Design for the Planet
A master's degree in creating sustainable futures through design thinking
Design thinking provides a means to search for opportunities and create improvements toward sustainable futures. The interdisciplinary Master’s Degree Programme in Design for the Planet is based on the principles of meaningful, sufficiency, and place-based design. It emphasizes creative design thinking processes with human empathy for each other around real-world problems.
Understanding the main challenges of the state of the planet
In this programme the students learn how to critically form and analyze evidence-based arguments and design activities that nudge forward meaningful and feasible environmentally and socially sustainable organizational transitions. They learn how to apply design thinking and systems thinking as frameworks and methods for this development. The studies equip the students to lead engaging customer, user, and employee-based co-design research processes. The aim is to design situated, contextual, and enabling processes, activity models, services, and/or product service systems for sustainable and fair transitions.
The programme emphasizes design thinking, systems design, and visualizations as means to tackle ambiguous, interconnected, and complex sustainability challenges. The basis for development is understanding the main challenges of the state of the planet and how to follow the evolving sustainability rules, regulations, and reporting requirements.
Get your master's degree with flexible online learning
The degree programme is conducted online and as a part-time learning opportunity. The studies include teacher-led online sessions, project-based online work in student teams, and independent student work. Virtual sessions are conducted approximately every two weeks during the autumn and spring semesters for the compulsory core and central complementary studies.
Į magistro studijų programas gali stoti visi, baigę universitetą. Studijos kurias baigei turi būti panašios krypties kaip ir tos, į kurias nori stoti, kadangi priėmimas yra paremtas ECTS kreditų suderinamumu.
- Bakalauro diplomas – prie anketos prisek savo Bakalauro diplomą ir jo priedą.
SVARBU! Anglų testo sertifikatas turi būti atsiųstas kartu su stojimo anketa iki stojimo deadlino.
Anglų kalbos žinias gali patvirtinti vienu iš šių būdų:
- Turėti ne mažesnį pažymį nei 8 iš anglų kalbos brandos atestate.
- IELTS – 6.5 (ne mažiau 6.0 iš rašymo ir kalbėjimo dalių)
- TOEFL - 4.5 (ne mažiau 4 iš rašymo ir kalbėjimo dalių)
To meet the eligibility criteria, applicants must have at least a bachelor's degree in design, media, technology, business, humanities, social or natural sciences, or other suitable sustainable development or communication work supporting field.
They must also have at least two years (24 months) of relevant work experience gained after completing the bachelor's degree. Work experience is only counted after the bachelor's degree has been awarded and must be proven by a work certificate. CVs are not accepted as proof of work experience on their own. Work experience gained before or during your bachelor studies cannot be counted towards the work experience minimum requirement.
Entrance examination course: Design Thinking in Sustainability 5 ECTS
Max points 100 consists of:
- Research literature and other content material examination 40 points.
- Applied development task 60 points.
The self-registration for the MOOC is open 28.1. and the course needs to be completed in 14.3. 2027.
The link to the MOOC online learning platform will be sent to applicants to the email address provided on the application form approximately one week before the start of the entrance exam course.
A successfully completed course will be accredited toward the degree for applicants who are admitted. Other applicants who successfully complete the course will receive a completion record.
