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Howest University of Applied Sciences Bachelor in Digital Design and Development
Howest University of Applied Sciences

Bachelor in Digital Design and Development

Kortrijk, Belgium

3 Years

English, Dutch

Full time

01 Jun 2025*

Sep 2025

EUR 7,116 / per year **

On-Campus

* June 1, 2025 for non-EEA students

** Belgian and EEA students: €1116 | Non-EEA students: €7116

Introduction

Digital design and development (Devine) is a unique 3-year bachelor program at KASK Conservatory School of Arts of HOGENT and Howest in Kortrijk (Belgium).

At Devine, you will be trained to use your design, development, and research skills to create near- and far-future online experiences. The curriculum of Devine is based on these 3 up-to-date industry-proved skills.

This program is available in Dutch and English.

Digital Design

Digital design reveals topics ranging from visual design, where you acquaint yourself with branding iconography and typography, all the way to motion graphics, where your animations set everything in motion.

Creative Development

The beauty of being a Deviner is that you have every skill you need to work on a project from start to finish.

You have the perfect balance of skills to design and code your ideas.

UX Research

People love digital products that love people. Creating digital products that are valuable to the end-user is essential.

That's why we continue to check the user experience to study the problems and behaviors we perceive around us.

In the digital area, Devine is the go-to for top-talent people. Once you graduate you can immediately start as an Experience Designer/ Front-end Developer/ Interaction Designer/ Motion Designer/ Full Stack Developer/ Mobile Developer or shortly put: a Deviner.

Program content

Design

  • Visual storytelling
  • Typography
  • Motion graphics
  • Branding
  • Photoshop
  • Illustration
  • UX tools

Development

  • Problem-solving
  • Creative coding
  • Html
  • CSS
  • JavaScript
  • Interactive installations
  • Php

Research

  • User journeys
  • Writing skills
  • Brainstorming
  • Creative thinking
  • Data analyze
  • Target audience
  • QA testing

Admission requirements

  • Certified copy and translation of your diploma
  • English language proficiency certificate
  • Motivation Letter

For more information about admission requirements, please visit the university website.

Career opportunities

Design

  • UI designer
  • Digital product designer
  • UX designer
  • Motion designer
  • Brand designer
  • Content Creator
  • Digital storyteller

Development

  • Front-end developer
  • Creative coder
  • Mobile Developer
  • Web developer
  • UX-engineer
  • Digital maker

Research

  • Data analyst
  • UX designer
  • Analytics researcher
  • Marketing researcher

About the School

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