Bachelor in Design Global

This Bachelor’s Degree in Design Global has a very strong international component and it shows not only by the classes being taught in English, but with the presence of international academic staff and a mandatory mobility semester. This international semester may be done through Erasmus or at one of the best design schools in the world.

Additionally, all students also receive, during their 3-year degree, the Adobe Pack.

Why study Global Design?

International experience

The international component of the Bachelor’s Degree in Global Design is evident not only because of the faculty it comprises but also because of the international semester it offers its students. During a semester, the students get the chance to study in two of the best design schools in the world:

• NABA, in Italy
• New School of Architecture and Design, in California (USA)
• ELISAVA, em Spain
• KEA Copenhagen School of Design and Technology in Dinamarca
• HdM Stuttgart Media University, in Germany

Challenge Based Learning (PBL)

This Bachelor’s Degree is based on CBL - challenge-based learning - where the Project curricular unit leads the semester. In each semester there is a project that combines all the curricular units of that semester. Also included in the study plan is a Professional Exploration curricular unit which introduces a very interesting feature: there's a pause in the semester and projects are carried out in collaboration with companies.

Real-world business experience

During this Bachelor’s Degree in Design, students will have constant contact with the business world, both through seminars with renowned leaders and professionals, and through shadowing experiences, projects with companies, and the possibility of carrying out traineeships.

1º Semester

• Theory of Shape
• Semiotics
• Contemporary Art History
• Design Methodology
• Communication Drawing
• Project Fundamentals
• Professional Exploration I

2º Semester

• Theory of Perception
• Models and Prototypes Workshop
• Graphic Workshop
• History of Design
• Digital Studio
• Integrated Project I
• Professional Exploration II

3º Semester

• Social and Cultural Studies
• Ergonomics
• Production Materials Lab
• User Experience
• Digital Studio II
• Integrated Project II
• Professional Project I

4º Semester

• Design Management
• Digital Animation Lab
• Multimedia Lab
• Design Interfaces
• Digital Studio III
• Integrated Project III
• Professional Project II

5º Semester

• Design and Visual Contemporary Culture
• Visualization and Information Lab
• Service Design
• Strategic Design
• Digital Studio IV
• Integrated Project IV
• Professional Project III

6º Semester

• Marketing
• Innovation
• Branding and Advertising
• Rehearsal
• Global Design Studio
• Professional Project IV

• Global Designer (integration of all areas in the same project)
• Graphic/ product/ multimedia/ environment/ interaction/ services designer
• Leadership roles in creativity projects/agencies
• Design thinker
• Business Designer
• The strategist in creative industries
• Consultancy projects
• UX researcher
• Art direction
• Strategizing in the creative industries
• Research in Art and Design, Cultural Arts, and Technology