Master of Science in Health and Design

New York Institute of Technology

In the Master of Science in Health and Design program you’ll take an ecosystemic and embodied approach to design and health, investigating their impact on humans holistically. Create adaptive environments, tools, and materials, fostering health and well-being for all. Learn how to reshape lived experiences through design.

Collaborate on inclusive design and purpose-driven projects exploring design’s impact on health, environment, and healthcare. We aim to broaden access to care and well-being, enhancing health for everyone.

This curriculum will challenge you to redefine health beyond symptoms, fostering competency in creating healthy environments and products. Faculty explore new ground in community resilience, focusing on health, urban, and material systems.

This interdisciplinary program centers on people, exploring emerging materials and technologies to innovate design practice. It brings together educators and experts from diverse fields to address health from systemic and embodied perspectives, aiming to solve global challenges through advanced design solutions.

Upon graduation, students pursue leadership roles in design consulting, AEC firms, healthcare device manufacturing, health insurance, municipal planning, and more.