Bachelor of Arts - Graphic Design
- 4 years
- Duration
- 16,100 EUR/year
- Price
- Sep 2025
- Start
- May 2025
- Deadline
- Bachelor
- Degree
- Campus
- Format
- Barcelona / Spain
- Location
Program description
This English-language course is designed to equip students with the tools they need to research, plan, design, and deliver effective visual narratives in a range of contexts. The emphasis of the four-year program is on learning by doing and establishing one's own unique style through participation in both online and offline projects.
As you develop your adaptability, dedication to value, and critical eye, you'll learn about every stage of the creative process, from initial brainstorming to delivering on customer expectations. You will acquire the skills necessary to effectively communicate your ideas through the written word, digital media, the internet, audiovisual media, and more by learning to manipulate text, color, images, symbols, and illustrations.
Program structure
1st YEAR
- Informatics Graphic Design I
- Animation Techniques in Graphic Design
- Graphic Design Workshop I
- The History of Graphic Design
- Semiotics
- Graphic Techniques in Graphic Design
- Graphic Design Photography I
- Typography I
- Foundation Project II
- Representation Techniques II
- Project Communication II
- Technical Drawing I
- Sociology
- Volume
- The History of Art and Design
2nd YEAR
- Informatics Graphic Design I
- Animation Techniques in Graphic Design
- Graphic Design Workshop I
- The History of Graphic Design
- Semiotics
- Graphic Techniques in Graphic Design
- Graphic Design Photography I
- Audiovisual Graphic Design
- Digital Communication I
- Graphic Design I
- Informatics Graphic Design II
- Typography II
- Digital Communication II
- Interdisciplinary Project
3rd YEAR
- Graphic Design Strategy and Management
- Workshop II
- Corporate Identity Project
- Editing Techniques
- Project Communication III
- Project I
- Creativity
- Calligraphy, Serigraphy & Engraving Wsp
- Editorial Project and Interactive Communication
- Contemporary Communication
- Packaging Project
- Multidisciplinary Workshop I
4th YEAR
- Motion Graphics
- Workshop III
- Eco-design
- Project II
- Digital Communication III
- Professional Internship
- Multidisciplinary Workshop II
- Final Project
Price
Fee for two semesters (1 year) is 16100.00 EUR for international students
Requirements for applicants
ENTRY REQUIREMENTS
- Age - be 18 years old by December 31st of the first year of the course;
- Transcripts of their last year of high school (or equivalent, translated into English or Spanish)
- Motivational Letter (500-600 words). Tell us why you’ve chosen this Course and why you want to study with us.
- Submit a 500-600 words essay
LANGUAGE REQUIREMENTS
To prove their proficiency in the required language, the applicant must either:
- submit one of the accepted language certificates listed in the table below (the certificate cannot have been awarded more than 2 years before the application is made to IED);
- take the IED language assessment.
RECOGNISED CERTIFICATES
- IELTS Academic ≥ 5.5
- Cambridge C2 Proficiency (CPE)
- Cambridge B2 First (FCE)
- Cambridge C1 Advanced (CAE)
- B2 Vantage Bulats ≥ 60 (All 4 skills should be passed: listening, reading, speaking and writing)
- TOEFL IBT ≥ 68
- PTE Academic ≥ 59
- ISE Level II (All 4 skills should be passed: listening, reading, speaking and writing)
- ISE Level III (All 4 skills should be passed: listening, reading, speaking and writing)
- ISE Level IV (All 4 skills should be passed: listening, reading, speaking and writing)
About the university
Since 1966, we have been the largest Higher Education Network in the creative area to keep both a worldwide perspective and a strongly Italian cultural matrix.
Our educational strategy has evolved over time, but at its core remains the same: we mix theoretical study with hands-on experience and the expertise of working experts. One of the things we emphasize in our classes is always thinking ahead, in the here and now. We are a diverse, multidisciplinary institution that views design as a tool for social transformation.
Among the many international academic networks in which we participate are Cumulus, Elia, and WDO, just to name a few.
Campuses
In the 1970s and 1980s, we expanded to Rome (1973), Cagliari (1984), and Turin (1989) in Italy.
Beginning in 1994 with the Madrid campus and continuing on to Barcelona in 2002, Spain's modern era began in the 1990s.
The Group also spread internationally, establishing a presence in Sao Paulo, Brazil, in 2005, and then in Venice, Italy, in 2007, Florence, Italy, in 2009, and Como, Italy, in 2009, with the acquisition of the Aldo Galli Academy of Fine Arts. The Group expanded its footprint in Brazil in 2014 by renovating the Cassino da Urca and opening a campus in Rio de Janeiro; in 2020, the Group will expand its presence in Spain by purchasing the Centro Superior de Diseo Kunsthal in Bilbao.
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