Master Talk & Tour

On Tuesday 14 January 2025, the Master Programme will open its doors for prospective students to learn all about the different MA departments. You will have the opportunity to meet the heads of the departments and learn more about their vision and aims for each programme.

DAE’s Master’s programmes are rooted in research-based design, embracing a transdisciplinary approach. Students develop their unique authorial voice through field research, material exploration, data analysis, and collaborative practices across disciplines. The programme encourages critical reflection on the design profession while fostering creativity in a vibrant, international peer environment.

If you’re seeking to reinforce and focus your authorship as a designer or design theorist, but aren’t sure if DAE is the right fit for you, this event is the perfect chance to gain clarity and discover everything you need to know.

MA TALK & TOUR 2025 PROGRAMME

Talks by MA Heads

The MA Talk & Tour offers the unique opportunity to hear directly from each of the course heads about what to expect from their respective programmes. We welcome Patricia Reed & Saskia van Stein (Critical Inquiry Lab), Metahaven (Geo-Design), Marco Ferrari (Studio Folder / Information Design), Afaina de Jong (Contextual Design) and Nadine Botha (Social Design).

Meet tutors and alumni

During the MA Talk & Tour Department Heads will be joined by tutors and alumni to discuss their programmes, and what it’s like to study at DAE. Our community of tutors are all professionals from, or related to, the design field with both national and internationally recognized practices. We encourage students to take a look at graduation projects of our recent alumni for a sampling of their work.

Support and administration

Studying is a moment of transformation while experimenting with unfamiliar processes, orienting to a new surrounding, and challenging boundaries of thought. At DAE our student body is highly international, and we value our programme as space for the mingling of different backgrounds. During the MA Talk & Tour our student counsellor will be present to answer questions related to student support structures. For practical issues regarding visas, housing, or tuition fees, students will also be able to meet the student administration.

Live Admissions

This year we offer the opportunity for you to fast-track your application process with Live Admissions. During the Talk & Tour, there are sessions planned during which successful applicants will have interviews with the MA Course Heads, and find out whether they have been accepted to study at DAE. To apply for Live Admissions, you need to take the following steps:

- Apply for a DAE Masters course via Osiris before 12 January at 23:59.
- Fill in the MA Talk & Tour sign up form here and indicate you would like to take part in Live Admissions

It is important that you complete both of the steps above to be accepted for the Live Admissions process. You will receive more information about this by email once you have applied via Osiris.

Tour

Students will have the opportunity to visit the workshops, working areas and meeting spaces at DAE by taking a guided tour through the school.

There are limited spaces available. Secure your spot now.

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