Master of Research [M.Res] [RCA Design Pathway] From Royal College of Art

The Masters of Research (MRes) RCA is a full-time, one-year program that offers early-career research students the opportunity to develop and demonstrate mastery in the theory, methods, and practice of research within an art and design environment. MRes RCA degrees are offered in four Schools (Communication, Design, Fine Art and Humanities) and are designed to provide early-career researchers with the intellectual, technical and professional tools with which to complete high-quality research projects, whether at the doctoral level or within the cultural and creative industries, working across traditional sociocultural, disciplinary and sectoral boundaries.

MRes RCA programs are delivered through a combination of: structured learning, comprising of lectures and master-classes by practitioners and senior academics; workshop classes based around a set task (a brief); tutored seminar classes where students will be asked to reflect on material that they have read or studied in advance; and project assignments that support the structured teaching program.

The program provides students with the intellectual, technical, and professional tools to pursue their independent research within academia or industry, drawing on the experience and expertise of world-leading researchers across the College. The ethos of the program will be collaborative, so students should be prepared to engage fully within their peer group, and with established and emergingÊresearch communities throughout the College.