Bachelor in Design
Official title offered by the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB)
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Presentation of the Bachelor in Design
The Eina Bachelor's Degree in Design is an official university degree that combines theoretical, practical, and cultural training to develop a critical vision of contemporary design. It is one of the most comprehensive design degrees offered in Barcelona, with a contemporary and multidisciplinary approach.
Studying with us will allow you to build your own path within a creative and professional environment. If you are thinking of studying design in Barcelona, Eina offers you a unique experience.
In the Bachelor in Design, we group our teachings around different disciplinary areas: graphic design, spatial design, product design, audiovisual creation, and research in design.
→ Why study graphic design
→ Why study space design
→ Why study product design
→ Why study visual creation
→ Why study research in design
We invite and encourage students to freely create their own itineraries and to design their own curriculum within these areas or by combining them in a completely open way to chart their own career paths.
Why study design at Eina
Eina is a leading university center for design, affiliated with the Autonomous University of Barcelona, and one of the most recognized design degrees for its interdisciplinary, creative, and professional approach. It offers a unique, cooperative, participatory, and innovative learning environment, with diverse and enriching teaching methods.
Our methodology fosters analytical and reflective thinking, active learning, commitment, and ongoing initiative—critical qualities in a changing and competitive context where the convergence of humanism, entrepreneurship, and technology is essential.
The faculty and teaching partners that are part of our community are prestigious, active professionals specialized in different fields. Likewise, the projects we undertake with institutions and companies offer you unique work environments.
What you will learn in the Bachelor in Design
At the Eina University Design Center, you will acquire one of the essential skills of the 21st century: the ability to identify and solve problems creatively, in any context, through the practice of design and art; and the willingness to ask new questions to generate new solutions capable of designing futures.
With personalized guidance and working in small groups, you will develop your skills and abilities globally, working alongside a broad network of companies and institutions, and within an educational ecosystem made up of professionals from different disciplines.
We train designers with a critical and creative vision, with communication skills that allow them to develop innovative proposals. They are capable of working in various fields and contributing broad perspectives and criteria, taking into account social, cultural, technological, and environmental innovation connected to the academic and professional world.
All the details of the Bachelor in Design can be found on the UAB website.
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Upon completion of the Bachelor in Design students should be able to:
- Show they have and understand concepts relating design with culture, visual arts, aesthetic trends and the both historical and avant-garde technological and business environments.
- Apply the knowledge acquired to suggest improvements and innovations in the communicative and physical environments based on design conceptualisation and formalisation and work as designers according to the pattern of behaviour proper to the professional environment of this discipline.
- Interpret relevant data that allows to identify usage and communication issues in the daily environment solvable with design, give opinions based on reasoned criteria about relevant social, scientific or ethnic topics that might affect them.
- Transmit their answers in a specialised verbal and visual language proper to design and master the necessary resources and codes to communicate them to the different agents involved (customers, manufacturers, salespeople and lay public.
- Develop a high level of autonomy that enables them to continue learning through advanced professional and research oriented training courses and master’s degrees.
When learning design, very different subjects, concepts and abilities converge, all of them originating from the visual expression and representation and from the technologic and scientific domains or the analytical thinking of the humanities. Design is a synthetic discipline and therefore, any student is eligible to start these studies, regardless of their high school subjects or if they come from other studies that enable them to access university.
However, certain skills and interests may facilitate the fulfilment of these studies. Amongst the most notable ones are the ability to observe, inclination towards innovation, good visual representation command, creativity and imagination, artistic sensibility, motivation to use new technological resources or strong technical abilities.
Knowledge
KT01 Respond to global issues related to the fields of design and art, cultural industries, their institutional environments, and the agents involved.
KT02 Correctly reference documentary sources, the necessary bibliography and knowledge of the heritage environment both for the projection and for the analysis and reasoned criticism of design and/or art.
KT03 Catalogue materials, their properties and physical principles in relation to the conceptualisation and formalisation of design projects, taking into account environmental and sustainability criteria.
KT04 Categorise technologies and production processes, along with their respective costs, in relation to the conceptualisation and formalisation of design projects, while ensuring rigour and quality in finishes and details.
KT05 Reference essential knowledge of the sciences and auxiliary disciplines of design, such as anthropometry, ergonomics, visual communication, evaluation methods, marketing, and prospecting.
KT06 Describe the legal framework and the ethical and deontological values of the design profession, along with the contexts and agents that apply them, with special emphasis on democratic, human, and fundamental rights.
KT07 Demonstrate a sufficient command of the English (level B1 of MCER), in both general communicative contexts and design-specific contexts, with particular attention to democratic, human, and fundamental rights.
Skills
ST01 Identify design problems through the analysis of objects, graphic communication elements, and spaces, from a perspective rooted in contemporaneity, universal accessibility, and equal opportunities.
ST02 Evaluate the social, economic, environmental, and technological feasibility of a design project, incorporating gender and diversity perspectives, and ensuring respect for sustainability, democratic values, and fundamental rights.
ST03 Propose design solutions (or solutions in related areas) clearly and precisely, using appropriate vocabulary and techniques of expression and representation.
ST04 Apply plastic expression skills and knowledge of materials and production technologies in accordance with the objectives of a design project.
ST05 Graphically represent spaces, volumes, planes, and surfaces using the characteristic techniques of design.
