Develop logos and identities for brands and companies. Experiment with photos, film, graphics and interactive media. After completing our B.A. Visual Communication programme, you'll have mastered the entire spectrum of visual communication.
Communication and design shape our environment. How messages are communicated determines how we perceive them. Messages can come in the form of graphics, photography, film, text or interactive user interfaces. In our B.A. Visual Communication programme, you’ll explore a plethora of visual and interactive representation and communication techniques focusing on visual media and interaction.
Our programme will teach you a variety of design techniques and conceptual know-how that will serve as a solid foundation. You'll learn how to express messages visually by effectively applying standard graphic design practices along with analog and digital photography as well as videos and websites.
Your curriculum includes presentation and design methodology, advertising psychology, typography, design ethics, illustration techniques as well as film and interactive media. You'll develop your unique style and gain an understanding of what determines visually appeal. You'll also have the opportunity to build your individual profile in editorial design, photography, film and animation, illustration, and creative coding.
As a visual design expert, you’ll be in high demand in large companies’ communications departments as well as in advertising and design agencies, media and cultural industries or government institutions.
The B.A. Communication Design degree serves as a professional foundation for immediate employment. In addition, the internationally acclaimed Bachelor of Arts degree entitles you to pursue numerous postgraduate and master's degree programs in Germany and beyond.
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Test our Bachelor’s programmes during our trial study day. Learn more about our courses and get to know our professors in a number of workshops. Your study advisors will be there to answer all your questions.
EventYou’ll need the following to apply:
*Convince us with your talent: we are looking forward to assessing your portfolio with about 15-20 of your own creative works. You can upload the portfolio together with your application, send it to us or simply bring it to a personal interview.
Your portfolio:
Your portfolio and your CV should provide us with an insight into your individual creative and technical development. We deliberately avoid thematic guidelines. Please include a written explanation of your work and your approach.
If you still have questions regarding the portfolio, please arrange an individual portfolio consultation or send an email our study advisors.
What happens after you have submitted your application?
First, we’ll check your submitted application. Following a positive assessment, we will invite you to a personal admissions interview to find out more about your knowledge on the subject as well as your creativity and motivation. In addition, you’ll have the opportunity to ask more detailed questions about the programme. If you’re unable to visit our premises in Berlin, we’re also happy to offer you an appointment via Skype.
If you’re not an English native speaker, please submit proof of your English language skills.
Please find below relevant language tests and levels of proficiency:
As a state-recognised, private university, SRH Berlin University of Applied Sciences is financed by tuition fees. This revenue goes towards equipping our campus, providing services for our students, and quality assurance. In this way we ensure that you receive the best possible education under optimal study conditions.
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Information on financing options & scholarships can be found here.
We are happy to welcome you to our university. This is our application process: