Bachelor's Degree in Communication Design
Rome, Italy
DURATION
3 Years
LANGUAGES
English, Italian
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
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EARLIEST START DATE
Oct 2025
TUITION FEES
EUR 9,600 / per year *
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
* Please contact us for specific information on fees (EU, Non-EU), scholarships and payment plan
Introduction
The three-year course in Communication Design prepares students to enter the world of communication. They will go through the creative and technical aspects in a practical and involving way.
Starting from creating the message to managing whole campaigns, this course gives students the essential and up-to-date skills in order to become skillful professionals. The objective is to convey more effective creative messages while studying the correct marketing strategies and accurately selecting the most suitable communication channels.
Fundamental topics such as development of new technologies, as well as client profiling give the subject a contemporary approach. Students will get to know and analyze topics consumer behavior, the type of relationships, a product brand and the monitoring the success of ad campaigns. Students will acquire experience in developing creative strategies through copywriting, graphic planning and creative writing, keeping an eye focused on the history of communication, design and most updated software.
Student services
Accademia Italiana offers a range of student services:
Orientation
Accademia Italiana’s Information & Admission Office provides students with the information necessary to choose and apply to the most appropriate course of study. Accademia Italiana’s Information & Admission Office provides students with the information necessary to choose and apply to the most appropriate course of study.
Housing
Accademia Italiana offers a free housing assistance service to help students away from home find suitable accommodation.
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Scholarships and Funding
Every year Accademia Italiana promotes excellence and access to its programs education through the award of study scholarships to partially cover the tuition fees.
The scholarship award is given on a merit-based evaluation that can include school grades, curricular and extracurricular activities, etc.
The scholarship announcements are published annually on the Accademia Italiana website, providing information on the application procedure and process.
Curriculum
Planning communication
Communication is going through a period of significant transformation as a consequence of the deep change in the traditional means and channels of communication in favor of new technologies. In order to join this extremely complex and continuously evolving field, it is necessary to acquire the ability to plan, to creatively imagine solutions that meets with clients’ needs, besides technical skills.
The course in Communication Design explores and aligns creative thinking combining its different aspects to shape a professional able to manage the whole communicative process and the professionals involved.
1st year
- History of Contemporary Art 1
- Project Design Methodology
- Digital Elaboration of the Image
- Graphic Design
- Art Direction 1
- Theory of Perception and Psychology of Form
- Fundamentals of Cultural Marketing
- Theory and Methods of Mass Media
- Participation in seminars/workshops/competitions
2nd year
- Advertising
- Art Direction 2
- Brand Design 1
- Graphic Design
- Creative Writing
- History of Contemporary Art 2
- English language
- Sociology of Communications
- Interaction Design 1
- Participation in seminars/workshops/competitions
3rd year
- Copywriting
- Multimedia Graphics
- Brand Design 2
- Lettering
- Latest Trends in the Visual Arts
- Interaction Design 2
- Marketing and Management
- Internship/Professional Orientation
- Participation in seminars/workshops/competitions
- Final Project (Thesis)
Program Tuition Fee
Career Opportunities
To encourage the professional development of the graduates, Accademia Italiana offers a free Job Placement Office. Besides establishing contacts with companies in the field, the Job Placement Office organizes internships and helps students and ex-students find employment.