The Faculty of Design is a new center established at the Pontevedra Campus – Campus Crea of the University of Vigo, offering Bachelor’s, Master’s, and Doctoral degrees related to the discipline of Design.
In the 2024/2025 academic year, the faculty will offer the Bachelor’s Degree in Design and the Master’s Degree in Fashion Design and Creative Direction.
Bachelor’s Degree in Design
Specializations in Graphic/Digital Design and Fashion Design.
The Bachelor’s Degree in Design at the University of Vigo aims to train future professionals interested in graphic/digital design and fashion design, key sectors in economic and cultural development. We are committed to a degree program that shapes well-rounded designers capable of developing projects that incorporate the latest communication processes and platforms: graphic, fashion, audiovisual, and interactive digital media. These designers will address challenges with a focus on innovative and current methodologies, technologies, and work environments, while experimenting and connecting cutting-edge knowledge with the professional realities they will encounter.
The curriculum is structured around two common initial years, during which students will receive foundational training in design principles. This will guide their preferences toward the final two years, where they will choose elective courses to specialize in either Graphic/Digital Design or Fashion Design.
Degree
Bachelor’s Degree in Design from the University of Vigo
Specializations with Mention
→ Graphic/Digital Design
→ Fashion Design
Duration
4 academic years
Credits
240 ECTS
Final Degree Project
12 ECTS
Internships
18 ECTS
Master’s Degree in Fashion Design and Creative Direction
Seventh edition of the Master’s Degree
The Master’s Degree in Fashion Design and Creative Direction at the University of Vigo offers specialized training, focusing on the skills and tools required by contemporary fashion designers. These professionals are creative, multifaceted, versatile, open-minded, resourceful, and capable of understanding social, cultural, and economic changes.
For 15 years, the ESDEMGA program has established a prestigious reputation, positioning itself at the forefront of fashion design education in Spain. Its graduates frequently participate in the country’s top fashion shows and are part of the creative teams of a wide range of fashion brands, including Inditex, Purificación García, CH, Bimba y Lola, and Adolfo Domínguez, among others. Building on this experience, the University of Vigo created the Master’s Degree in Fashion Design and Creative Direction, a step further in specialized training with clearly defined goals and challenges, supported by the necessary human and material resources to achieve them.
Degree
Master’s Degree in Fashion Design and Creative Direction from the University of Vigo
Duration
2 academic years
Credits
120 ECTS
Master’s Final Project
18 ECTS
Internships
The program is organized with a mixed structure of mandatory and elective courses across 4 teaching modules, distributed over 4 semesters. The total number of credits for the master’s degree is 120, including mandatory courses (102 credits) and a master’s final project (18 credits).
Doctoral Studies. The training offerings of the EIDO (International Doctoral School) at the University of Vigo include various research lines in Design.
Doctoral Program in Creativity and Sustainable Social Innovation
The Doctoral Program in Creativity and Sustainable Social Innovation, part of the Campus Crea-S2i in Pontevedra, offers a specific research line in “Design and Social Innovation,” which includes two sublines:
→ Production Systems: This research line focuses on preparing agents capable of generating innovation in the design sector across various areas, with the ability to lead and coordinate teams.
→ Design and Social Development: This research line aims to address design in relation to social development, providing transformative responses within its context of application. It considers the skills required by today’s designer in the field of social innovation, which necessitate an understanding of technology, the establishment of networks, and prototype creation. This subline encompasses topics such as eco-design, design and gender, north-south axes, glocalization, community work, and design and health.
Available Positions
20
Doctoral Program in Creation and Research in Contemporary Art
The Doctoral Program in Creation and Research in Contemporary Art offers the research line “History of Design and Typography,” focusing on historical studies in graphic design and typography, fashion design, audiovisual design, and all disciplines that involve design and its subdisciplines in a transversal manner.
Available Positions
10