manage complex design projects, deepen their knowledge of the economic, social and cultural aspects of the field covered in their program, build and apply a methodology and support their end-of-term project. studies, the subject of which they themselves define. Teaching are delivered in the form of projects in partnership with industry, workshops, lectures, conferences and professional meetings.
Courses:
- Design projects and seminars (186h)
- TOEIC preparation and languages courses (44h)
- End of studies project and thesis workshop (60h)
- Professionalization & lab (32h)
- Competitions (40h)
Semester 9: Continuation and finalisation of end-of-studies project
Continuation and finalization of the end-of-studies project summarizing all the professional skills acquired. It can be conducted in collaboration with a company and / or research laboratory of a partner university. This personal end-of-studies project must be related to the program in which students are enrolled.
Supervision is ensured in the form of workshops under the direction of a referent designer, to which punctual speakers are associated. Writing a thesis in the theme of the project.
Courses:
- Initiation to law (15h)
- Introduction to management (15h)
- End of studies project and thesis workshop (112h)
- Professionalization & lab (120h)
- Competitions (40h)
Semester 10: Professional integration placement
The study program ends with a minimum of sixteen weeks (and a maximum of six months) internship within a company, in France or abroad. Trainees work as junior designers and support all or part of a project.
The student must demonstrate his ability to integrate into a team, manage a project and develop all the sequences of the project for its smooth running. It allows the student to articulate all of his studies with what will be his first professional experience.
Depending on the professional project of the student, this internship can also take place within a company that the student will create, or even within a research laboratory.
Program taught in French.
Le Diplôme de design Bac +5 is awarded by the final jury to students who have obtained:
1. a minimum score of 800 points at the TOEIC test*;
2. a score greater than or equal to 10/20, which breaks down as follows:
- for 40%, mark attributed to continuous monitoring,
- for 60%, mark obtained at the final defense in September relating to the student's path (end-of-study project, internship and any other element chosen by the student).
More information on validation of the master's degree
Courses take place at L'École de design Nantes Atlantique. The program is made up of workshops and theoretical courses, with an experiential teaching approach. Each student receives individual support throughout the course.
Admission requirements
This program is open to all applicants who either:
- hold a Bachelor’s Degree in design, or
- have completed three years of undergraduate studies in design, equating to at least 180 ECTS credits
You may apply before actually receiving the degree or having completed your undergraduate studies.
However, admission will only take effect once the degree is obtained or the undergraduate credits have been validated.
Applicants whose level we assess to be insufficient may be recommended to follow a semester or a full year in our 3rd Year of DN MADE / International Class before entering the master’s program.
Final admission will only take effect when the necessary visa is obtained, if applicable.
English
If you are not a native English speaker, we ask that you provide proof of your English proficiency (minimum level of 600 points at the TOEIC test or equivalent).
The Master’s level degree being subject to the validation of 800 points in the TOEIC, you will be required to take the TOEIC exam during the course.
French
A French level equivalent to 4/B2 assessed by a TCF1 or DELF2 test is required to join the program.
Application can only be done online on our application website
An additional admissions session is open until 30 August 2024.
1. Online application and payment of the application fees (€50);
2.Uploading all the required documents for application:
- Résumé (CV);
- Portfolio;
- Reports of the last two years of study in design;
- Copies of degrees and certificates;
- Copy of your identity card or passport;
- Cover letter (letter of intent);
- English certification (optional)
3. Application file review and interview;
4. If your application is accepted, you will be asked to electronically sign a teaching contract & to proceed to the first payment of the tuition fees to confirm your enrollment.
- French students and European Union students: €8,900 per year
- Non-European Union students: €9,900 per year
+ CVEC (Student and campus life contribution): contribution set at just under €103 per academic year
The school itself does not offer any scholarship. However, according to your country of residence and your particular situation, different possibilities may be available to finance your studies in France: government grants, funding granted by international organizations and NGOs, private fellowships...
Campus France has a scholarship search engine which may help you identify a scholarship available in your situation (country of residence, degree being prepared etc.).
- 4th year: 10 February 2025 (semester 8)
- 5th year: 3 September 2024
These dates are given for information only and may be subject to change.
For more information to help you to prepare your arrival & life in Nantes Studying in Nantes.
Double degree
During their fifth year, students enrolled in postgraduate studies taught in French in Nantes can prepare a double degree to improve certain skills.
Teaching staff
Head of program
Karl Pineau, Director of Media Design Lab
Educational coordinator
Baptiste Fluzin
Job prospects and further education
- Visual and spatial communication (event and museum)
- Scenography
- Transmedia narrative design
- Print and online media
- Serious games
- Cartography
- Information visualization.
As all our postgraduate studies, this program leads to the Master’s level degree in design, certified by the French Ministry of Higher Education and Research and registered in the Registre National des Certifications Professionnelles (the French directory for vocational qualifications or RNCP) as a Level 7 Master’s level degree.
The Master’s level degree confers the "Grade de master", and you can pursue your education at a PhD level.
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Partners
- Ekino
- Harmonie Mutuelle
- Le Monde
- SNCF
- VinoFutur
- Weblex
- Slash Transition Read the article about the parnership
- City of Nantes
- Ouest Médialab...
Contact
Do you have a question about admissions to this master's level degree program? Contact us at admissions@lecolededesign.com
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Degree: Diplôme de design Bac +5: Postgraduate studies / Master's level degree
Prerequisites: 3 years of undergraduate studies in design
Admissions: On our application website
Location: Nantes
Teaching language: French