Design Schools and Programs in Spain

Academic Programs International (API)

The Paris to Barcelona Summer Program at the Academic Programs International (API) is a study-abroad program provided by Parsons Paris – The New School, and ELISAVA – Barcelona School of Design and Engineering international undergraduates and adult learners. This program is specifically for students with an interest in the culinary arts and/or design. Some of the subjects that enrolled students will study include visual merchandising, design, food culture, and consumer evolutions. Students who complete this program can earn up to four credits and take their earned credits to further their studies in the culinary or design industries respectively.

Bircham International University

Bircham University’s Artistic Design program is a philosophical investigation of artistic creation and design. The program debates the influence of arts on everyday life and assesses different approaches, design styles and interpretations. The program also tackles the problems faced by design artists such as the artist's personality, the talent's idea and the creative blocks and explains the creative tools and inspirational resources required by the artistic designer. Subjects covered on this course include: Art History, Interior Design, XXth Century Art, Creativity, Art Direction, Decorative Elements, Visual & Graphic Design, Logo & Packaging Design, Architectural Design, Visual Arts, Landscape Art & Perception and Artistic Design. Subjects account for 3 academic credits each. The Artistic Design program is available at Specialist, Expert, Bachelor's, Master's & Ph.D. (Doctoral) Degree levels.

International University of Catalonia

Managers and senior managers in firms associated with the design and real estate industries have, currently, one of the most challenging jobs when it comes to managing (with specialists with high added knowledge and experience value) the resources assigned to their projects and ensuring high efficiency and optimisation. With UIC’s Postgraduate Degree in Real Estate - Construction & Design Management, you will improve your knowledge of Design Project Management, Creative Business Management and the creation of business plans that will assist control in all aspects of a project. UIC’s aim is to turn students into true project managers and experts in the world of real estate and design.

International University of Catalonia

UIC Barcelona’s Master City Resilience Design and Management degree is a pioneering, international and multi-disciplinary program that teaches you how to implement the most urgent calls for building more resilient and sustainable cities using urban planning and design and how to structure adequate policies and governance models. This one-year programme gives the latest perspectives, methods and tools for dealing with the threat of natural disasters, climate change and the social and technical changes required to reduce the environmental impact of the modern global urbanisation trends, while addressing social justice. In this programme, students will connect science and policy through workshops and panel-like classes, fostering different opinions and constantly re-structuring the business-as-usual strategies often seen in the conception and management of resilient cities.

International University of Catalonia

With UIC Barcelona's Postgraduate Degree in Accessibility and Design for All, you will become a professional in accessibility and help to offer equal opportunities for all citizens, whether they have a disability or not. This teaching programme helps you analyse and understand the accessibility principles governing the elements, products, spaces, routes and services that surround us. You will discover how to use so-called unnoticed accessibility, with regularisation criteria and designs for all. Students will become familiar with the required details, learn how to advance affordable projects and take an analytical look at the main laws and regulations on accessibility. In a nutshell, this is a specialised programme that teaches you to understand, identify, design, market and facilitate accessible design for all.