Visual Arts and Visual Communication Design

Visual Arts and Visual Communication Design

The proliferation of media-based communication devices, which seem to have a strong foundation in visuality, has led to the acceleration and widespread integration of visual elements into all aspects of our lives, especially in the last twenty to thirty years. Therefore, the mission of the Visual Arts and Communication Design (VACD) program is to provide students with a comprehensive understanding of visuality, visual arts, and visual communication design practices. Moreover, our goal extends beyond mere comprehension and application of visual fields; our curriculum is intertwined with various building blocks that involve creative works such as sound design, new media products, and temporal pieces, among others.

Our graduates do various jobs such as:

• Graphic Design
• Advertising
• Artist (painting, sculpture, fine arts...)
• Copywriter
• Photographer
• Visual Presentation Specialist
• Media Relations
• Design (multimedia, graphic, audio...)

Which companies do our graduates work for?

• Slash Art Gallery - San Fransisco
• Mind the Ad - London
• Various Films - Köln
• Tumblr - NY
• The Third Floor Inc. - LA
• Streamline Studio - Las Vegas
• Spotify - Stockholm
• BMF Australia
• Born - UK
• Nickelodeon - USA
• RTV Media Group - Berlin
• Activision - Los Angeles
• Canepa - Italy
• Creoqode - London
• MCCGLC - London
• Mousetrappe - USA
• Fjord
• Design In Situ
• AHK Interiors
• AlisDesign
• Altkat Sanat
• Atelier A'lette
• Good Job Games
• Indie Istanbul
• H2O United
• Federation Design Agency
• Red Fuse Communications
• Peak Games

Course Curriculum

Sabancı University offers a wide range of elective courses for undergraduate students. However, obligatory courses that need to be taken for each program are also available. In the Visual Arts and Visual Communication Design program, for instance, some examples include Visual Language, Drawing Language, 3D Animation, Motion Graphics and Art, and Typographic Design. Just like in every undergraduate field, this program also requires project courses. These projects are not limited to Visual Arts and Visual Communication Design but can also be chosen from various programs such as engineering, social sciences, and finance. Our educational language is English. You can find detailed information about the courses in the Visual Arts and Visual Communication Design program on the university's website.