Master of Arts - Graphic Design
- 2 years
- Duration
- 10,000 EUR/year
- Price
- Sep 2025
- Start
- May 2025
- Deadline
- Master
- Degree
- Campus
- Format
- Budapest / Hungary
- Location
Program description
During our Master Program, you will learn how to become a graphic design artist who can respond to real-world circumstances and propose innovative and artistic solutions, as well as generate and implement high-quality work on any job platform.
We are a flexible, forward-thinking programme, and our strength is our openness. With the assistance of our faculty of famous, top professionals in numerous sectors of Graphic Design, we provide you with ample opportunity to discover your own style and create your own aesthetic identity. We urge you to join us in a good mood, artistic institution that supports teamwork, integrated design practise, cutting-edge design thinking, and a positive atmosphere that underlies creative work with appropriate theoretical knowledge.
You will learn
- the capacity to address challenges with an emphasis on practical, functional design; design expertise applicable to all visual design interfaces.
- innovative visual solutions based on experimentation Innovative graphic solutions based on individual identity, but which may also be produced in collaboration
- socially aware communication strategy development and innovative thinking reflecting societal issues
- methods of Design Thinking are a practice-oriented, creative design mindset that can adapt to real-world scenarios.
Program structure
Semester 1
- Contemporary Art Theory
- Social Philosophy and Art
- Basics of the Graphic Design Thinking (Research Methods in the Graphic Design)
- Typography Design Theory
- Graphic Design Studies 1. (Practice in Mediatechnology)
- Creative Visual Communication Practice
- University Seminar
- Project Week 1 (Graphic Design MA)
- Start My Brand (Art)
Semester 2
- Critical Cultural Theory
- Sustainability from an Anthropological Perspective
- Graphic Design Studies 2 (Corporate Identity)
- Integrated Design
- Project Week 2 (Graphic Design MA)
- Subjects of the Specialisation
- Frame of optional subjects
- Graphic Design specialization
- Creative Graphic Design Studies 1 (Experimental Design, Data Visualization)
- Graphic Design Studio Practice 1 (Identity and Graphic Design)
Semester 3
- Communication Studies
- Law and Economics
- Graphic Design Studies 3 (Branding)
- Project Week 3 (Graphic Design MA)
- Subjects of the Specialisation
- Frame of optional subjects
- Graphic Design specialization
- Creative Graphic Design Studies 2 (Printed Media and Webdesign)
- Creative Graphic Design Studies 1 (Experimental Design, Data Visualization)
- Graphic Design Studio Practice 2 (Pre-Diploma Presentation Practice)
- Graphic Design Studio Practice 1 (Identity and Graphic Design)
Semester 4
- Diploma Work (Graphic Design MA)
- Subjects of the Specialisation
- Frame of optional subjects
- Graphic Design specialization
- Special Graphic Design Studies (Complex Design)
- Graphic Design Studio Practice 3 (Pre-Diploma Presentation Practice)
Price
Fee for two semester (1 year education) is 10,000 EUR for international students.
Requirements for applicants
- IELTS min. 6.0
- Bachelor’s degree from a relevant field
- 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.
