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Drawing is your passion; you think in images. Our Berlin based B.A. Illustration programme will teach you to visualise messages and draft
blueprints while developing your personal style. Learn to apply your
drawing skills in a professional context.
A picture is worth a thousand words. Visuals serve as the central
communication medium in our B.A. Illustration programme where you’ll
learn to tell stories through drawing and to convey messages through
imagery. Develop an understanding of the interplay between image and
text. Learn methods and techniques of research, conception and visual
implementation. Informed by storytelling principles, you’ll develop your
own designs for a variety of illustration projects including graphic
novels and children's books.
Manual printing techniques such as silkscreen, risography and
etching make up the curriculum along with digital applications and
software, typography, editorial design and editorial illustration. Learn
to transport your illustrations to three-dimensional spaces and make
them interact with their environment. Help shape tomorrow’s design
solutions today.
Our programme encourages you to work with professional clients on
real assignments. Find yourself visiting illustration and animation
studios on a regular basis for a chance to experience firsthand what
it's like to work in the creative industries.
As an illustrator you can work for all kinds of media companies.
Start your own business and offer professional services to cultural and
scientific institutions, advertising agencies and publishing houses. In
addition, your job profile can include editorial, advisory and
coordinating activities.
Illustrate digital and interactive media, print, websites, 3D
animations, cartoons and motion pictures, computer games. Create special
effects and character designs.
You’ll possess the know-how to craft elaborate narratives for
literary works and design children's books, non-fiction and graphic
novels for publishing houses. Our internationally accredited
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) 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 programmes in Germany and beyond.
Programme overview
Main Subject
Art and Design
Degree
BA
Study Level
Undergraduate
Study Mode
On Campus
Drawing is your passion; you think in images. Our Berlin based B.A. Illustration programme will teach you to visualise messages and draft
blueprints while developing your personal style. Learn to apply your
drawing skills in a professional context.
A picture is worth a thousand words. Visuals serve as the central
communication medium in our B.A. Illustration programme where you’ll
learn to tell stories through drawing and to convey messages through
imagery. Develop an understanding of the interplay between image and
text. Learn methods and techniques of research, conception and visual
implementation. Informed by storytelling principles, you’ll develop your
own designs for a variety of illustration projects including graphic
novels and children's books.
Manual printing techniques such as silkscreen, risography and
etching make up the curriculum along with digital applications and
software, typography, editorial design and editorial illustration. Learn
to transport your illustrations to three-dimensional spaces and make
them interact with their environment. Help shape tomorrow’s design
solutions today.
Our programme encourages you to work with professional clients on
real assignments. Find yourself visiting illustration and animation
studios on a regular basis for a chance to experience firsthand what
it's like to work in the creative industries.
As an illustrator you can work for all kinds of media companies.
Start your own business and offer professional services to cultural and
scientific institutions, advertising agencies and publishing houses. In
addition, your job profile can include editorial, advisory and
coordinating activities.
Illustrate digital and interactive media, print, websites, 3D
animations, cartoons and motion pictures, computer games. Create special
effects and character designs.
You’ll possess the know-how to craft elaborate narratives for
literary works and design children's books, non-fiction and graphic
novels for publishing houses. Our internationally accredited
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) 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 programmes in Germany and beyond.
Admission Requirements
87+
59+
6.5+
The basic requirements are:
General higher education entrance qualification (Abitur) or university of applied sciences entrance qualification (Fachhochschulreife). In case you have not graduated yet, please apply with your existing transcripts or your latest interim certificate. However, we need your final degree certificate before you can start your studies.
Portfolio with approx. 20 own creative works - please refer to the guidelines *
Proof of English language proficiency
CV
Copy of your identity card or passport
42 Months
Apr
Oct
Tuition fees
Domestic
690 EUR
International
4,725 EUR
Scholarships
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Illustration (B.A.)
Berlin School of Design and Communication, Berlin, Germany
42 monthsProgramme duration
4,725 EURTuition Fee/year
Art and DesignMain Subject Area
Programme overview
Main Subject
Art and Design
Degree
BA
Study Level
Undergraduate
Study Mode
On Campus
Drawing is your passion; you think in images. Our Berlin based B.A. Illustration programme will teach you to visualise messages and draft blueprints while developing your personal style. Learn to apply your drawing skills in a professional context.
A picture is worth a thousand words. Visuals serve as the central communication medium in our B.A. Illustration programme where you’ll learn to tell stories through drawing and to convey messages through imagery. Develop an understanding of the interplay between image and text. Learn methods and techniques of research, conception and visual implementation. Informed by storytelling principles, you’ll develop your own designs for a variety of illustration projects including graphic novels and children's books.
Manual printing techniques such as silkscreen, risography and etching make up the curriculum along with digital applications and software, typography, editorial design and editorial illustration. Learn to transport your illustrations to three-dimensional spaces and make them interact with their environment. Help shape tomorrow’s design solutions today.
Our programme encourages you to work with professional clients on real assignments. Find yourself visiting illustration and animation studios on a regular basis for a chance to experience firsthand what it's like to work in the creative industries.
As an illustrator you can work for all kinds of media companies. Start your own business and offer professional services to cultural and scientific institutions, advertising agencies and publishing houses. In addition, your job profile can include editorial, advisory and coordinating activities.
Illustrate digital and interactive media, print, websites, 3D animations, cartoons and motion pictures, computer games. Create special effects and character designs.
You’ll possess the know-how to craft elaborate narratives for literary works and design children's books, non-fiction and graphic novels for publishing houses.
Our internationally accredited Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) 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 programmes in Germany and beyond.
Programme overview
Main Subject
Art and Design
Degree
BA
Study Level
Undergraduate
Study Mode
On Campus
Drawing is your passion; you think in images. Our Berlin based B.A. Illustration programme will teach you to visualise messages and draft blueprints while developing your personal style. Learn to apply your drawing skills in a professional context.
A picture is worth a thousand words. Visuals serve as the central communication medium in our B.A. Illustration programme where you’ll learn to tell stories through drawing and to convey messages through imagery. Develop an understanding of the interplay between image and text. Learn methods and techniques of research, conception and visual implementation. Informed by storytelling principles, you’ll develop your own designs for a variety of illustration projects including graphic novels and children's books.
Manual printing techniques such as silkscreen, risography and etching make up the curriculum along with digital applications and software, typography, editorial design and editorial illustration. Learn to transport your illustrations to three-dimensional spaces and make them interact with their environment. Help shape tomorrow’s design solutions today.
Our programme encourages you to work with professional clients on real assignments. Find yourself visiting illustration and animation studios on a regular basis for a chance to experience firsthand what it's like to work in the creative industries.
As an illustrator you can work for all kinds of media companies. Start your own business and offer professional services to cultural and scientific institutions, advertising agencies and publishing houses. In addition, your job profile can include editorial, advisory and coordinating activities.
Illustrate digital and interactive media, print, websites, 3D animations, cartoons and motion pictures, computer games. Create special effects and character designs.
You’ll possess the know-how to craft elaborate narratives for literary works and design children's books, non-fiction and graphic novels for publishing houses.
Our internationally accredited Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) 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 programmes in Germany and beyond.
Admission Requirements
The basic requirements are:
Tuition fees
Domestic
International
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