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Interactive Design

Learn digital design skills, motion graphic design and combine them with research, strategy and concept development in visual communication.

We offer up to 8 places for international students, mainly from partner institutions of Danish School of Media and Journalism and about 18 places to our national students. 

Your benefits

  • Empower yourself as a professional digital designer. Create creative concepts and strategies on a solid foundation of research and knowledge of user behaviours.
  • Design visual concepts for digital media across platforms such as television, virtual reality, and mobile devices.
  • Improve your motion graphics skills in a learning-by-doing environment using the latest software and technologies to create animated storytelling.
  • Become a part of an intense study environment with Danish and international students.
  • Communicate dynamic information, whether it is visualizing raw data or creating dynamic identities.

Programme structure

Duration: 1 semester

Study mode: Full-time

Credits: 30 ECTS

Location: Campus Copenhagen

Programme Start: spring

Level: Advanced undergraduate.

 

Camilla Wolby Sørensen - Interaktivt Design 2018-2021

Learning environment

Learning-by-doing in a studio-based learning environment is central in the teaching. Presentations of theories and methods are followed by practical experiments and exercises.

Assignments are typically ‘real’ cases from companies that needs advertising and digital design, TV stations or film production companies. All assignments have relevance for your portfolio.

Class size is approx. 24 students. Classes are mixed with Danish and international students. You will work in groups or individually depending on the assignment.

You will get your own desk and a Macintosh computer with relevant software during the time of your study. All software is supported by e-learning videos from Lynda.com

Requirements

Please note there is a mandatory portfolio review to gain access to this programme and a limited numbers of places. We have a very high number of applicants, so please make sure you have the required qualifications to this programme before applying. We strongly recommend that you apply to a non-portfolio programme as your second priority when applying to a portfolio programme, as the percentage of refused portfolios is usually high, unfortunately.


To apply for the programme in Interactive Design you must have:

  • at least 1 year on a BA digital design program.
  • basic knowledge of visual communication, interface design and motion design
  • a portfolio.
  • a good command of the tools from Adobe Creative Suite
  • You should have a a good command of the English language, both written and oral.
  • Non-native English speakers should include a copy of their TOEFL test results (minimum score 550 or computer based 83)/ IELTS test of 6.5 / a minimum B2 OLS or have the test results sent to our address).

Moreover, we will favour applicants with a programming experience with for example Processing or JavaScript.

Tuition fee

The tuition fee is 6936 € for this programme.

If you apply as an exchange student from one of our exchange partner universities, you do not have to pay tuition fee for the program.
If you do not apply as an exchange student, you will have to pay tuition.