Undergraduate Degree in Design (UPF)

These are the main competences that you will develop during your four years of training at the Undergraduate Degree in Design:

• Developing a creative attitude of experimentation (drawing, building, expressing, testing, prototyping ...) with the aim of drawing conclusions and exploring relevant and innovative contributions.
• Knowing how to detect and question the needs of users and interpret the historical, social, cultural, economic and technological context to obtain a personal and creative vision of design, with which to configure new realities that anticipate future problems.
• Preparing a design project that is consistent with a personal positioning to express concerns (social, environmental, political, ethical and aesthetic).
• Identifying the potential to value it and also detect the shortcomings to improve them, in addition to learning to work autonomously and in teams, in an organised manner and optimising the available resources.
• Resolving complex design projects dialoguing with professionals from other fields (engineers, architects, artists, anthropologists, sociologists, etc.) and managing their own knowledge of other disciplines in a decisive way.

The Undergraduate Degree in Design specialisations to choose are:

Graphic Design

This specialty of the Undergraduate Degree in Design will train you as a competent professional and will allow you to acquire the necessary knowledge and experience in the field of graphic design and visual communication. You will be able to deepen in areas such as art direction, corporate image, editorial design, web and application design, data and information design, packaging, illustration, typography or signage.

Product Design

If you study this specialty of the Undergraduate Degree in Design you will obtain a wide knowledge in the product design and/or industrial design. You will delve into fields such as furniture design, lighting, automotive, packaging and objects and accessories, as well as in the design of products, systems and services.

Space Design

You must choose this specialty of the Undergraduate Degree in Design if you want to become an efficient, competent professional in the design of interior spaces –homes, bars, restaurants–, or in stand design, exhibitions, public space interventions, set design events and shows, ephemeral assemblies or shop window design.

Interactive Experiences Design

Choose this specialty of the Undergraduate Degree in Design if you want to become an expert in interaction design and interactive experiences (web design, audiovisual design, multimedia design, user experience design, digital interface design, product design and interactive environments).

The Undergraduate Degree in Design specialisation will be chosen before the beginning of the second year. During the third course you will be able to delve into the discipline that you have chosen or create a more polyvalent profile by taking subjects from other specialisations.