INTAKE: September 2022
Admission criteria: Bachelor’s degree in Design, Architecture, Engineering or other creative profiles.
Duration: 2 years
Teaching Language: English
Degree: Our Diploma Designer en Innovation Durable (Designer in Sustainable Innovation) is recognized by the French national register of professional qualifications (RNCP), as a level 7 of the European qualifications Framework (EQF).
Tuition fee : First and second years of the Master level: 10.000 € per year (11.000 € for non-Eu citizens*).
400 € registration fee (to be paid once)
*European Union
Reduction of 400 € per year for Bachelor degree students BESIGN School.

The programme’s goals:

The postgraduate programme “Designer in Sustainable Innovation” at BESIGN The Sustainable Design School develops strategic skills, allowing our graduates to have the knowledge required for leadership positions in international companies. Students acquire full competencies of contextual research methodology, how to facilitate creative and sustainable thinking, future trends and innovation for sustainable design, creation of services, interfaces and experiences and sustainable design leadership.
The programme focuses on Design, Sustainability and Leadership.

Career opportunities:
With a postgraduate degree from BESIGN The Sustainable Design School, you are presenting the required skills for different job profiles:

  • Sustainable designer
  • Strategic designer
  • Design consultant
  • Design consultant for Sustainable Transition
  • Smart city design developer
  • System designer
  • Ux designer
  • Experience designer
  • …

1st year: You will be exposed to a high level of Design studies, with published knowledge in multiple domains driving the pedagogy, you will come to understand Contextual Design Research, Research methodologies, in-depth modules around the nature of Design, Design Thinking and Creativity, Sustainability, Biomimicry, Service and Experience Development.

2nd year: This final year of your studies is taken up with your final major project, usually with the subject stemming from your memoire completed during M1. This project is coached by a number of Design, Sustainability and Management professionals who will help to guide you through to the end of your studies.

Scholarships for international students

You want to study at BESIGN The Sustainable Design School, but you need financial help? Our scholarship, granted by The SDS Friends endowment fund, is based on excellence criteria, as well as your motivation and the relevance of your future plans as a Designer in Sustainable Innovation. The scholarship is limited to 1.500€ per study year, for a maximum of two years. To apply, you will need to provide us with your former degrees, the transcript of records, your CV and cover letter. For more information, please book a call with us.