Design and Media

The Bachelor's programme in Design and Media fosters a multidisciplinary approach, encouraging students to explore intersections of art, media, and technology while building their identity as upcoming creative professionals and providing a comprehensive foundation.Students explore various facets of design and media, including visual communication design, industrial design, and digital design, enhancing their creative and technical skills. The curriculum emphasizes critical thinking and problem-solving, preparing students to address complex challenges through innovative design solutions as well as art and media practices.Through hands-on, collaborative and process-oriented course work, students gain practical experience and develop a comprehensive understanding of art, media, and design fundamentals. Graduates emerge with the ability to conceptualize and execute impactful Art, Media and Design projects that respond to the contemporary challenges of society.After completing their bachelor studies, students are also granted the right to continue their studies in one of the five majors or programmes on the master’s level offered by the Department of Design and by the Department of Art and Media.Aalto School of Arts, Design and Architecture is one of the most prestigious design schools in the world and the leading design school in Northern Europe. The Bachelor’s Programme in Design and Media builds on the ethos of Finnish and Nordic design: developing solutions that are human-centred, societally relevant and environmentally conscious. Drawing from this Nordic approach to design and media education, students are encouraged to find their own identities, ways of working and professional niche as designers. Graduates have:A professional worldview. Graduates are highly context-sensitive, asking what, how, and particularly why, as they propose new directions for how to shape the world around them.Unique and personal professional identities. Graduates carve out their own identities and creative ways of working as designers and media professionals.Comprehensive design and media toolboxes. Graduates are trained to use contemporary tools, methods and processes for design as well as conduct research in design and media.Ideation and prototyping skills. Graduates generate strong ideas, are able to bring them into life and materialise their solutions regardless if they are approaching or embracing business, cultural or societal problems or opportunities.Expertise and knowledge of design in different areas. Graduates are trained to work with the design of creative products, services, systems and the synthesis of all three.Teamwork, co-creation and facilitation skills. Graduates thrive in working with different people, cultures and world views, enabling them to pursue a variety of professional careers.Impact consciousness.Graduates are informed about their responsibility to respect sustainability, the environment and social values in their design.Upon graduation from the Bachelor’s Programme in Design and Media, graduates will have a strong foundation to reflect the world and shape it for the better: figuring out what could be, proposing how it could be, and explaining why it should be.Please see the intended learning outcomes of the study option at the Programme page.