Master in Interaction Design Tallinn University

Interaction Design is taught in English and is a 100% online study program joint with the Cyprus University of Technology. We prepare graduates with marketable skills in design, technology, and theory as related to the domain of Interaction Design and Human-Computer Interaction.

The Programme offers a research-based approach to designing interactive, software, and technical systems. This joint curriculum benefits from a culturally diverse foundation, a wide potential audience, and strong research groups from Estonia and Cyprus with extensive experience in the fields of Human-computer Interaction, Online and Technology Enhanced Learning, and Interaction Design.

Why Study With Us?

Since the program started, in January 2016, it aimed to prepare specialists, equipped with knowledge and skills for designing meaningful technology. Our education system follows closely and is monitored by the European Higher Education regulations. Students who graduate from this program are given a degree by the Cyprus University of Technology and Tallinn University.

The curriculum offers a unique international learning opportunity and is ranked the first online Master in Interaction Design and 6th of the 10 Best Online Master’s in Interactive Design and Media Degree Programs in the world.

Who Are We Looking For?

We gladly welcome students with a wide variety of backgrounds in a related field – Computer Science, Informatics, Design, Media Studies, Internet Studies, Social Sciences, Psychology, and Education.

Our graduates can pursue careers as Content Strategists, Creative Directors, Creative Technologists, Design Strategists, Developers (front-end or back-end), Information Architects, Interaction Designers, Mobile Designers, Service Designers, Usability Specialists, User Interface Designers, and many more. Our graduates have excelled as entrepreneurs and have been prepared for self-employability through successful pitching and presentation of their ideas and work to professional and public bodies as well as pursuing suitable funding opportunities.

Course Outline

The MSc Interaction Design program is an internationally accredited two years Master's program (120 ECTS), offered jointly by the Cyprus University of Technology’s Department of Multimedia and Graphic Arts and Tallinn University’s School of Digital Technologies in English. Our program is designed to run fully online (full-time or part-time) with an emphasis on practice-based teaching through research, design, and implementation of different individual and collaborative projects.

The curriculum allows you to fine-tune your education by mixing interdisciplinary courses, projects, and research in design and technology. The curriculum runs on Google’s online learning suite and provides access to CUT and TLU online systems. The master follows a problem-based learning approach, focusing on semester-long assignments per module that are broken into smaller 2-week-long cycles. At the beginning of each 2-week cycle the assignment is released, and students work on it and submit their work at the end of the 2-week cycle having various forms (synchronous and asynchronous) of mentoring sessions in between. At the end of the semester, students have to present their project work and engage in a verbal examination session. Classic written examinations are not usual in this master's program.

What type of technology is needed for the studies?

A new laptop and a good internet connection will be sufficient. The course uses Google apps for education and Google Classroom for delivery.

The Study Programme

The MSc Interaction Design is a full-time or part-time online study program by Tallinn University (TLU) and the Cyprus University of Technology (CUT). The course is flexible to your varying needs and other life commitments. Therefore you have the chance to choose between full-time and part-time study and you can switch between the two or postpone throughout the course.

The current year's info session is found below. Watch the video and get the answers you need! The program provides a pragmatic response to the lack of European distance education study programs on Interaction Design as well as to answer to the lack of more flexible learning arrangements for full-time professionals. The MSc Interaction Design program offers a multidisciplinary curriculum that emphasizes technology for the benefit of the people.

In 2020 we also held an information session where our Head of the Programme Sónia Sousa introduced the Interaction Design program along with the Head of the Human-Computer Interaction Program.