Page 2 of 3, 31 Bachelor Programs in Design Studies in Africa for 2024

Communication designers are creative thinkers and problem solvers who use a range of design methods, processes, and techniques to create professional communication designs, such as posters, books, magazines, corporate identity programs, packaging, and websites, both individually and as members of teams.

The Bachelor of Arts Honors (Visual Art) prepares students for research-based postgraduate study and entry into the diverse careers in the visual industries, by enabling students to produce creative solutions to complex problems within a specialist area of studio practice; exhibit this work professionally and conduct and report their research under supervision. This is a one-year full-time or two years part-time honors program with both a studio practice stream and a purely theoretical stream, when it is made available.

The purpose of the Bachelor of Arts Honours in Interior Design prepares students for research-based postgraduate study and entry into a design career by enabling students to produce creative solutions to complex problems within a specialist area of design and to conduct and report on research under supervision.

Industrial designers use drawings, models, and computer programs to improve the aesthetics, ergonomics, and functionality of a broad range of products, from one-off furniture items to mass-produced goods such as gaming consoles, kitchen appliances, and mobile phones.

The Bachelor of Arts Honors in Design (Graphic Design) prepares students for research-based postgraduate study and entry into a design career by enabling students to produce creative solutions to complex problems within a specialist area of design and to conduct and report research under supervision.

An idea generator understands global issues and wants to debate them. They are curiously intellectual, highly collaborative and good at communicating. A design researcher works as part of a multidisciplinary team to identify needs and requirements, define strategy and solve problems for clients.

Modern-day marketers integrate the principles of marketing with technology to communicate messages in a rapidly changing environment. The Marketing and Communication specialisation offers students an integrated approach to the traditional marketing principles in: Marketing strategy and analysis, consumer behaviour, integrated marketing communications, trends and segmentation, economics, organisational and...

Graphic Designers create meaningful, relevant and captivating visual messages. Their ability to persuade, sell and brand for their clients, never forgetting ethical, legal and consumer needs, is crucial to the world’s economic landscape.

Interior Design is about planning environments for people and how they live and work, by considering their psychological, emotional and physical needs. A good designer looks at feasibility, context, circumstances, and cultural inclusion. Students learn about emerging technologies, products and services and the latest software.

The RNCP certification is issued by the National Commission for Professional Certification (CNCP), placed under the authority of the Ministry of Labour. Each training course registered with the RNCP responds to a clearly identified need among professionals and on the French labor market.

The PROFESSIONAL BACHELOR SDS® VISUAL ARTS is a European diploma issued by INSHED. The training allows you to be professionally operational from the start of your career and to benefit from good employability, even beyond your country of origin.

The Bachelor of Arts - 3D Animation course is a European Diploma, available to students who have completed their high school studies. This degree covers the full spectrum of graphic design. Students will complete a 6-week internship with a company before they graduate.

This major provides students with comprehensive theory and practice-based education in Digital Design. The major core units focus on key principles and techniques in website design, user interaction/experience design (UI/UX) and app-design. Students will utilise modern digital technologies to develop forward-thinking and innovative design solutions to real-world problems.

The BA Honours Interior Design qualification caters for the education and training of Senior Interior Designers as designated by the South African Institute of Interior Design Professions (IID). The IID has reserved the title of ‘Senior Interior Designer’ for someone who has completed four years of tertiary study.

Greenside Design Center’s BA Graphic Design degree is designed to give students a practical understanding of the skills needed to form, create and rationalise design and theoretical argument.