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In today’s contemporary world these fields also overlap and are more fluid than ever. You can find product designers, UX designers and graphic designers working together to solve the different aspects in the same project. Now, more than ever, you can become the designer you want to be, adding multidisciplinary skills to your toolbox and thus finding your own corner from the vast field of design professions.
There are great undergraduate design programs in every country. Usually the teaching language in the undergraduate programs is in the native language. In Europe there are some exceptions. As the students who come from other EU countries can study abroad for free, the most varied selection of studies can be found from The Netherlands. They have developed a very welcoming system for the foreign students, offering dozens of different undergraduate design programs that are taught in English. In Finland there are also a few English taught programs, as well as in Sweden and Norway. In the other European countries you can find some, especially in the private sector, but those can be expensive. UK and Ireland of course offer English-taught programs, but since Brexit, UK prices are high for other European students.
All design programs are looking for the creative potential in their prospective students!
Each design field has its own special artistic and content -based emphasis, but some common skills are appreciated in all the design-based programs:
To be able to enter any design field undergraduate program you need to show your potential as a creative person.
Jumping directly to your first idea and producing that idea into the final presentation leaves out the most important stage where you can show that potential: The Process.
The details and steps in the process may vary between the different design fields, but the basic structure is the same. Designer’s work always happens before the final product is finished. If you only show the final works, the schools don’t know how you process your ideas and you don’t really know if your idea could have been developed into a better one.
There are three types of admission processes.
For example in the UK you usually have to send a portfolio and the selection is made based on that. In Scandinavia, it is typical that you have to take part in entrance exams, which usually are in two or three stages, and include preliminary assignments you have to send in. Sometimes these two are combined, you are asked to do special assignments as part of your portfolio.
The good news is that you can prepare for both types of applications in our courses. We teach the basic and fundamental skills you need to understand how to approach different types of design assignments, whether they are prototypes or drawing tasks. We teach you how to ideate and come up with a great concept in your design, and how to focus your attention to the important parts of the task. We also teach you the basic technical skills you can use to emphasize the visuality of your designs.
Depending on how you like to study, we offer both teacher-led zoom courses with interactive conversation and peer support and independent online courses, where you can choose when and how long you study at the time, but you still have the teacher’s feedback and support to keep you on track.
Check your own application timetable and possible deadlines from your target universities and choose your best option from these Spring 2023 courses:
Our Summer and Autumn course schedule will be published later in the Spring. Autumn courses are especially aimed for early admission deadlines to programs in Finland, Sweden and the UK.
Scandinavian Design School
Fredrikinkatu 61 A 58
00100 Helsinki, Finland
Scandinavian Design School
Fredrikinkatu 61 A 58
00100 Helsinki, Finland
Scandinavian Design School
Fredrikinkatu 61 A 58
00100 Helsinki, Finland
