Design Foundation Course
Marbella, Spain
Foundation Year
DURATION
12 weeks
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Part time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
15 May 2026
EARLIEST START DATE
18 May 2026
TUITION FEES
EUR 4,000
STUDY FORMAT
Distance Learning, On-Campus
Key Summary
Start your design career with the world's most recognised International Design Institution: The Marbella Design Academy.
The 12-week Design Foundation Course is the perfect solution for all students who would like to improve their passion for design by exploring three different competitive fields: Fashion Design & Development, Interior Architecture and Design, and Graphic Design & Media.
This intensive Design Foundation Course aims to introduce the students to the practice of being a designer. It will help them develop their creative expression, their ideas, add meaning and context to their designs and identify where their design skill best lie.
Classroom teaching is supported by comprehensive study materials and resources developed by the Marbella Design Academy including access to all the laboratories and facilities. International Qualified Tutors with a strong background in the Industry will lead your skills and knowledge preparing you for the ambitious undergraduate Validate Programme awarded by our Uk partner University of Bedfordshire.
This 12-week Design Foundation Course is the perfect solution for students who:
- Do not fulfil the entrance requirements for entering our three-year Bachelor of Arts Validated programmes.
- Are in doubt as to which BA (Honours) validated programme in Design to choose.
The Design Foundation Course starts twice times a year, in May and September.
And to ensure that all students have the opportunity to access our three-year undergraduate design programmes, our Design Foundation Courses are now also available in interactive virtual tuition!
Any student who chooses to attend virtually will still benefit from 100% tutor attention and guidance through an interactive live-streaming system.
Students will be able to connect with our tutor in real-time and ask any questions they might have as they arise. The choice is yours: Choose to attend the Design Foundation Course at Marbella Design Academy in-house... or from home.
On successful completion of the Design Foundation Course, students are awarded a Design Foundation certificate.
Additionally you will be eligible to enrol in whichever of our three-year International Bachelor of Arts Validated programmes you choose: Fashion Design & Manufacture, Interior Architecture and Design, Graphic Design & Media.
On successful completion of the Design Foundation Course, the students will be eligible to enrol in whichever of our three-year Bachelor of Arts Validated programmes they choose.


