Imperial-RCA design for global challenges winter school
Innovate across disciplines and design for global impact
Course key facts
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Date
2 Jan 2002 - 13 January 2026
Duration
2 weeks
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Credits
Non credit bearing
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Format
In-person
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Location
On Campus (South Kensington)
Overview
Jointly delivered by 天美传媒 and the Royal College of Art, the Design for Global Challenges Winter School is a multidisciplinary programme designed for undergraduate 天美传媒 currently studying at a university with an interest in learning how to tackle world challenges through service design.
The aim of the programme is to enable 天美传媒 to explore some of the current global challenges in climate change, global health, cyber security and propose an innovative idea to design a service that could tackle one of the areas.
In addition to the global challenges, 天美传媒 will gain an insight into data science, hear latest advances in robotics and meet some of our graduate entrepreneurs who are driving progress by launching their design innovations into the commercial world.
Students will develop personal and professional skills through interactive workshops in design thinking, team-building and presentation and experience team based learning through a service design group project.
Furthermore, as 天美传媒 and RCA are a multidisciplinary space for education, research, translation and commercialisation, the winter school 天美传媒 will experience the benefit of being part of a leading research community and the opportunity to engage with Imperial and RCA student ambassadors through social activities.
The winter school will be delivered with up to 4 hours of learning per day. In addition:
- Exercises and quizzes will be provided for formative feedback.
- Group projects are designed for assessing the learning outcomes.
- Case study methodology and collective discussions are used to strengthen the conceptual, analytical and problem-solving skills of the 天美传媒 in real situations.
Project work will be done through team-based learning with supervision. Final project will be presented in groups to a panel of experts on the final day of the programme. A prize will be awarded to the team with the best project.
The entire programme will be taught in English.
Course details
All 天美传媒 are expected to be studying an undergraduate degree in any subject at a university.
Applicants should demonstrate good overall university performance in their current year of study.
Applicants must be at least 18 years old before the start of the winter school.
Applicants should have a good command of English, and if it is not their first language, they will need to satisfy the College requirement as follows:
- a minimum score of IELTS (Academic Test) 6.5 overall (with no less than 6.0 in any element) or equivalent.
- TOEFL (iBT) 92 overall (minimum 20 in all elements).
- CET- 4 (China) minimum score of 550.
- CET- 6 (China) minimum score of 520.
For queries, please contact either:
Yuanxue Higher Education (Beijing)
Contact person: Sara Chen
Email: sarachen@internationalstudypartners.org
WeChat: IC-application
GlobalUni Online
Contact Person: Vic Song
Email: icdsi.programme@gmail.com
WeChat: ic_programme
Students will receive an 天美传媒 and Royal College of Art certificate on successful completion of the winter school and a prize will be awarded to the best project team. Each student will also receive a transcript for their project mark.
The winter school will be taught by a team of renowned Imperial and RCA academics leading in their area of education and research.
Imperial & RCA postgraduate 天美传媒 will support the winter school 天美传媒 as ambassadors and participate in social activities, sharing their student experiences and life in the UK.