Erasmus Mundus Master in Design & Health_Care
120 ECTS / 2 year - Genk - Aveiro - Sheffield / English
Campus Genk / C-mine
Campus Genk / C-mine
Master Response_Able Futures
International Master / Joint Master Degree
Response_Able Futures is a two-year, joint master's programme in Design and Health_Care; created to tackle growing global challenges: socioeconomic shifts, digital transformation, ageing populations, and a rising need for inclusive health services. It's the first EMJM programme of its kind focused on design and healthcare and engages three central themes: designing with care communities, for care communication, and understanding care systems, aiming to use design as a tool for social change.
Curriculum
Response_Able Futures, the first ever European Erasmus Mundus Joint Master in Design and Health_Care.
This unique Joint Master Programme is split between three art universities in three different European countries: LUCA School of Arts campus Genk / C-mine (Belgium), the University of Aveiro in Aveiro (Portugal) and Sheffield Hallam University in Sheffield (United Kingdom).
You study in three countries over two years (four semesters), with master classes from some of the world’s leaders in design and care-based, social innovation.
The course is entirely taught in English. Click here for an overview of the Response_Able Futures course curriculum.
About LUCA School of Arts
LUCA School of Arts is the only University of Applied Sciences (and Arts ) in Flanders exclusively dedicated to art and design, making it unique in the region. As a School of Arts LUCA combines the strengths and expertise of five renowned Flemish higher education institutions for art and design, spread across Brussels, Genk, Ghent and Leuven. LUCA also gives form to the associated Faculty of Arts of the KU Leuven which is an intensive collaboration between LUCA School of Arts and KU Leuven. Whereas LUCA, as a college, is responsible for bachelor and master degrees in the arts, KU Leuven, as a university, is authorized for doctorates. Artistic research is therefore situated at a crossroads, which explains the faculty's associated status. It is an "in-between space", in which the assets of the School of Arts and the Research University reinforce each other. LUCA participates as such on the open day of the KU Leuven. LUCA will be presenting its even full-English MA programmes on its campuses in Brussels, Genk, Ghent and Leuven.
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Application & entry requirements
Applications are open each year in the autumn for the following September start. Check the programme website for more details.
Who can apply?
Response_Able Futures is open to European and non-European students with an internationally recognised bachelor’s degree in design (minimum of 180 ECTS credits). Diplomas in different study areas are accepted for applicants with relevant professional experience in design.
More information about the admission requirements
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Facilities & campus life
The mobility presented within this course planning is central to the Response_Able Futures programme and is mandatory. Students work and move together during these two years. During the first semester, the students work together in Belgium, followed by a move for the second semester to Portugal and after the summer holiday, to the third semester in the UK. For the final semester, students are supported in selecting a host university between LUCA, UA and SHU, with an even spread between the three countries.
If the student's final project involves an organisation or company in a country outside of the three consortium countries, the organisation must become an official Associated Partner institution of Response_Able Futures. In this exceptional case (which needs to be approved by the consortium), students can spend their final semester in the relevant country.
- 1st semester: Belgium (LUCA School of Arts, Genk)
- 2nd semester: Portugal (University of Aveiro, Aveiro)
- 3rd semester: UK (Sheffield Hallam University, UK)
- 4th semester: students develop the Final Project in LUCA, UA or SHU
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