ST06 Use digital tools and technologies according to creative and production processes in the field of design.
ST07 Structure visual information hierarchically and apply typographic families and font architecture appropriately.
ST08 Apply ethical and aesthetic criteria and values to design practice, taking into account the formal dimensions of environments and their diversity.
ST09 Synthesize knowledge from diverse sources—studies, fieldwork, literature, direct observation, or practical experience—in the field of design and related disciplines within the cultural industries.
ST10 Conduct research with a critical spirit in the field of design and related disciplines, considering innovation, experimentation, and the ongoing renewal of the cultural industries, while promoting equality and democratic values.
ST11 Adapt visual languages, media, and artistic techniques to the communicative goals of each design project.
ST12 Make value judgments about design projects by interpreting data and justifying critical analysis using knowledge of graphic communication, space, objects, and reference texts.
Competencies
CT01 Propose creative, socially and environmentally sustainable design solutions, aligned with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
CT02 Manage the development of design projects—individually or in teams—with adaptability, within the organisational context of companies and institutions.
CT03 Formulate viable business plans for the development of design-related products, services, or initiatives that incorporate sustainability, inclusion, and gender perspectives, and align with democratic and fundamental rights.
CT04 Apply acquired knowledge to the execution of design and art projects with professional standards, considering user and audience diversity.
CT05 Manage design-related tasks autonomously, planning and organising time and processes in professional and/or academic settings.
CT06 Produce academic and professional reports related to design, the arts, and their supporting disciplines.
University pre-registration system
University pre-registration is a coordinated student distribution system that ensures equal conditions during access to the first year of the Bachelor in Design.
University pre-registration can be made in the University access portal.
Admission channels and requirements
Baccalaureate students
Baccalaureate + University Entrance Exams (PAU) + university pre-registration.
International baccalaureate students
a) EU baccalaureate or bilateral agreement accredited by the National Distance Education University of Spain UNED+ university pre-registration. If they wish, they can submit for the specific University Entrance Exams (PAU) phase.
b) Officially approved non-EU baccalaureate: official approval of the baccalaureate + University Entrance Exams (PAU) + university pre-registration.
Students from Higher Level Training Cycles (CFGS) or equivalent
Higher Level Training Cycle (CFGS) or equivalent + university pre-registration. If they wish, they can submit for the specific University Entrance Exams (PAU) phase.
Students who change their uncompleted courses
Students who have started an official Spanish university bachelor course and have 30 or more credits recognised for the bachelor course for which they are applying for admission, in accordance with the stipulations of the regulations on the transfer and recognition of credits, and there are no subjects enrolled on and not passed three or more times in their academic record.
Admission due to change of foreign university course
Students who have studied on a university course abroad in full or in part and have not obtained official recognition or equivalence of level of their bachelor in Spain and have 30 or more credits recognised for the bachelor course for which they are applying for admission, in accordance with the stipulations of the regulations on the transfer and recognition of credits, and there are no subjects enrolled on and not passed three or more times in their academic record.
If the recognition of credits is between 1 and 29 credits, the student may apply for admission through the university pre-enrolment channel only for the bachelor course and the centre that is shown in the recognition ruling, and with a mark of 5.
University graduates
University pre-registration.
Over-25s
Admission exams for over-25s.
Over-45s
Admission exams for over-45s.
Accredited work experience
University admission for over-40s who can accredit work experience.
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Design is increasingly important in our society. Nowadays designers participate in the conception and development of any service or product. The work of professional designers is vital in the innovation processes, as it allows the inclusion of social and environmental values and provides the cultural and esthetic quality of the immediate surroundings.
The training in Eina’s Bachelor in Design ensures the learning of the skills needed for professional practice in design, while focusing on its innovative nature, highlighting the entrepreneurial dimension of the job and ensuring the acquisition of meticulous and solid cultural knowledge.
The shaping of the studies provides the resources and knowledge to work in a wide range of professional fields and allows, at the same time, to start guiding the student’s interests and defining the specific fields of the several work interests.
The following are a few examples of the professional fields usually entered after gaining the Bachelor in Design:
Visual Creation
Art direction, contemporary artistic practice, illustration, exhibition curatorship, criticism, history, artistic research and teaching. It is also a good access to future studies or positions with a high level of technification, such as photography, audiovisual creation, digital creation or animation.
Research in Design
Cultural management, patrimony, activity scheduling, education, curatorship, analysis and criticism in specialised press, research, design management, design consultancy, project manager, business management in design.
Space Design
Working spaces, commercial spaces, domestic spaces, exhibition spaces, lighting, scenography, fairs, TV sets, localization design.
Graphic Design
Graphic communication and identity for companies, institutions and products, editorial design, creative management, copywriting and naming, art direction in fields like publicity or photography, space applied graphs, packaging, typography creation, design of digital platforms and interactions, animation and motiongraphics, design for audiovisual media amongst others.
Product Design
Inhabited furniture, contract and work spaces, public furniture, products of great consumption, electronics and appliances, domestic equipment, tools, lighting, wearables & IoT, packaging, innovation management, product management, automotive sector and mobility, sports & well-being, health and well-being, children’s sector and toys.
Professional insertion
For further information you can consult the Survey on Employability conducted by the University System Quality Agency in Catalonia in 2017