Bachelor in Design and Art - Major in Design
Bolzano, Italy
DURATION
3 Years
LANGUAGES
English, German, Italian
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
06 May 2025*
EARLIEST START DATE
Sep 2025
TUITION FEES
EUR 1,200 / per year
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
* early bird application | late application (only for EU citizens): 03 July 2025
Introduction
In order to enable you to deal with the professional reality of designers as realistically as possible, our study model is based on teaching through projects, where theory is always linked to practice. By analyzing complex issues, you will start creating innovative projects, experimenting, and following your interests independently.
You will be working in modern ateliers in groups of 20 students, supervised by 3 lecturers. This ideal work relationship set up between students and lecturers ensures constant and productive interaction.
Admissions
Curriculum
You will be introduced to your study program through the 'Warm Up' experience, during which you will familiarise yourself with a practical approach to design. In the following four semesters, you'll be able to choose two projects in the field of product design and two in that of visual communication.
These projects, which involve groups of no more than 20 students, combine three disciplines. Lectures and seminars in subjects like History of Design or Art Photography provide students with the necessary technical background required to sharpen their critical thinking.
Warm-Up and Courses
- Project Warm-up DES
- Module WUP DES Product Design
- Module WUP DES Visual Communication
- History of Design 1
- Interior and Exhibit Design
- Drawing 3D CAD
- History of Design 2
- Foreign Language - Linguistic Skills
- Descriptive Geometry DES
- Typography and Graphics
- History of Contemporary Art 1
1 Mandatory Course to be chosen among the following
- Video and Post-Production
- Photography
- History and Criticism of Audiovisual Media
- Digital Design: 3D CAD Advanced
- Digital Design: Interaction and Transmedia Design
- Interaction and Communication Design
- Sociology of Social Change
- Cultural Anthropology
- Innovation Managing and Start-up
- Foreign Language DES - ART 1 Italiano
- Foreign Language DES - ART 2 Deutsch
- Seminar*
- Free Choice Courses**
Projects***
Project Product Design 1
- Product Design
- Materials and Production
- Theories of Cultural Consumption
Project Visual Communication 1
- Visual Communication
- Graphic Design
- Visual Culture
Project Visual Communication 2
- Visual Communication
- Digital Media
- Theories and Languages of Visual Communication
Project Product Design 2
- Product Design
- Digital Fabrication
- Theories and Languages of Product Design
- Degree Project
Technical Workshop Courses****
- Carpentry Workshop
- Digital Modelling Workshop
- Photography Workshop
- Surface Treatment Workshop
- Metal Workshop
- Print Workshop
- Video Workshop
- Glass Workshop
- Plastics Workshop
- Cutting and Binding Workshop
- Bankraum (Assembly Space) Workshop
* Seminar
Students must attend 1 seminar among those offered by the Faculty, for 2 CP, which provides useful knowledge for the introduction into the job market. Attendance of the seminars is compulsory and requires a pass/fail test.
** Free Choice Courses
Students have 12 credit points available for additional courses of their choice. These courses may be chosen among those offered by the Faculty of Design and Art and/or those offered by other unibz faculties. The Faculty decides to recognize these credit points on the basis of their coherence with the educational project.
*** Projects
During the study career, students have to choose 4 projects. Starting from the 2nd semester, students can attend only one project per semester. In their 2nd and 3rd semester, they undertake one Visual Communication project and the Product Design project. At the beginning of the 2nd year, they can choose among three different study plans:
- Interdisciplinary study plan: Product Design 1, Visual Communication 1, Produktdesign 2 and Visual Communication 2
- Study plan focusing on Visual Communication: Product Design 1, Visual Communication 1 and twice Visual Communication 2
- Study plan focusing on Product Design: Product Design 1, Visual Communication 1, and twice Produktdesign 2
In the 2nd and 3rd semesters, students have to attend Visual Communication 1 and Product Design 1. In order to attend Visual Communication 2 and Product Design 2 students have to pass Visual Communication 1, and Product Design 1.
**** Technical Workshop Courses
Students must take at least 5 technical workshop courses (specialization courses) in the course of their studies.
Program Tuition Fee
Career Opportunities
Our graduates are working as designers by setting up their own freelance businesses or they find jobs in private and public institutions, in design studios, and larger companies. They employ their professional skills in the field of product design, of both physical objects and visual concepts, and in the most advanced sectors of visual communication.
Well prepared and ready for the job market. On the website of AlmaLaurea, you can check statistical data about graduates’ satisfaction and their employability.