Undergraduate Degree in Design

At the end of the Undergraduate Degree in Design you will have the necessary knowledge and competences to develop your working activity in a wide-range of sectors and to participate in all phases of the design process:

• You will define your personal positioning of design from a social, environmental, political, ethical and aesthetic vision.
• You will design scenarios to foresee future needs.
• You will talk with professionals of other fields (Technicians, Artists, Scientifics…), and  manage your own knowledge of other fields in a resolutive way.
• You will experiment with materials, processes and techniques to give value to the design project.
• You will develop design projects in different working fields, as a freelance or in any business or institutional model.
• You will effectively inform in each one of the design project phases.
• You will apply the knowledge of the different design fields adapted to the evolution and the needs of the professional context.

Graphic design

This specialty of the 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 delve into 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 Degree in Design, you will obtain extensive knowledge in product design and/or industrial design. You will delve into fields such as furniture, lighting, automotive, packaging and object and accessory design. Also in the design of products, systems and services.

Space design 

This is the specialty of the Degree in Design that you must choose if you want to become an expert professional and competent in the design of interior spaces -houses, bars, restaurants-, but also in the design of stands, exhibitions, interventions in the public space, scenography of events and shows, ephemeral montages or shop window design.

Interactive Experiences Design 

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

You must choose your mention of the Degree in Design before starting the second year. During the third year you will be able to delve into the discipline you have chosen or create a more versatile profile by taking subjects of other mentions.

Upon completion of the Undergraduate Degree in Design you will have the necessary knowledge and skills to develop your work activity in a wide range of sectors and areas, participating in all phases of the design process:

• Spatial Design (interior spaces - bars, restaurants, homes ... -, design of stands, exhibitions, interventions in public space, scenography, ephemeral assemblies, window dressing).
• Product design and/or industrial design (furniture, lighting, automotive, packaging, objects and accessories, products, systems and services).
• Graphic design and communication (art direction, corporate image, editorial design, web design, application design, information design, packaging, illustration, typography, signage).
• Design of interactive experiences and interaction (web design, audio-visual design, multimedia, user experience, design of digital interfaces, product design and interactive environments).
• Education and research in design (criticism, research, theoretical and pedagogical design development).

90% of the students find work in the months following the end of the Degree. In addition, almost 80% would take the degree again*. *Source: estudis.aqu.cat/dades/web/inici

Some Alumni of the Undergraduate Degree in Design you may know:

• Verónica Fuerte from Hey Studio
• Gerard Sanmartí from Lagranja Design
• Ana Zelich from Mediapro Exhibitions
• Pau Garcia from Domestic Data Streamers
• Raúl Arribas and Gonzalo Sánchez from Kiwi Bravo
• Marta Vargas from Spotify (Suecia)
• Salustià Álvarez from Prada (Italia)
• Irene Fiol from Applus
• Albert Soler from H&M
• Alex Trochut (owned Studio – New York)

The collaboration with the business and institutional sector is part of the day to day of the School. That is why, during the four years of the Undergraduate Degree in Design, you will have the opportunity to participate in academic projects, workshops and other activities carried out in collaboration with companies and institutions such as Hard Rock Café, Sony, Swarovski, HP, Desigual, Danone, SEAT, Santa & Cole, Sónar, Mira, MACBA, Fundació Arrels, Desis Network and Victoria & Albert Museum. In addition, from the 3rd course (or when you have 120 credits), you will have the opportunity to take curricular and/or extracurricular internships in frontline companies so that you can enter the labour market with all the necessary knowledge and resources.

At Elisava we believe that the exchange and mobility of students and professors enrich university education and, therefore, we promote the international relations of the School with other educational centres, universities and research centres around the world. Currently, we have agreements with more than 70 of the most recognised and influential universities in the world of design and engineering worldwide.