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AWARD WINNING DESIGN SCHOOL
Established in 2003, M.A.D. School offers our very own unique MAD formula, a powerful program that integrates marketing, advertising and design. Thanks to our strategic partnership with industry professionals and leaders, our curriculum evolves as market evolves. Change is constant; to stay ahead of our game, we challenge the norms and existing education boundaries. We ask WHY NOT as life is too short for complacency.
Chatsworth Medi@rt Academy (200305753H) is registered with the Committee for Private Education (CPE) from 03/08/2022 to 02/08/2026
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Our Founder Michelle Lim invited to speak in TED Talk
"So to all my young students, matured graduates or prospective students, enjoy every moment of life. Everybody is creative, and this is a belief I hold strongly."
Michelle Lim,
CEO of Chatsworth Medi@rt Academy
"When I was in England, I found out that I was way ahead of all my peers."
Tommy Lai,
M.A.D. Graduate // UX Writer @ Booking.com
"Since starting the course, I have found the modules to be invigorating and I am in awe of the lecturers I’ve had access to – in my last module, my lecturer was the former Chief Marketing Officer of IBM!"
Simren Panoo,
M.A.D. Graduate // Director, Client Engagement & Strategic Marketing @ Bank of Singapore
OUR MANIFESTO
WE THINK CREATIVITY WITHOUT THINKING IS NO BETTER THAN A BLANK CANVAS. THE SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST IS AN ADAGE OF THE PAST. RIGHT NOW, IT’S ABOUT THRIVING WITH FORWARD THINKING.
MANY SCHOOLS LAY CLAIM TO TEACHING TECHNICAL SKILLSETS, BUT FEW CAN HONE STRATEGIC THINKING SKILLS. IT’S A WORLD THAT SEPARATES THE CHAFF FROM THE WHEAT; THOSE WHO CAN THINK STRATEGICALLY AND THOSE WHO CAN’T. STRATEGIC THINKING IS WHAT GETS YOU TO THE TOP AND THE WORLD REWARDS THOSE PERCHED AT THE TOP. NOW, WHERE DO YOU WANT TO BE?
EVOLVE WE SHALL. STAY AHEAD OF THE DIGITAL GAME, WE WILL. BUT IT TAKES SO MUCH MORE TO TRULY THRIVE. M.A.D. SCHOOL DOES MORE THAN IMPART TO YOU THE EXPERIENCE, THE TECHNICAL SKILLSET, THE KNOW-HOWS AND THE BLAH BLAH BLAH THAT ALL THE OTHER SCHOOLS CAN. IT TEACHES YOU THE GAME-CHANGING STRATEGIC SKILLS. THINK LIKE NEVER BEFORE. SEE INSIGHTS THAT ARE PRIVY TO A SELECTED FEW. DISCOVER ANOTHER DIMENSION.
ADAPT, AND ADAPT FAST. CREATE TO CHANGE.
CHANGE SO YOU CAN CREATE.
PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATE in COMMUNICATION Design
Learn the basic skills and software a designer needs to know.
Be able to create artwork that will help your clients get their job done with this course that can be completed in less than a year on a part-time basis.
Professional Diploma in Advertising & Design
Yearning for a trailblazing career as a creative director or owner of your design or advertising agency?
This comprehensive 24-month programme will arm you the strategic thinking and analytical skills to thrive in the advertising and design industry.
DIPLOMA in
COMMUNICATION DESIGN
You have a keen eye for aesthetics. Designs inspire you. You’re inspired to design.
You will be taught to conceptualise for design applications such as editorial, posters and packaging while having interactions, consultations, hands-on assignments as well as presentations that will fully prepare you for the design world.
LECTURERS
Being industry players, active in their respective fields, our lecturers stay abreast with their fast-evolving industries and impart their most up-to-date knowledge to students. Featuring an array of award winners, from recipients of internationally acclaimed creative awards to honorable media accolades, our lecturers are well- versed in the do’s and don’ts in winning awards, and use only such lofty standards as benchmarks for their teaching.
GLOBAL
MadGlobal subscribes to that, connecting us to the matrix of The globalized world. It’s an independent entity armed with an altruistic vision of exposing students all over world to all things creative, sans geographical boundaries.
From overseas trips to advertising awards competition such as Adfest in Thailand and Adstars Korea; to global learning trips to New York & Bali, we have the students’ expansion of their creative minds at heart.
AWARDS-LAB
At Awards Lab, everyone’s a winner! Even without bagging an award. It’s a boiler room where students are subject to the rigours of agency environment. And the demands of producing award-winning work.
Awards or not, walk away with a winning portfolio.
DO-GOOD
Love what you do so much? Why not do projects and campaigns that will be running live and get paid through Make The Change?
Through Make The Change, students can:
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Make use of their design skills to help NGOs & other social enterprises
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Take part in real projects for various companies
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Guided by experienced industrial practitioners
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Get paid for their work
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Enhanced their portfolio with projects completed under make the change