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Programme profile

Design is everywhere. Whether you are looking at a website or a poster, visiting a theatrical performance or a contemporary café, most of the times its design is well thought out. The designer has thought of the best ways in which to translate and show an atmosphere, function or a story.

While studying design at Minerva Art Academy, you will discover your own imaginative powers and develop yourself as a designer.This programme exposes students to all aspects of professional design. Students study a wide range of design-centred topics, including graphic design, illustration, typography, software, drawing and photography as well as theoretical classes .

After a general 1st year, in Design, you will required to specialise in one of the following areas:

- Product Design
- Graphic & Interaction Design
- Illustration & Animation Design
- Interior Architecture & Design
- Time Based Design

You can also choose your own direction, independent of a any specific medium. In that case you combine various majors. In your fourth year you will carry out a joint final exam assignment as well as an independent exam project.

You will spend at least one semester on internship, in a third country, in a company that works in your area of specialisation.

"OffCourses" form an important part of your second and third year curriculum. Together with other students, you will work on interdisciplinary projects in groups. Making, thinking and sharing are central to these projects. Your teachers, who are designers themselves, will challenge you to find experimental and artistic solutions to questions from their own professional practices.

Applications accepted until 1st July, if you already have your Leaving Cert/A.Level/IB, or equivalent results.

Programme content

The five specialisation areas are:

Graphic & Interaction Design
You will focus on how to convey messages in a creative and originale manner through images an typography. The two main subjects are Graphic Design and interaction Design. Other subjects concern learning more about the power of photography and video and the multiple possiblilties of typography.

Illustration & Animation Design
You will focus on creating still and animated images. your main subjects will be Illustration and Animation. Your auxiliary subjects will be drawing & Painting, Photography, Visual Typography and Image Grammar. As a graduate you will not only be proficient in creating images by hand, but you will also have mastered professional digital design skills.

Spatial Design
You will focus on space as a continuous element in all assignments. The main subjects are Interior Architecture and Interior Objects. Your auxiliary subjects will be Architecture, Building Engineering and Visualization. During this route you will learn about various technical methods and develop your personal vision and signature.

Time Based Design
You will focus on moving images in stories, in time and space. You will prepare for a future as a designer working for theatres and in the gaming industry. You will contribute to productions, often in cooperation with a range of professional organisations.

Product Design
You will focus on becoming a design entrepreneur. You choose your own frame of reference, creating a collection of objects and products that will be part of the brand you will use to present yourself in the market

Entry Requirements