374 Bachelor Programs in Design Studies in Europe for 2024

Design, textile materials, and challenging existing textile techniques are in focus of the Bachelor’s programme in Textile Design. With knowledge in textile construction techniques and the latest research in materials and fibres, students can experiment with how these materials could be designed and used in a number of projects.Also, sustainability is a foundational aspect for students in every design project.

Study a Bachelor of Arts in Media and Communication Design. This Design B.A. programme is taught entirely in English at our Macromedia campus in Berlin, Germany.

BESIGN School offers its students a unique opportunity to stand out by specializing as early as their second year of the Bachelor’s program. This option will be pursued in the third year. The students have the chance to immerse themselves in a world of exciting discoveries with three distinct specialization options. At BESIGN School, design education remains comprehensive, but each student has the opportunity to shape their own customized learning journey to achieve their unique goals.

The BSc in Interaction Design operates within the broad context of interactive artifacts in their purely digital and physical manifestations. The design focus includes digital and physical interfaces, products, and environments that integrate electronics, harness computing power, Internet of Things systems, and those based on Big Data.

The course in Graphic Design focuses on training visual communication experts. This professional figure works on complex “communication systems” through different media, having knowledge of advanced editing software, professional printing and production methods. The contexts students operate in are graphic design studios, which are progressively expanding in different fields: product design, communication, fashion, photography, but also corporate communication and design areas, publishing companies, web, advertising agencies and TV production.

As a user experience (UX) designer, your goal is to make interaction with technology more accessible, meaningful, and pleasant for human users. Alternatively, as a user interface (UI) designer, you create the systems and artifacts which facilitate this interaction by employing a combination of visual, oral, and haptic design solutions.

Digitalization in the fast-paced and ever-evolving global economic climate is producing new and exciting startup opportunities as well as offering existing businesses new avenues for staying relevant and optimizing business. Through this program, the entrepreneurial innovators of tomorrow will develop the skills, adaptability, and curiosity to not just keep up with technological advances, but to be innovative in their thinking and drive change as they move forward in their careers.

The Bachelor in Interaction design is an exciting field at the leading edge of technology innovation. Interaction designers aim to create experiences with products, services, and environments that are not just useful and usable, but very often pleasurable, expressive, and desirable. Learning interaction design is a matter of building a repertoire of methods, skills, and theoretical perspectives.

The Visual Communication Arts degree programs offer an interdisciplinary course of study, encompassing the fine arts, graphic design, illustration, and photography, as well as courses from Communication and Media Studies, Comparative Literary, and Cultural Studies, and film studies. It focuses on communication and creativity as fundamental elements of human expression and encourages students to think critically about creative expressions within the context of and across cultures, ethnicities, race, and gender.

This 3 year BA Film Directing program blends academic theory with practical skills to equip students with the comprehensive knowledge they need in order to find a job in the competitive field of film and games industry. Students learn the professional skills necessary to become a film or video games director. Students will work on each others' productions with different crews, directors, cinematographers, actors, producers, game designers and receive a practical experience that helps to prepare upon entering the film and video game industry. Each student makes 4 films /exercises during the academic year plus the end of year film, all in close cooperation with other students of different specialization. Teamwork and cooperation are our fundamentals.

Digitalization is continually expanding horizons. In addition to startups and new ventures, established businesses are also going digital to appeal to new generations and adapt to modern technologies. They all need entrepreneurial innovators who can come up with creative solutions that are also practical and applicable. Through this program, young business leaders will develop the skills, adaptability, and curiosity not just to keep up with evolution, but also to think ahead and drive change.

The main objective of this engineering degree is to produce graduates with a broad and balanced set of skills and attributes required for the design and manufacture of innovative, optimised and sustainable technical products for the 21st century. This course develops the technical, personal, interpersonal and professional skills necessary to do that. It is a variant of the Mechanical Engineering degree, which focuses on design process methodology, materials, manufacturing and analysis.

The graduates of the Game Design degree will master game production with an emphasis on planning and developing games and acquiring a clear understanding of the game industry.

Are you interested in gaming and what role gamification plays in companies? Would you like to take a creative course of study and at the same time acquire key management skills in order to position yourself more broadly in the economy? The Game Design course at the Hochschule Fresenius teaches you artistic skills and knowledge of gamification and game design as well as sound business know-how. You learn to develop game worlds and game characters. You deal with successful corporate strategies and acquire the most important methods of good team management. The interdisciplinary course enables you to (co) shape the entire game development process from the idea to a game to production and marketing.

This three years/four-year International Route programme has been selected by BSBI from among the many prestigious international degrees offered by University for the Creative Arts (UCA). This course encourages students to develop a creative mindset with the dedicated support of our expert faculty who have years of top industry experience. Your learning will be enhanced through teamwork, industry experience and stimulating live competitions.