Graphic Design

Why study Graphic Design at Dundee?

Graphic design is about the visual communication of ideas. At Dundee we will challenge you with a range of design briefs, set either by tutors or by external professionals, which will enhance and inform your creative outcomes. Your learning experience will be supported by lectures, tutorials, workshops and visits to design agencies.

We will help you to develop your drawing and computer-aided design skills. Throughout the course you will use research, analysis, evaluation and self-criticism, which will assist you to arrive at the best possible solutions to design challenges. You are encouraged to maintain a keen interest in current trends and developments. By the end of the course you will have acquired the skills that you need to support your success within the design industry.

Skill development

We will help you to develop your drawing and computer-aided design skills. Throughout the course you will use research, analysis, evaluation and self-criticism, which will assist you to arrive at the best possible solutions to design challenges. You are encouraged to maintain a keen interest in current trends and developments. By the end of the course you will have acquired the skills that you need to support your success within the design industry.

Placement scheme

You will have the opportunity to participate in an established placement scheme with design agencies across the UK, and you will also present your work at an end-of-year exhibition.

'New Blood'

Final year students gain valuable experience and exposure within the graphic design world by taking part in 'New Blood' - a showcase of the best graduates in graphic design, visual communication, advertising and other commercial creative arts.

• understand the graphic design process
• demonstrate an effective personal visual vocabulary
• understand historical and contemporary influences on design
• use computer aided design from initial concept to final outcome
• cohesively answer a design brief

You are:

• creative
• artistic and innovative
• attentive to detail
• a strong communicator
• interested in developing your computer and drawing skills

You want to:

• Learn how to design for print and screen
• Develop your computer aided design skills
• Learn how to answer a design brief

Student exchange

Students can apply to take part in a student exchange for a period of one or two semesters to a European or international partner institution: destinations include France, Germany, Italy, The Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Scandinavia, Spain, Australia, New Zealand, Canada and the USA. You will have the opportunity to participate in an established placement scheme with design agencies across the UK. You will also present your work at an end-of-year exhibition.

Communication Design

Graphic design is one of three courses that comprise the communication design programme (animation, graphic design and illustration). While following your course in graphic design, you will also gain a broad educational experience by being provided with a wide range of opportunities for you to engage with generic communication design issues as well as your pathway choice in graphic design. The goal is to deliver agile and flexible graduate designers who have a broad understanding of communication design coupled with deep knowledge and expertise in their chosen subject pathway.

For examples of student work, staff profiles, and news from Graphic Design, visit the DJCAD website.

• Animation
• Art, Philosophy, Contemporary Practices
• Digital Interaction Design
• Fine Art (Digital Media, Drawing & Painting, Printmaking, Sculpture)
• Illustration
• Interior & Environmental Design
• Jewellery & Metal Design
• Product Design
• Textile Design
• Time Based Art & Digital Film