Rome University of Fine Arts (RUFA)
Bachelor of Arts in DesignRome, Italy
DURATION
3 Years
LANGUAGES
English, Italian
PACE
Full time
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TUITION FEES
EUR 10,000 / per year *
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
* non-EU students must pay the fees of the over 100 income range, except for a few countries*.
Key Summary
Introduction
Today’s spaces, furniture, and products are waiting to be renewed by the talent, intuition, and skills of tomorrow’s designers, RUFA graduates. The designer is the main actor of the contemporary lifestyle. Thanks to his studies in specific subjects, RUFA Designer is a professional able to lend his authorial work to interior architecture, product design, multimedia, and interactive works. His professional background includes the main techniques of graphic representation, from sketching to the most advanced virtual reconstructions. An all-round designer collaborates with artisans and large industries, creating both single objects and entire product lines. Circular economy and environmental sustainability, digital manufacturing, and self-production, there is no limit to the range of applications for a designer, a central figure in the design economy, also required to coordinate events and launch trends and styles.
The Academic Bachelor of Arts is equivalent to a University Bachelor’s Degree
*All lessons include mandatory attendance at RUFA’s locations in Rome.
Coordinator: Alessandro Ciancio
Tutor: Alessio Cremisini
Lecturers: Andrea Carcassi, Silvia Cassetta, Alessandro Ciancio, Alessio Cimato, Alessio Cremisini, Rosella Cuppone, Gian Luca Gentili, Alessandro Gori, Giorgio Marcatili, Simone Pane, Luigi Prestinenza Puglisi, Meltem Eti Proto, Christian Rizzo, Ely Rozenberg, Emanuele Tarducci, Caterina Tomeo, Alessandro Vergoz.
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Curriculum
| Year | Subject | ECTS | Hours |
| I Year | Design methodology | 6 | 75 |
| Technical drawing and project design | 6 | 75 | |
| Basics of computer design | 6 | 75 | |
| Architectural model-making | 6 | 75 | |
| The technology of new materials | 8 | 100 | |
| History of Design 1 | 6 | 45 | |
| Design 1 | 12 | 150 | |
| 3D digital modeling techniques 1 | 6 | 75 | |
| Computer technologies | 4 | 50 | |
| II Year | History of design 2 | 6 | |
| Design 2 | 12 | ||
| 3D digital modeling techniques 2 | 6 | 50 | |
| Features of architecture and urban design | 8 | ||
| History of contemporary architecture | 6 | 75 | |
| English | 6 | 75 | |
| Elective educational activities | 6 | 75 | |
| III Year | History of contemporary art | ||
| Design 3 | 8 | 100 | |
| Product design 2 | 4 | 50 | |
| Virtual architecture | 6 | 75 | |
| Multimedia design | 6 | 75 | |
| Layout and visualisation techniques | |||
| Further language and interpersonal skills, internships, etc. | 6 | 75 | |
| Elective educational activities | 6 | 45 | |
| Thesis | 4 | 100 | |
| Total Credits | 180 |
Career Opportunities
Product Design, Interior Design, Virtual Space Design, Exhibit Design, Design of lighting systems
Admissions
Program Tuition Fee
Program Outcome
Projects that change the world.
As a designer, you will design our habitat: a hybrid and contemporary aesthetic experience that is both innovative and sustainable. By guiding trends and styles, you will become the interpreter of the community in which you live, helping to build its deeper meaning.
Ideal Students
First Level Academic Diploma, equivalent to a Bachelor’s degree
English Language Requirements
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