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

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.

Entry requirements

A Bachelor's degree or equivalent in spatial design, architecture, landscape design, or urban and rural design, or a related discipline is required. Candidates with a Bachelor's degree equivalent in a related discipline, e.g. environmental studies, ecology, biology, urban studies, or an interdisciplinary field, e.g. ecological economics, environmental sociology, environmental management and technology, will also be considered.

If you are not a native speaker of English, and your Bachelor's degree or equivalent qualification is awarded by institutions where the medium of instruction is not English, you are expected to provide one of the following proficiency test results (taken within 2 years) for fulfil the minimum English language requirement for admission purpose:

• A score of 80 or above in the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) Internet-based test; or
• An Overall Band score of 6.0 or above in the International English Language Testing System (IELTS) Academic module.