The following list includes only degree programs, not programs in which a design studies specialist teaches in an affiliated degree-granting program, and is by no means comprehensive. We look forward to member feedback, including comments and suggestions.

Australia

University of South Wales, College of Fine Arts
PhD: Design History and Theory

Canada

University of Alberta
MA: History of Art, Design and Visual Culture

Denmark

Designskole
MA: Design Theory

Ireland

National College of Art and Design
MA: Design History and Material Culture
PhD: History of Art and Design, Visual Culture and Theory

University of Ulster
MA: Visual Communication and History
MA: Theory of Art and Design

Japan

Musashino Art University
PhD: Theory and History of Art and Design (In Japanese)

New Zealand

University of Otago
MA and PhD: Design Studies, History & Theory of Design

United Kingdom

Buckinghamshire University
PhD: Art and Design Research

Kingston University
MA: Art and Design History

Leeds Metropolitan University
MA and PhD: Design Culture

Liverpool John Moores University
PhD: Art and Design History

London College of Communication, University of the Arts London
MA: Design Writing Criticism

London Metropolitan University
PhD: Art, Design and Visual Culture

Manchester Metropolitan University
MA: Visual Culture

Nottingham Trent University
PhD: Art and Design Theory

Royal College of Art
MA: Design Products

University of the Arts, London Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design
MA: Design Studies

University of Brighton
MA: History of Design and Material Culture

University of Hertfordshire
MA: Design Studies

University College Falmouth
MA: 20th Century Art & Design: Histories & Theories

University of Lincoln
PhD: Design, Critical and Theoretical Studies

USA

Massachusetts
Harvard University
MDesS: History and Theory

New York
The Bard Graduate Center for Studies in the Decorative Arts, Design, and Culture
MA and PhD

Parsons School of Design
in conjunction with The Cooper Hewitt National Design Museum
MA: History of Decorative Arts and Design

Pratt Institute
MS: Art & Design Education (Pedagogy and Studio)\
MS: Theory, Criticism, and History of Art, Design and Architecture

School of Visual Arts
MFA: Design Criticism (program begins fall 2008)

North Carolina
North Carolina State University
PhD: Design History and Criticism

South Carolina
Clemson University
PhD: Rhetorics, Communication and Information Design

Wisconsin
University of Wisconsin-Madison, School of Human Ecology
MA: Design Studies

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