Transitional Environments Design The Hong Kong Polytechnic University School of Design (PolyU Design)

Award	Attendance	Study	Duration	Start	Domestic fees	International fees
MDes	On-Campus	Full-time, Part-time	1 - 3 years	September	$240120.00 total per	$240120.00 total per

Course fee notes

The programme tuition fees (1 year, 3 trimesters) for local and non-local students for the academic year 2026-2027 are HK$266,400.

Course overview

The Master of Design (Transitional Environments Design) (TED) is a specialism developed in response to the unprecedented rural and urban changes that have occurred during the last few decades in Hong Kong and Mainland China. TED aims to develop students’ intellectual and practical mastery of the analysis and design of diverse rural and urban environments in the region, with broader implications for global contexts. The approach of this specialism is based on an understanding of the socio-cultural dynamics of the regional context, transformed into new design strategies and design interventions.

TED focuses on the contemporary Hong Kong/Chinese rural and urban experience in the context of the Greater Bay Area. It offers a unique postgraduate education in rural and urban space design. In line with the School’s critical approach to environmental and ecological design, this tailor-made specialism regards design as a holistic and systemic perspective on ‘wicked’ and entangled global and local problems, following the Sustainable Development Goals established by the United Nations.