22 Foundation Year Degrees in Design Studies 2024
- Florence, Italy
- Rome, Italy
Full time
9 months
On-Campus
English, Italian
The Foundation Year in Design is a preparatory course primarily addressed to international students with a high school diploma who wish to enroll into an accredited Bachelor's degree offered by Accademia Italiana but miss some requirements for direct admission. Nevertheless, Foundation Year is also a perfect choice for students looking a creative and exciting gap year in Italy, with a full immersion into the uniqueness of Italian art, design and language. This program offers a general curriculum balanced between Italian language classes and both very practical and theoretical lessons on Italian style, History of Italian art and design culture and methodology for the arts.
- Paris, France
Full time
1 year
On-Campus
English
Foundation, the first year of our four-year degree program, is built on the philosophy that there are fundamental approaches, skills, and knowledge to be learned that are common to all creative disciplines. We encourage students to have a cross-disciplinary foundation attitude: to take risks, suspend disbelief and generally be open to new experiences and ways of looking at the world.
- Academic City, United Arab Emirates
Full time
2 semesters
On-Campus
English
This programme is designed to provide students with a pathway into an undergraduate degree programme in the School of Textiles and Design and the School of Energy, Geoscience, Infrastructure and Society at the Dubai Campus. It is specifically designed as a foundation programme that will help students to bridge the gap between their school qualifications and the demands of a university degree. Students who complete the programme successfully will be able to progress directly into the first year of their chosen degree programme. The programme will help students to develop their subject knowledge while providing a firm foundation in IT, research and writing skills, academic English, and assessment and examination techniques.
- Syracuse, Italy
Full time
9 months
On-Campus
English, Italian
Welcome to the cradle of iconic art, fashion and design education in the vibrant landscape of Italy. Our International Foundation Program is your gateway to mastering the world of art in Italy’s prestigious institutions.
Academic Foundation Year - Italian Creativity & Design
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- Como, Italy
Full time
9 months
On-Campus
English
The Academic Foundation in Italian Creativity & Design is designed for international and national students that are interested to obtain a First Level Academic Diploma but do not reach the minimum requirements, such as 12 years of schooling or previous knowledge about the creative and artistic sectors. The teaching methodology consists of practical, theoretical, and demonstrative lectures, visiting, and individual coaching/orientation meetings.
- London, United Kingdom
Full time
1 year
On-Campus
English
The Foundation Diploma in Art and Design at Central Saint Martins is an intensive one-year pre-degree course designed to prepare students for specialist undergraduate degrees in art and design. For many students it offers the ideal bridge from a school education to the demands of specialist undergraduate study in the creative arts.
- Barcelona, Spain
Full time
9 months
On-Campus
English
The Total Design course gives you an overall view of the sector: product design, interior design, fashion design, and graphic design. In this 1-year course, you’ll acquire the comprehensive fundamentals of design, essential for taking your first steps as a designer.
- Paris, France
Full time
1 year
Distance Learning
English
Foundation, the first year of our four-year degree program, is built on the philosophy that there are fundamental approaches, skills, and knowledge to be learned that are common to all creative disciplines. We encourage students to have a cross-disciplinary foundation attitude: to take risks, suspend disbelief and generally be open to new experiences and ways of looking at the world. Foundation Online: Pathway to Paris offers the opportunity to students to live the Foundation experience remotely.
- Manchester, United Kingdom
9 months
On-Campus
English
A qualification designed with our university partners to prepare you for first year entry to undergraduate degree courses. Studying in small classes with NCUK in your home country before you start your degree will give you the confidence you need before you start your degree course.
- Marbella, Spain
Part time
12 weeks
Distance Learning, On-Campus
English
Start your design career with the most recognised International DesignInstitutionof the world: The Marbella Design Academy.
- Lausanne, Switzerland
Full time
1 year
On-Campus
English, French, German, Italian
You will explore a variety of artistic courses and dive into Fashion, Fine Arts, Graphic Design, and Illustration. Developed by the Canvas School of Arts, the European Foundation Degree in Art & Design aims to let students create by having fun, travelling and learning a new language!
- Stevenage, United Kingdom
Full time, Part time
Distance Learning
English
The Online Foundation Diploma in Interior Design is a three-stage, full-time or part-time programme designed for serious career-oriented students who wish to enter the interior design professions.
- Vancouver, Canada
Full time
1 year
On-Campus
English
The Foundation Arts Certificate is a one-year program that teaches introductory art and design skills in drawing, painting, sculpting, and basic digital art.
- Stevenage, United Kingdom
Full time, Part time
Distance Learning
English
The Online Foundation Diploma in Fashion & Textiles Design is a three-stage, full-time or part-time programme designed for serious career-oriented students who wish to be fashion or textile designers, footwear designers, stylists, make-up artists, fashion photographers, buyers, journalists and managers.
- Leeds, United Kingdom
Full time
1 year
On-Campus
This nationally respected intensive one year programme is designed to prepare you for the degree course of your choice: our students are very highly regarded by the most prestigious art schools, nationally and internationally, 96% of our students go on to study at degree level and then