Through the Foundation Diploma program, students will prepare themselves for their Bachelor’s degree in Art & Design in the best possible way. Our Art & Design Foundation Diploma gives students the unique opportunity to learn the basics of our Art & Design degree programmes in Berlin. After the semester, decide where your strengths lie. At the UE Campus in Berlin educates more than 300 students each year in the following subjects:
- Film & Motion Design
- Photography & New Media
- Illustration
- Communication Design
- Game Design
- UX/UI Design (at UE Innovation Hub)
Students will get to know their teachers, fellow students, the campus and UE studios and equipment. After the orientation semester, students choose their focus in the Bachelor’s programme according to their strengths and preferences.
At UE, students can develop their potential and personalities. As communication designers, students will communicate complex issues visually which will influence thoughts and actions. The work students create will not only be aesthetic but will also convey multifaceted messages and emotions. To achieve this, content must always be understood in its cultural, social, ecological and economic context. Designers are the driving force.
While studying this bachelor’s degree, students will learn from experienced professors and lecturers from the creative industries, using an extensive infrastructure of workshops, libraries, studios, and laboratories. Students will also have access to an analogue letterpress/lead typesetting, screen-printing, risograph, darkroom, photo studio, print and scan lab, MacPools and a game lab.
Across six semesters, the communication design curriculum provides students with a broad understanding of the industries that shape communication design. From language and typography to design and innovation, students have the opportunity to explore a wide range of skills and gain good knowledge in the field by choosing to study communication design at UE.
