Master in Spatial Design

Master in Spatial Design is one of 12 English-taught Industrial Design programmes at Master's Degree level in the register, offered by 5 institutions. 10 of them list an annual fee for students from outside the EU, EEA and Switzerland, from EUR 6,700 to EUR 9,000; this programme lists EUR 9,000 a year. 10 are recorded as free for EU, EEA and Swiss students.

Spatial Design at the Royal Danish Academy sits between architecture and design. The programme is run by the Institute of Architecture and Space and is taught in English in Copenhagen. It takes two years and leads to a Master's degree.

What you study

The programme treats spatial design as an interdisciplinary practice. It does not settle as simply architecture, interior design, space planning or exhibition design. Students work with the spatiality of the built environment and build skills in analysing and conceptualising new spatial situations between the human and architectural scales.

The programme educates both architects and designers within the field. Graduation projects show the range of what students take on. Examples from the programme page include A Seasonal Material Practice: Responding to the Local Climate in Hesnæs, Bodies of Water - Between Infrastructure & Atmosphere, Learning from the Blind and Visually impaired: A tactile journey in Amager Fælled, Constructing Confluence, Heart of Gothenburg and Transformation of Moseløkken Quarry and Museum. Others include Against Externalities: Reforming Danish Conventional Pig Production through Spatial Design, Natural Stone as a Bioregional Resource and Staging Democracy.

How the programme is organised

The programme is placed at the Institute of Architecture and Space. It is a two year Master's programme with its base in Copenhagen. The programme page names Masashi Kajita and Nicholas Thomas Lee as heads of programme. The page also has sections on research and collaboration, and on jobs and employment.

Who it suits

It suits people who want to work across architecture and design rather than pick one label. If you are drawn to questions about how people and buildings meet at different scales, and you want to test ideas through projects rather than stay inside a single discipline, this is the kind of programme to look at.

Admission, language and next steps

Teaching is in English. Applications for Master's programmes go directly to the institution, not through optagelse.dk. Students from the EU/EEA and Switzerland study free of charge. Other students pay a fee that the institution sets. Check the programme page for the application details and the documents you need to send.

Master’s applications go straight to Royal Danish Academy - Architecture, Design and Conservation, not through optagelse.dk, and the institution sets its own deadline. Entry requirements and language tests are set by the institution, so start from the official programme page. Our guides cover tuition fees, residence permits and housing.