This Communication Design bachelor’s degree aims to train creative designers with the necessary theoretical and practical background to design visual communication projects in the fields of multimedia, interactive communication and hypermedia.
This 3-year journey is regularly authorised by the Italian Ministry of Education, University and Research.
Today’s designers are experiencing a challenging yet exciting moment, where graphic design and communication are becoming multichannel experiences that users expect to be highly consistent.
Your academic journey
Things you will learn
Our study plans are designed to combine technical and expressive subjects and market trends, in order to create a tangible set of skills.
First year
Get to know visual design and all its hues, like illustration, computer art, history of art.
| ECT Total | 60 |
| Subjects | ECT |
| Illustrator and Photoshop lab | 12 |
| Modern & Contemporary Art | 6 |
| Theory and Illustration Techniques | 6 |
| Graphic Design I | 8 |
| Culture and Communication I | 6 |
| Art Direction & Copywriting I | 8 |
| Layout Techniques and Lettering I | 6 |
| Basics of Computer Science | 4 |
| English | 4 |
Second year
Understand how to design a creative concept and choose the right channels to deploy it. During the second year you will also add elective training activities.
| ECT Total | 60 |
| Subjects | ECT |
| Advertising History & Graphic Design | 6 |
| Layout Techniques and Lettering II (Indesign lab) | 8 |
| Art Direction & Copywriting II | 10 |
| Graphic Design II (3D Graphic LAB) | 8 |
| Culture and Communication II | 6 |
| Video Design I (Adobe premiere pro lab) | 6 |
| User Interface & User Experience I | 6 |
| Theory and Techniques of Photography | 6 |
| Electives | 4 |
Third year
Go deeper in visual communication projects as you study the methodological and marketing point of view.
| ECT Total | 60 |
| Subjects | ECT |
| Culture and Communication III | 6 |
| Art Direction III | 12 |
| Copywriting III | 6 |
| Video Design II (Adobe after effects pro lab) | 6 |
| User Interface & user experience II | 6 |
| Marketing & Management (Social media manager) | 6 |
| Packaging Design | 6 |
| Additional linguistic and computer skills, internships and reports. | 4 |
| Final exam | 8 |
Experience, work and learn
Our teaching method stimulates engagement and active learning. Students can experience and learn in an ever moving open lab, with actual projects and role-playing activities. 30% Lectures, classroom activities, reading and studying, 70% Practice, labs, creation and presentation of personal projects, workshops.
30% Lectures, classroom activities, reading and studying
70% Hands-on activities, workshops, production and presentation of personal projects, workshops
Final exam and personal project
After having completed your exams, you will have to prepare a multichannel visual communication project, which will include any material from the preliminary phase (moodboards, sketches, etc.) and anything helpful to better understand your work.
Your future after graduation
The competences earned during this course will open up a variety of career opportunities. Based on your attitude and talents, you will be able to either work as a self-employed professional and in editorial design, business communication, digital media and graphic design agencies.
Benefits for students
We believe creativity is for all. We offer a variety of benefit opportunities:
- Payment by instalments
- Grants (provided by ADISU institution)
- Competitions for technical institutes and fashion enthusiasts
- Digital lecture notes included