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Schedule M (Design) This schedule is suitable for candidates who intend, from the outset to submit for a final award of DDes or MPhil DDes
MPhil (MA/MSc by Research)
3 Years (FT)
2 Years (FT)
6 Years (PT)
4 Years (PT)
Candidates who do not submit within the maximum time period must apply for a formal extension (section 5.10 and Research Degrees – Generic Institutional Regulations (UPR AS10, section 10.2 refers) Schedule M comprises of the following assessments: Initial Registration Assessment
Within 12 months (FT)
Doctoral Review Assessment
Within 24 months (FT) and 48 months (PT) of enrolment
Entry Qualifications In addition to the entry requirements set out in Research Degrees – Generic Institutional Regulations (UPR AS10, section 4 refers) individuals seeking to register as a candidate for the degree of Doctorate in Design within this schedule will normally hold an MA or MSc in Design or related subject and/or show evidence of continuing professional activity at an advanced level.12 The time periods will be calculated on a pro-rata basis with two years of part-time study deemed equivalent to one year of full-time study. In the following, except where stated, all time periods are for full-time students, time periods for part-time students are pro-rata.
12 Design is seen as a multidisciplinary activity with links to engineering and computer aided design. It thus encompasses the conception, design and production and dissemination of artefacts intended for functional, intellectual or aesthetic contemplation. These may include the design of systems and services in material or virtual form that employ a range of predominantly visual languages to articulate concepts and ideas. Design for the purposes of this programme ranges between the expressive and the functional and can be, for example, stylistically driven or socially and commercially motivated or mediated. It is recognized that there is no single methodological approach to the discipline: design covers all aspects of decision-making in relation to the aesthetic, operational, users, markets, production and/or manufacturing characteristics of artefacts and systems.
