Interaction design concerns the design of digital artifacts and digitally mediated communication, with a focus on use experience.

The programme educates future maritime and ocean leaders and strengthens the capacity of national administrations in developing countries.

New forms of digital media technologies emerge every day, affecting all aspects of our lives as well as changing how organizations and society operate, often in rapid and unexpected ways. From constantly changing forms of mobile communications to virtual and augmented reality, technologies offer new ways of interacting with each other, managing our wellbeing, studying, working and organizing our societies. Creating and managing this complex and rapidly changing media environment requires the ability to see beyond the hype and make informed and timely decisions. This calls for an advanced understanding of the complex interplay between people, organizational processes and digital technologies. In this master’s program you — the future professionals and researchers — will learn to navigate the complexities of this new media environment, and to lead the strategic development of future media technologies across various industries where digitalization is happening and digital media is a key element of success.

This master’s programme is geared toward students interested in better understanding the role of education in relation to the formation of individuals and society, and exploring the study of education through historical and contemporary perspectives. The programme aims to provide you with in-depth knowledge of international educational theory as well as the opportunity to pursue a research career in the field. The programme has a philosophical and historical foundation. Central concepts that will be discussed include education, upbringing, fostering, teaching, schooling and different conceptions of the role of the teacher.

WMU’s MSc programme emphasizes the practical application of expertise. It offers both an overview of the complex, inter-related maritime and ocean fields, as well as the opportunity to specialize. The programme is designed to respond directly to the real needs of the maritime industry, and to equip graduates with the skills needed today and in the future. It is academically challenging and professionally oriented, and is designed for ambitious, mid-career maritime professionals. It provides a particularly strong foundation for those intending to move into either a national or an international career.

WMU’s MSc programme emphasizes the practical application of expertise. It offers both an overview of the complex, inter-related maritime and ocean fields, as well as the opportunity to specialize. The programme is designed to respond directly to the real needs of the maritime industry, and to equip graduates with the skills needed today and in the future. It is academically challenging and professionally oriented, and is designed for ambitious, mid-career maritime professionals. It provides a particularly strong foundation for those intending to move into either a national or an international career.

The programme immerses you in developing practical techniques, methods, and materials for teaching English as a Second Language (ESL), such as virtual exchange, storytelling and creative writing.

The Computer Science: Internet of Things, Master’s Program (two-year) prepares students for careers in a rapidly growing global industry. The demand for people with IoT engineering skills is expected to increase dramatically. Future innovation in the IoT area is expected to accelerate the growth of the IoT sector. This will lead to a growing demand in society for IoT system developers who have skills in the complete IoT value chain while, at the same time, also understanding IoT business aspects. This new and unique master’s program is designed to meet the demand for IoT system developers and has therefore been shaped to address some of the main challenges that both the academy and industry have highlighted about the IoT. These include security, privacy, big data management, interoperability, business models, and usability.

If you want to deepen your understanding of educational research and increase your own teaching competence with a scholarly approach, the Teaching and Learning in Higher Education master’s program is a good option. In the program, you will get a more scholarly approach to your teaching profession.

This master’s program focuses on economic and business perspectives of urban development. Urban development is driven by private and public stakeholders at local, regional, national, and international levels, and the program provides you with an understanding of the different stakeholders in developing and managing attractive and sustainable cities.

This two-year master’s program provides you with in-depth knowledge and understanding of the challenges today’s organizations and businesses are facing. It focuses on the relationship between societal challenges and leadership and organization at the intersection of the private, public, and non-profit sectors. The education engages with critical issues of leadership and organizational change such as power, ethics, resistance, gender, diversity, sustainability, and digitalization.

Critical Studies in the Humanities is a two-year master’s program aimed at students interested in better understanding various cultural phenomena, both past and present. The program will encourage you to think expansively and creatively about how culture is produced and reproduced, and why it is still a contested terrain. We explore and ask questions about issues of power, representation, memory, silence, and place.

The Master’s in Church Music programme aims to educate musicians that possess high artistic, educational and professional abilities. We offer specialisations in Arrangement and Composition, Organ and Keyboard, and Vocal Music and Choir. On completion of the programme, the student must possess advanced knowledge and skills in order to work within the various functions and engagements of a professional musician – either as a soloist, a member of an established ensemble or as a church musician within the Church of Sweden or within other denominations.

The Master’s programmes in Music – Interpretation Diploma of Excellence & Music – Composition Diploma of Excellence aim to educate musicians and composers possessing an exceptionally high level of artistic and professional ability.

The Master of Fine Arts is a two-year programme offering specialised artistic training through individual studio practice and courses in art and various related disciplines. Students choose from a range of technical and theoretical courses, many of which are taught by internationally recognised artists. The programme also includes a study trip and a degree project, which consists of an essay and a solo exhibition at the academy’s gallery. On completion of the programme, students will have acquired broad and specialised practical and theoretical knowledge and skills for independent work in a variety of professional roles.