V&A/RCA History of Design MA Royal College of Art

Offered jointly by the Royal College of Art and the Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A), the MA creates critical histories through artefacts, environments and our interactions with them, whether in design, performance, photography or material culture more broadly.

We see the history of design and material culture as interdisciplinary. Our tutors' research and teaching expertise range from the early modern to the contemporary, with particular area expertise in the UK/Europe, North America and Asia, and in transnational and global connections. As a programme we are committed to inclusivity, decoloniality and social engagement.

V&A/RCA History of Design MA embraces history that is public-facing, experimental and committed to academic excellence, connected to communities in public museums and art schools. We see history as practice-based and bring a distinctly global outlook to historical questions, placing local histories in comparative context and tracing diverse, global networks through material culture.