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Online and in person executive masterclasses providing critical business skills, covering topics such as design thinking, creative leadership, entrepreneurship and service design.
Upcoming courses
Design Thinking & Innovation in Practice (on campus)
15 & 16 May 2025 | Book your place here
"We want people to come away from our executive education courses with achievable insights and a critical path to making change in their organisations and to their own individual working lives."
Adrian and Clara Gaggero Westaway, Course Leaders, Design Thinking & Innovation in Practice
Futures Through Design (on campus)
7—9 July 2025 | Book your place here
"For over a decade, the RCA has been a leader in design futures research and practice, and today offers a one year MDes in Design Futures. Now we are looking to create more opportunities with this short course. This in-person, intensive three-day experience is designed for organisational leaders, entrepreneurs, professionals and high-performing recent graduates who are seeking to transform strategic uncertainty into innovative opportunity."
John V Willshire and Dr Robert Phillips, Course Leaders, Framing design futures
Building a Globally Successful Creative Business (on campus)
17—19 September 2025 | Apply now
"Post-Covid, creative businesses need to rebuild, reimagine themselves and find new global markets. This new short course is an unmissable three days to meet, talk and learn from those who have built businesses and institutions, knitted together a tight and effective team and found markets from Europe, the Middle-East and China."
Philip Dodd, Course Leader and Chairman of Made in China (UK) Ltd
Creative Leadership (on campus)
9 & 10 October 2025 | Register interest now
"The Creative Leadership Open Masterclass offers a platform to explore how the three values of Empathy, Clarity and Creativity could translate into your daily practice. They are not prescriptive. Think of them as intelligences in their own right that you can develop over time, to ensure that any undertaking or project is inclusive in its approach to bringing forth value for everyone involved."
Dr Chris McGinley and Dr Ninela Ivanova – Course Leaders, Creative Leadership
Service Design Masterclass (online)
13, 14 & 17, 19 November 2025 | Book your place here
"Service Design is transforming organisations across the globe. The RCA is at the centre of a new generation of user-centred, system-smart and delivery-focused talent. This is an opportunity to understand how to apply service design thinking into the heart of your organisation."
Dr Nicolas Rebolledo Bustamante, Course Leader, Service Design Masterclass
Our Executive Education Masterclasses can be tailored and adapted for business, government, the public sector and universities globally.
“The Design Thinking & Innovation in Practice course at the Royal College of Art was a diverse and transformative experience. It offered a well-rounded approach, blending theory with real-world applications. The course was truly inspiring, pushing me to think creatively and explore innovative solutions. I left with practical insights and tools that I can apply directly to my work, making it an invaluable experience.”
“I enrolled in this course to explore whether pursuing a Master’s in Service Design at RCA was the right path for me. It not only confirmed my interest but also deepened my passion for service design. The experience reassured me that this is the field where I can thrive and make an impact.”
“Excellently curated days with varied speakers. Surprisingly experienced, diverse and talented classmates.”
“Insightful, practical and fun. This course provided me with the basis to take design thinking into my everyday practices and bring new ideas to my clients. From the course leader to the other attendees everyone brought ideas to the table and worked together to build some amazing outputs.”
“Great experience that allowed us to have a personal conversation with culture and art leaders and gave us an understanding of the full creative value chain.”
“As a designer, I can see the value in creativity in my daily work, however, creativity is not always valued amongst senior leadership at my company. The Creative Leadership course gave me the tools and knowledge to push for that to happen.”
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Get in touch with us if you'd like to find out more about this or any of our other short courses.
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