Master of Science in Design, Multimedia and Visual Communication
Rome, Italy
DURATION
2 Years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
29 Jul 2024*
EARLIEST START DATE
Oct 2024
TUITION FEES
EUR 1,500 / per year **
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
* visa seeking candidates: april 29, 2024
** tuition for our bachelor's and master's programs is € 300-1500/year
Introduction
The two-year MA in Design, Multimedia, and Visual Communication (LM-12), established in the A.Y. 2007/2008, is a second-level university program in the field of Design that aims to train a designer to think up and plan communication artifacts’ contents, aesthetic and technological aspects in both physical and digital environments.
During the two-year program, students acquire skills, tools, and methodologies relevant to the design of communication artifacts in the fields of design thinking, communication studies, typography, graphics, advertising, multimedia, interaction design, performing, and exhibit design.
The training activity concerns the following main themes: corporate identity (i.e. the institutional and corporate image and its close relationship with the design of services), type design, photography, editorial graphics, the design of information and communication systems (infographics), public utility communication; multimedia and interactive design, gaming, video editing, kinetic graphics, new media design, performing arts and exhibit design.
The study plan offers two programs, respectively taught in Italian and English, and includes seven integrated studios: three concerning different aspects of Visual and Graphic Design, three concerning Multimedia Design fields, and one Exhibit Design studio. Other courses concern disciplines such as photography, video editing, theories and practices of the graphic, electronic, and digital arts, storytelling, digital education, education for cultural heritage, sociology of cultural and communication processes, entertainment artifacts design, and computer engineering.
Graduate students will be able to work both as freelancers and as art directors, executives, or team leaders in design studios, companies, communication agencies, or any other workspace in which visual communication is a part of the corporate mission. Graduates can also continue their training during the Ph.D. course.
Admissions
Curriculum
First-year
First semester
- Book design and typography
- Computer graphics and gaming studio
- Image and storytelling studio
- Principles and practices of electronic and digital
Second semester
- Design for public interest communication studio
- Performance design studio
- Multimedia design studio
Second year
First semester
- Design and graphic languages studio
- Exhibit design studio
- Information design studio
Second semester
- Other useful skills for inclusion in the world of work
- At the student's choice
- Final exam
Program Outcome
Learning outcomes
The Master's Degree Course in Visual and Multimedia Communication Design has the specific objective of training designers capable of promoting innovation dynamics of Visual and Multimedia Communication products and product systems capable of supporting the strategic finalization of the project in all areas of design application.
The trained figures must in particular:
- Possess in-depth knowledge of Visual and Multimedia Communication Design products (whether of a material or immaterial nature), in the content, technical-productive, technical-functional, and formal aspects; of the processes that accompany the development and life cycle of the Communication Design product (design, implementation, and production, use)
- Possess knowledge of the context of development, production, and use of Communication Design products relating to the qualitative aspects that contribute to improving the perception and use of an environment
- Possess in-depth knowledge of the dynamics of building brand identity through the design of service systems associated with the communication product, places, and methods of sales and communication
- Possess specific knowledge that declines the design of visual and multimedia communication in those areas of exhibition design (Exhibit, Performing, and Space design) which concern the application of communication strategies in public and private spaces capable of guaranteeing coherence as well as the effectiveness of the communication project and in which the innate temporary and ephemeral character does not conflict with the structural and historical-cultural contents of the architectural artifact
- Possess specific knowledge on the socio-cultural contexts of reference, on the dynamics of use and consumption of communication products, and on market dynamics concerning the repercussions that these phenomena have on the company's production, communication, and distribution strategies
- Possess a broad preparation in historical-critical disciplines and the human sciences capable of providing interpretative tools concerning the different contexts of application of project practice
- Possess interpersonal and teamwork management skills within complex projects
- Be able to use fluently, in written and oral form, at least one European Union language other than Italian, and also about disciplinary lexicon
The DCVM Course therefore has the specific objective of training a designer who works within all the most advanced sectors of communication from multimedia publishing to web design, from the design of signage systems to coordinated image and brand identity, up to the design of the kinetic and multimedia image (video and cinematographic) including all the emerging sectors of communication linked to new media and new technologies; as well as a designer who works in the field of designing complex environments with particular reference to the contemporary dynamics of evolution of urban and territorial contexts, of valorization of territorial, environmental and cultural heritage.
The specific training objectives of the Master's Degree Course in Visual and Multimedia Communication Design are to prepare advanced-level professional figures to operate in the design and management of visual and multimedia communication contents to configure artifacts and communication services intended for individuals, communities of people, companies, industrial companies, bodies, and institutions. A goal which is achieved through:
- Knowledge of the History, Theory, and Methodologies of graphic and multimedia design
- Learning the necessary digital, interactive, and virtual techniques
- Knowledge of adequate IT operational devices
- Access, in terms of merit and method, to changes and developments in the culture of communication.
Scholarships and Funding
We can offer such convenient rates thanks to public funding from the Italian Ministry of Higher Education. Additionally, students can apply for various scholarships available at different levels, awarded based on academic merit and/or family income.
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Career Opportunities
The course provides the skills to be able to cover the following professional roles:-
- Art director and Creative director
- Digital Designer
- Information Designer
- Interface/UX Designer
- Motion Designer
- Interaction and Game designer
- Video maker
- Digital Education Designer
These figures can be found in the following sectors
- Traditional editorial services for strategic and product planning roles;
- Public and private bodies for profiles dedicated to strategic and product design in a communicative key;
- Consultancy agencies, including strategic ones, for graphic communication for advertising and brand and product identity;
- Design-oriented companies and start-ups;
- Educational services in formal and non-formal contexts for strategic design planning roles.