Program Overview

As a Massey design student, you will spend most of your time making and thinking in studios, workshops and media labs.

There are many opportunities to explore other design fields from your major through electives (courses you choose). Cross-disciplinary collaboration is encouraged.

Design thinking is about reflecting on the world around you and considering the needs of diverse people, cultures and contexts. In your fourth year, you will have the opportunity to engage with live briefs and external clients.

Massey’s College of Creative Arts in Wellington offers a broad range of qualifications in visual communication design, concept design, fashion design, industrial design, integrated design, spatial design, textile design, and photography. With a history that can be traced back to 1886, our School of Design is the largest and most comprehensive design school in New Zealand. We have produced many of our country’s most renowned designers.

As a design degree student, you will enrol in the honours qualification. Towards the end of the third year, you decide whether you want to stick with the honours route, where your fourth year will be strongly research-led. The non-honours path is less research-focused and gives you room for more electives in fourth year.

Further your design research and practice with MFA in Design or the Master of Design at Massey, or go on to create new knowledge with a PhD.