Master of Arts - MEED Event and Exhibition Design
- 1 year
- Duration
- 15,600 EUR
- Price
- Jan 2025
- Start
- Oct 2024
- Deadline
- Master
- Degree
- Campus
- Format
- Milan / Italy
- Location
- Scuola Politecnica di Design
- School
Program description
With the knowledge and skills from this cutting-edge program, you will be able to plan and oversee every stage of complicated projects, including trade shows, exhibits, and events. You'll acquire the capacity to comprehend the various wants of stakeholders and clientele during significant events.
From planning to carrying out, meticulous arrangement to effective administration, you will experience every step of the process, honing your comprehension and adaptability to various client and stakeholder demands. Your experience is anchored by your capacity to translate these requirements into creative event and exhibition formats.
The Master's program is also intended to assist you in developing a strong portfolio that is customized for the show and event system and is created using carefully chosen real-world briefs that are worked on in conjunction with reputable individuals and businesses.
Program structure
- Exhibit and Event System and Management
- Gain a comprehensive understanding of the exhibition and event system.
- Design Thinking
- Dive into the world of Design Thinking for events and exhibits.
- Exhibition Design
- Explore the foundational principles of exhibition design and develop three different Exhibition projects: Museum spaces and exhibitions, Trade fair spaces and installations, Retail spaces.
- Event Design
- An immersive, hands-on experience, exploring the theory, history, and design of the event sector, by two design workshops - one for a major company, and one for a cultural institution - will offer opportunities to showcase your creativity.
- Major Project
- Develop your own design research under the guidance of the Course Leader.
You can choose a two-year program that includes an internship with external institutions and companies, an internal research internship, or a period of study abroad.
Price
The tuition fee is 15,600 EUR.
If you choose a two-year program with an internship - the cost for the second year is 11,600 EUR.
Requirements for applicants
- To be admitted into the MA course, students must have a second class (2.2) honours or higher in art, design, or other creative disciplines from any recognised ISCED level 6 programme. Graduates in scientific disciplines, social sciences, and humanities can also be selected, as well as candidates who have previously gained significant professional experience in the field of the Master selected.
- SPD also considers other relevant experience and/or the attendance of SPD Preparatory Courses. In addition, international students need an IELTS score of 6.0, with no component below 5.5.
About the university
Founded in Milan in 1954, SPD Scuola Politecnica di Design is the first school in Italy dedicated to design disciplines.
Thanks to the mix of its Italian roots and strong international orientation, SPD is now an international laboratory for sharing experiences and creating initiatives by maintaining a balance between function and expression, production and experimentation. This immensely fulfilling conversation with businesses, manufacturers, and the other players along the design chain is also demonstrated by the innovative work produced each year and the young professionals the school is able to give to the market.
Mission
At SPD, being creative is a daily task. It has accepted an amazing community of students from all nations and backgrounds ever since its founding in 1954. Everyone has an unparalleled opportunity: they collaborate with top-notch professionals, converse with numerous academic partners, and exchange experiences with emerging talent from across the globe.
All of this occurs in Milan, a city with a rich and easily accessible legacy of design and architecture, business and industry, communication, and the arts.
Awards
The school has had a very successful history, marked by remarkable recognition. It can be proud of its exhibitions at the Carrousel du Louvre, the Biennale di Venezia in 1986, the Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris, the Medaglia d'Oro at the tenth Triennale in Milan, and even the Compasso d'Oro awarded by the ADI - Associazione Disegno Industriale in 1994. Not to mention the honor of receiving the SMAU prize for Industrial Design twice.
