Graphic Design

Overview

During our Master's Program, you can become a graphic design artist who is able to respond to actual situations and present creative and artistic solutions, and who is able to create and implement high-quality work on every job platform. 

We are a flexible, fresh-minded program, our virtue is openness. With the help of our faculty of renowned, leading professionals in various fields of Graphic Design, we give you maximum scope to find your individual style and build your own artistic brand. 

We invite you as fellow creatives to join us in a good mood, an artistic institution that encourages teamwork, integrated design practice, state-of-the-art design thinking, and a good atmosphere, which underpins the creative work with the right theoretical knowledge.

Practical Opportunities During Education

From the archaic classical printing and reproduction-graphics processes to the most modern digital printing machines, our students have at their disposal technical and technological possibilities that allow them to produce the results of their design work in the Workshops and Studios of the Department, whether it is 3D printing, laser cutting, Risograph printing or bookbinding. The cross-disciplinary project-based teaching methodology also extends our students' skills towards integrated designing processes. With the help of our collaborative partners, our students take part in real-life assignments that allow them to gain professional experience by working with clients during their training.

The training will give priority to:

·        individual consultations, mentoring by teachers;

·        focus on practical work and creativity;

·        creative solutions to realistic, real-life, often challenging problems, actual tasks;

·        teamwork alongside individual achievement;

·        an integrated, cross-disciplinary project-based teaching methodology.

Educational Opportunities

·        the ability to solve problems with a practical, functional design focus

·        design knowledge that can be used across all graphic design interfaces

·        innovative graphic solutions based on freedom of experimentation 

·        innovative solutions based on individual identity, but which can also be developed in teamwork

·        socially sensitive communication strategy building and creative thinking that reflect social problems

·        the methods of Design Thinking

·        a practice-oriented, creative design attitude, able to respond to real-life, real-world situations

Specialization

Specializations are launched only if a sufficient number of students wish to join the specialization.   

Graphic Design specialization

Our master's program builds on the experience you gained in your bachelor's degree, giving you the practical, real-world skills that you need to pursue Graphic Design at a high level. Choose this specialization to develop your individual artistic voice in traditional Graphic Design surfaces and new media fields. We prepare you for your career, so you can design and execute the most impactful, multi-faceted creative visual messages in all areas of Graphic Design.

What can you study with us? 

Typography, logo, pictogram, identity, packaging, book, poster and web design, branding, identity design, infographics, and info design 

Main Topic:

Graphic Design Studio Practice; Creative Graphic Design Studies; Experimental Design; Data Visualisation; Branding; Product Design; Complex Design; Print Media; Web Design 

Graphic Art specialization

If you are looking to develop your own independent artistic expression and if you are looking to develop your excellent manual skills in illustration, comics, book covers, posters, and book design, choose the Graphic Art specialization!

What can you study with us? 

In addition to complex Graphic Design and typography tasks, you can also study unique and reproduced graphic genres, art book design, creative bookbinding, Pop-Up book design, and manual and digital illustration. 

Main topics: 

Graphic Design Studio Practice; Reproduction Graphics; Book Design; Poster Design; Graphic Design Techniques; Illustration Design; Comics; Creative Graphic Design Studies; Experimental Graphics; Graphic Installations. 

Career Opportunities

• Independent artist, graphic designer, illustrator, and graphic artist 
• In graphic studios, and creative agencies as Art Director or Graphic Designer  
• Work in the online and print media as an illustrator, image editor, artistic head, DTP editor, or web designer