Bachelor of Arts - Graphic Design
- 3 years
- Duration
- 9,800 EUR/year
- Price
- Sep 2025
- Start
- May 2025
- Deadline
- Bachelor
- Degree
- Campus
- Format
- Budapest / Hungary
- Location
Program description
Graphic design became the most innovative branch of design in the age of desktop publishing (DTP), with a strong presence of its intellectual output in everyday life, both online and offline media. In these domains, we will reveal the secrets of graphic design's different surfaces and media, from illustration to book, identity and poster design, branding, logos, pictograms, and package design.
The training will emphasize the following:
- Individual consultations and mentoring by teachers;
- emphasis on practical work and creativity;
- innovative solutions to genuine, real-world, often difficult challenges and tasks;
- teamwork alongside individual accomplishment;
- an integrated, cross-disciplinary project-based teaching system.
Program structure
Semester 1
- History of Art in the Context of Social Sciences 1
- Drawing studies 1
- Basics of digital graphic design (Pixel and vector graphics programs)
- Digital graphic design techniques (DTP)
- Graphic design studies 1
- Typographic foundation practice
- Project Week 1 (Graphic Design BA)
- University Seminar
- Start My Brand (Art)
Semester 2
- History of Art in the Context of Social Sciences 2
- Introduction to Philosophy and Aesthetics
- Drawing Studies 2
- Graphic design techniques 1 (Graphic workshop)
- Graphic design studies 2
- Typography practice
- History of typography and graphic design
- Project Week 2 (Graphic Design BA)
- Special Requirements of Admission to the Specialization Beginning in Semester 3
- Typographic foundation practice
- Graphic Design Studies 2
- Graphic Design Technics 1 (Graphic Workshop)
Semester 3
- Creative Thinking and Art
- The Basics of Communication Studies
- Paper and Packaging Practice
- Paper and Packaging Industrial Knowledge
- Project Week 3 (Graphic Design BA)
- Graphic Design Specialization
- Drawing Studies 3
- Graphic Design Technics 2 (Graphic Workshop)
- Graphic Design Studies 3
Semester 4
- Art Theory
- Theory of Graphic Design
- Methodology of Graphic Design
- Project Week 4. (Graphic Design BA)
- Graphic Design Specialization
- Graphic Visual Studies
- Graphic Design Technics 4 (Graphic Workshop)
- Graphic Design Studies 4
Semester 5
- Sustainable Development
- Introduction to Media Culture
- Project Week 5. (Graphic Design BA)
- Graphic Design Specialization
- Photography and Printing Technologies
- Graphic Design Technics 5 (Webdesign)
- Graphic Design Studies 5
Semester 6
- Portfolio (Graphic Design BA)
- Project Week 6. (Graphic Design BA)
- Degree Thesis Writing (Graphic Design)
- Graphic Design Specialization
- Code Based Design
- Graphic Design Studies 6
Price
Fee for two semester (1 year education) is 9,800 EUR for international students.
Requirements for applicants
- Completed secondary school studies
- GPA: above 60% - annually and in the final exam
- Intermediate command of English (equivalent to IELTS 5.5+ or TOEFL 69+ level, but no certificate required)
- Portfolio of previous works 
- CV and Motivation Letter
About the university
With 8,000 students, Budapest Metropolitan University is the largest private university in Hungary. We offer several bachelor's and master's degree programs in communication, business, tourism, and the arts.
We have foreign students from more than seventy countries because we provide a wide variety of degree programs entirely in English. Our degrees are globally recognized and highly regarded in the business community. In addition to recruiting renowned academics and business leaders for our faculty, we also recruit renowned academics and business leaders. We provide scholarship possibilities for study abroad at over 120 partner institutions on five continents. In addition to a choice of internship possibilities at international corporations, students also have access to a vast array of training programs that emphasize experiential learning. Students in business programs can get a Hungarian and British degree after three and a half years of study in Budapest alone.
The University's mission is to provide a high-quality education even by European Union standards in the areas of social sciences, economic studies, art and art mediation, communication, and tourism through bachelor's and master's degrees, specialized training, advanced vocational education, tertiary vocational education, and adult education.
