User Interaction Design PgDip/MSc

Course features

If you choose to study this course, here are some of the things you can expect from the course and how it will benefit you.


  • This new course combines elements of software engineering, the arts and the behavioural sciences to design human–system interactions.
  • You can choose to study for a PgDip or MSc award. If you choose the MSc award, the project dissertation project gives you the chance to study an area of interest in greater depth and gain valuable research skills. It is usually relevant to your career so provides an excellent selling point when you are looking for a job or promotion.
  • If you are an overseas student, we will help you to carry out a project either based in your home country or that will be of specific relevance when you return home.
  • Teaching staff are research active, which keeps your learning cutting-edge (read more in our Research areas section).
  • Both the Faculty of Computing, Information Systems and Mathematics and the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences provide your core modules, which means you benefit from the expertise and facilities in both.
  • The taught modules aim to prepare you for the job market. Alongside your academic studies, you gain skills in:
    • problem solving and organisation;
    • data collation, review and synopsis;
    • communication (oral, written and electronic);
    • time management; and
    • co-operation and teamwork.
  • Each module offers a stimulating balance of study, which may include lectures, practical lab work, group working, case studies and presentations. Industry experts often teach on the courses, enhancing your studies.
  • You also have the chance to network with other professionals in the same situation as yourself. Our postgraduate students often set up study groups to support and encourage to each other.
  • We offer part-time options to help you fit your studies around other commitments.
  • We also offer a course in User Interaction Design with Management Studies, which allows you to develop key business and management skills.