Graphic design

RECRUITMENT FOR THE SPRING SEMESTER OF THE ACADEMIC YEAR 2024/2025 FOR FIRST-CYCLE STUDIES IN GRAPHIC DESING IS NOT CURRENTLY CONDUCTED.

The market of art has been growing dynamically both in Poland and abroad and reconstruction of the value of the market of advertising has become a fact. If you are interested in art and have artistic flair which you would like to develop, studies in the field of Computer Engineering, Graphic Design and Architecture at the Vistula University in Warsaw are what you are looking for. In the course of bachelor’s degree studies in the field of graphic design, you will gain practical knowledge and skills which will allow you to become i.e. a graphic designer in the branch of advertising or develop your gift towards the performance of artistic projects. The demand for creative graphic designers who are competent in using advanced tools, including specialised computer software, keeps growing.

Studies in graphic design will make you get involved in the fast progressing digital revolution. You will combine traditional artistic techniques with advanced techniques based on photographic and digital workshop. As much as 70 percent of classes are practical in character while professional placements and outdoor painting constitute an integral part of the studies. You will gain useful skills thanks to which you will be able to make conscious use of artistic techniques. You will develop your passion as well as competences sought by employers.

In the course of studies, you can focus on artistic graphic design. You will master workshop techniques of printing, drawing, painting, illustration and photography skills. You will learn to make use of selected forms and instruments of transfer. You will develop your artistic independence and readiness for independent creative work. You will understand the specificity of both the market of art and the branch of advertising. You will also become acquainted with the regulations and principles of the protection of intellectual property rights.
Studies at the Vistula University in Warsaw will also give you an opportunity to focus on interdisciplinary graphic design owing to which you will gain knowledge necessary in the branch of advertising.

You will gain competences and experience necessary to design visual communication. You will learn how to use graphic design in advertising and marketing. You will get acquainted with the specificity and the technical, substantive and artistic requirements of commercial tasks implemented in the design market. You will find out how to create in different techniques, how to prepare and process graphic materials into their digital version, ready to be printed, how to design multimedia projects. You will also learn how to create animated films, pictures and illustrations and how to edit and process a digital image using AI technology.

Studying Graphic design in Warsaw will open you the door to the professional environment. You will find fulfilment and achieve professional success.
Graphic design at the Vistula University in Warsaw is a field extremely creative and inspiring. In the course of studies, you will enjoy freedom of speech and expression as well as benefit from the individual approach of your lecturers.

Requirements

If you want to apply for admission to bachelor’s degree studies in the field of Graphic design at the Vistula University in Warsaw, you must satisfy the following requirements:

• have a maturity, school-completion certificate;
• Insert, along with the documents, in the DreamApply system, a digital form of your portfolio consisting a minimum of 12 pieces in any technique.

Specialties in the field of Graphic Design

1. ARTISTIC GRAPHIC DESIGN

Thanks to this specialty you will develop as an independent graphic artist. You will receive solid grounds in the area of drawing, painting and illustrating. You will come to know at least 10 graphic techniques: linocut, colour linocut, dry point, mezzotint, copperplate, etching, aquatint, lithography, serigraphy and algraphy. You will learn how to make use of the selected media and tools to achieve the desired goal. This is a good starting point for independent creative work.

2. INTERDISCIPLINARY GRAPHICS

This specialty will allow you to develop computer graphic designer’s skills. You will learn Adobe CC programmes: Photoshop, Illustrator, In Design, Premiere Pro, After Effect, Animate Pro. You will find out how to work in various techniques, make animated films or how to create a project combining image and text. You will get familiar with digital photo and film processing techniques.

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Graphic design – Programme of studies

The programme of studies in the field of Graphic design, bachelor’s degree studies, at the Academy of Finance and Business in Warsaw has been designed so as to best include a broad diversity of means of expression which a graphic designer might want to use, also to meet the expectation of contemporary recipients of graphic design products. As part of the program, you will complete 960 hours of apprenticeship.