Official Undergraduate Degree in Graphic Design - IED Barcelona

The official Degree in Graphic Design trains students to be creative professionals with the technical and innovative knowledge to develop successful projects for the market. The intense competition among brands/companies makes the graphic designer an essential figure for creating effective visual communications, projecting values in an unprecedented, impacting way. Throughout the program, students will learn to create the visual identity of companies and institutions; product brands; the visual image of newspapers, magazines and other publications; online/offline communications media; company/space identifications and signs; graphics for packaging and containers, etc.

The academics of the first year of the Degree in Graphic Design focus on the acquisition of basic design knowledge (color, drawing), culture (the history of art and design) and project methodology, all of which are essential in establishing the foundations of a competent professional capable of working in any of the different fields of design.

The second year’s academics probe further into knowledge that is essential for graphic designers, such as typography, layouts and graphic structures, among others, while maintaining a focus on culture and project issues, which are fundamental for strengthening students’ training in all areas of audiovisual communications.

The academics of the third and fourth years focus on specializations within graphic design, providing a solid base of visual language and excellent technological training to effectively approach graphic communications in new media. Contact with media professionals gives students a vision of the job market and the current social needs of modern graphics. The fourth year culminates in a final degree project, which is a reflection of the students’ training, and a professional job application letter.