Radically interdisciplinary, ATLAS graduate programs nurture robust design and technical skills, while striving to maximize flexibility for students to explore and develop their unique creative visions.
ATLAS faculty interests are broad, including areas such as e-textiles, human-robot interaction, game design and engineering at the molecular level. Similarly, graduate students hail from a wide range of academic disciplines, including computer science, the humanities, engineering, art, the natural sciences, music and design.
Graduates of the professional MS program in Technology, Media & Society pursue careers in design, technology and social impact fields. PhD alumni work as researchers in industry and government, and as faculty members in academia (learn about our alumni).
For those seeking a graduate experience with a vibrant, interdisciplinary academic community of creative designers, engineers and inventors, ATLAS is the place.
* The name of the degree program will be changing to "Creative Technologies and Design" starting in the fall 2020 semester.
PhD—Technology, Media & Society (TMS)
MS—TMS Creative Technologies & Design track
MS—TMS Information & Communication Technologies for Development track
Meet our graduate students
Cassandra Goodby
CTD master's student
“ATLAS allowed me to discover and flourish in my interests of user interface and user experience design and front-end development. I finally felt I found a place where all my passions and curiosities could collide."
Celeste Moreno
CTD master's student
"The instructors and advisors were genuinely excited about my interests and ideas, and they were enthusiastic about supporting my exploration into different subject areas from coding and robotics to design and museum studies."
Chris Bopp, PhD student
“I focus on understanding the role of technology and data within nonprofit organizations and the ways these tools can either further push people away, or lift up and support them.”
Ben Lee
ICTD master's student
"I’m learning the skills necessary to develop and introduce technology into marginalized communities in a safe and respectable way."
Babatunde Adegoke
ICTD master's student
"At ATLAS I have been able to read and research broadly because my course is interdisciplinary, and this enabled me to understand the question I set out to answer: What makes technology work for the people?"