Master Design — Design de transitions

Tuition comes to 250 EUR per year.

This Master Design, specializing in transition design, is offered by École nationale supérieure d'architecture de Grenoble in Saint-Martin-D'Hères, France. Design as a discipline studies how objects, environments, services, and systems are conceived, combining creative practice with research into materials, user needs, and processes of production and use. Transition design is an area within the broader design field that focuses on using design methods to support long-term shifts toward more sustainable, resilient, and socially just ways of living, often addressing challenges such as environmental change, resource constraints, or the redesign of everyday systems like food, energy, or mobility. Students in this kind of program typically study design theory and methodology, systems thinking, sustainability, and studio-based project work where they apply design approaches to real-world transition challenges. Coursework often blends conceptual and critical study of design's role in social and environmental change with practical, project-based learning in which students develop proposals addressing specific transition problems. Because the program is based in a school of architecture, it likely situates transition design within questions of space, place, and the built environment, connecting design practice to how communities and territories evolve over time. Graduates pursue careers as designers, design researchers, sustainability consultants, or project leads working with public agencies, design studios, and organizations focused on environmental and social transition projects. The field suits students who want to combine design practice with a strong interest in sustainability and systemic change. This is a two-year master's degree taught in French, with an intake expected in September, and yearly tuition of two hundred fifty euros.