Bachelor of Design in Visual Communication 36 months Undergraduate Programme By University of Technology Sydney |TopUniversities
Subject Ranking

# 51-100QS Subject Rankings

Programme Duration

36 monthsProgramme duration

Tuitionfee

46,709 AUDTuition Fee/year

Main Subject Area

Art and DesignMain Subject Area

Programme overview

Main Subject

Art and Design

Degree

Other

Study Level

Undergraduate

Study Mode

On Campus

This course is tailored for aspiring visual communication professionals seeking to master the interplay of design, culture, and media. Choose this course to gain a comprehensive understanding of visual communication's history, practice, and significance, equipping you with the skills to navigate the evolving landscape of visual technology and media.



What sets this course apart is its socially responsible practice-oriented approach within a studio-based environment, offering interdisciplinary studies in typography, interaction, and image-making. You'll benefit from a dedicated studio space and instruction from industry experts, covering a broad spectrum from visual culture theory to advanced creative digital work.



You will develop a robust skill set, including digital media, interaction design, photography, editorial design, and more, using both traditional and experimental research methods. The course emphasizes real-world problem-solving, collaboration, and industry engagement, preparing you to articulate and apply design practices effectively.



Learning occurs through hands-on studio work, theoretical exploration, and collaborative projects with industry clients, ensuring you graduate with relevant experience and the ability to work across various disciplines. This prepares you for careers in digital media, graphic design, user experience design, web design, visual identity, motion graphics, and beyond, as well as roles in research, editing, and design thinking in various sectors.



Students immerse themselves in a practice-oriented, studio-based culture, studying a range of interdisciplinary subjects encompassing typography, interaction and image-making. With access to a dedicated, fully-equipped studio space that brings the learning experience even closer to the realities of commercial practice. Taught by experts in visual communication, students learn everything from the history and theory of visual culture and technology to producing cutting edge creative work in digital media, interaction design, photography, editorial design, information visualisation, web design, wayfinding, mobile apps, code, machine learning, motion graphics, the internet of things and 3D technologies such as VR/AR and 3D printing. Exploring both traditional and experimental research methods students learn to produce conceptually rigorous and socially responsive work. They graduate with the capacity to work across and between disciplines, to articulate design practices and processes, and to apply them to complex problems. Graduates develop industry experience through the degree's emphasis on addressing real-world issues in collaborative and team-based work.

Programme overview

Main Subject

Art and Design

Degree

Other

Study Level

Undergraduate

Study Mode

On Campus

This course is tailored for aspiring visual communication professionals seeking to master the interplay of design, culture, and media. Choose this course to gain a comprehensive understanding of visual communication's history, practice, and significance, equipping you with the skills to navigate the evolving landscape of visual technology and media.



What sets this course apart is its socially responsible practice-oriented approach within a studio-based environment, offering interdisciplinary studies in typography, interaction, and image-making. You'll benefit from a dedicated studio space and instruction from industry experts, covering a broad spectrum from visual culture theory to advanced creative digital work.



You will develop a robust skill set, including digital media, interaction design, photography, editorial design, and more, using both traditional and experimental research methods. The course emphasizes real-world problem-solving, collaboration, and industry engagement, preparing you to articulate and apply design practices effectively.



Learning occurs through hands-on studio work, theoretical exploration, and collaborative projects with industry clients, ensuring you graduate with relevant experience and the ability to work across various disciplines. This prepares you for careers in digital media, graphic design, user experience design, web design, visual identity, motion graphics, and beyond, as well as roles in research, editing, and design thinking in various sectors.



Students immerse themselves in a practice-oriented, studio-based culture, studying a range of interdisciplinary subjects encompassing typography, interaction and image-making. With access to a dedicated, fully-equipped studio space that brings the learning experience even closer to the realities of commercial practice. Taught by experts in visual communication, students learn everything from the history and theory of visual culture and technology to producing cutting edge creative work in digital media, interaction design, photography, editorial design, information visualisation, web design, wayfinding, mobile apps, code, machine learning, motion graphics, the internet of things and 3D technologies such as VR/AR and 3D printing. Exploring both traditional and experimental research methods students learn to produce conceptually rigorous and socially responsive work. They graduate with the capacity to work across and between disciplines, to articulate design practices and processes, and to apply them to complex problems. Graduates develop industry experience through the degree's emphasis on addressing real-world issues in collaborative and team-based work.

Admission Requirements

6.5+
79+
76.9+
58+
176+
Applicants must have completed an Australian Year 12 qualification, Australian Qualifications Framework Diploma, or equivalent Australian or overseas qualification at the required level.

UTS: Design, Architecture and Building may consider applications based on the results of the Special Tertiary Admissions Test (STAT) if students lack academic qualifications but have extensive professional experience. The STAT is conducted through the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER).

Students must refer to the inherent requirements for all degrees offered by Design and Architecture in the Faculty of Design, Architecture and Building.

Non-current school leavers are selected on the basis of academic merit or on the basis of portfolio and interview rank.

Students must refer to the portfolio eligibility for the faculty’s consideration in order to get a place.

Eligibility for admission does not guarantee offer of a place.

3 Years
Feb
Jul

Domestic
16,992 AUD
International
46,709 AUD

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