The Estonian Academy of Arts (EAA) accepts exchange or guest students for one semester or a whole academic year. The Academy consists of four faculties: Faculty of Architecture, Faculty of Design, Faculty of Art and Culture and the Faculty of Fine Arts. The Faculty of Design offers courses in Graphic Design, Product Design, Ceramics, Glass Art, Fashion Design, Leather Art, Textile Design and Jewellery and Blacksmithing. The Faculty of Fine Arts offers classes in Animation, Drawing, Painting, Sculpture and Scenography for exchange students. EAA is situated in Tallinn, which is the European Capital of Culture in 2011.
www.artun.ee

TAMK University of Applied Sciences offers a Degree Programme in Media with a focus on interactive media con¬tent design and production (taught in English). The students learn about current digital media issues and can specialise in visual design, interaction design or project management. The course provides a broad perspective on digital design, production and business. The areas included are web design and services, games, mobile media, multimedia, cross media and interactive installations. The Media programme is located at TAMK Finlayson Campus right in the heart of the City of Tampere in Southern Finland.
www.tamk.fi

The University offers a bachelor’s degree programme in Design which is aimed at students from different cultural backgrounds and taught in English. The Design programme focuses on essential design skills, sustainability, global design entrepreneurship and a holistic approach to visual concepts. The programme also includes processing of complex innovative concepts and leading design-orientated projects. The town of Kouvola is located in south eastern Finland (not far from Helsinki and St. Petersburg). It offers a variety of different sports and cultural activities for its residents and guests.
www.kyamk.fi

The Institut d’Arts Visuels d’Orléans (IAV) is a school of Art and Design in Higher Education founded in 1787. The first two years of the design bachelor’s programmes consist of foundation courses in Drawing, Graphic Design, 3D, Colour Techniques, Photo, Multimedia, General Studies etc. During this time students choose from the followings directions: Graphic Design, Spatial or Product Design. After graduation (BA level after 3 years) students can continue their studies (MA level) and specialize even more in their chosen area. The IAV is located in the centre of Orléans (only one hour from Paris).
www.iav-orleans.com

The Iceland Academy of the Arts (IAA) is a self-governing institution providing higher education in fine arts, theatre, music, design, architecture and art education. IAA encourages progressive thinking in the arts and stimulates innovation and development in different fields. The Department of Design and Architecture offers classes in Architecture, Fashion Design, Visual Communication and Product Design. Reykjavik is the largest community in Iceland, with a population of about 200,000. Iceland is the least densely populated country in Europe, with a pure, unpolluted and truly magical landscape and wildlife.
www.lhi.is

Founded in 1996, Ansbach University of Applied Sciences is a modern, young university with premium positions in national university rankings (CHE-Hochschulranking). It offers the bachelor’s degree programme Multimedia and Communication. After 3 semesters of receiving basis knowledge of Multimedia students choose one of the following specializations: 3D Graphics, Media Design, TV Studio, Journalism, Film or Audio. The University is located in Ansbach in the centre of Franconia, not far from Nuremberg.
www.hs-ansbach.de

The University of Applied Arts and Sciences Dortmund offers the bachelor’s degree programme “Design Media Communications” at the Faculty of Design. Students can focus on only one of the three areas (Graphic Design, Object and Space Design or Film) or use the courses in an interdisciplinary manner. Graphic design includes the following courses: Typography, Illustration, Corporate Design, Advertising, Communication Design, Editorial Design, Packaging, Screen Design, Interface Design, Web Design, Animation, Motion Graphics, Event Design etc. Dortmund is known as a “green metropolis” because of its waterways, woodland, agriculture and spacious parks.
www.fh-dortmund.de

The University of Applied Sciences Düsseldorf (FH D) stands for a comprehensive and interdisciplinary range of study programmes. The department of Design offers the following bachelor’s degree programmes: Communication Design and Applied Art and Design. Communication Design includes the following fields: image, space, typography, word and time. Applied Art and Design includes courses like 3D Design, Analog and Digital Design, Illustration, Drawing, Audio-visual Media among others. Düsseldorf, capital city of North Rhine-Westphalia, is together with Cologne and the Ruhr Area an economic and cultural centre within Germany.
www.fh-duesseldorf.de

The Faculty of Design of the University of Applied Sciences Potsdam offers the following bachelor’s degree programmes: Communications Design, Product Design and Interface Design. The students are taught scientific and technical knowledge in the context of social, ecological, and economic questions as well as the mastery of methods of design and the ability to communicate well. Potsdam is well-known throughout the world for its historic palaces and gardens and offers a high quality of living due to many opportunities for sports and recreation and the close proximity to Berlin.
www.fh-potsdam.de

Stuttgart Media University offers the bachelor’s degree programme Information Design at the Faculty of Information and Communication. All courses of studies in the Faculty have a modular structure and offer a wide range of compulsory optional subjects so that students can focus on their particular interests. Here are some examples of the courses offered: Information Technology, Interface Design, Communication Design, Interactive Design, User Centered Design, Intercultural Communication, Multimedia, Photography, Digital Painting. The Media University is located in the centre of Stuttgart.
www.hdm-stuttgart.de

The University of Applied Sciences (Hochschule für Gestaltung) Schwäbisch Gmünd is a public institution of the State of Baden-Württemberg. The University has three undergraduate programmes: Interaction Design, Communication Design and Product Design. Communication Design focuses on the skills and methods of designing Publications, Teaching and Learning Materials, Instructions and Manuals, Information Graphics, Signage Systems, Corporate and Institutional images, Digital Interfaces. Schwäbisch Gmünd is famous for being a city of designers (a lot of them graduates from the University) close to Stuttgart.
www.hfg-gmuend.de

Ostfalia University of Applied Sciences offers a wide portfolio of innovative, interdisciplinary and practice-related courses at four different Campus Locations. As a lively and innovative community it enriches cultural, professional and economic life through the development of vocational and life-enhancing skills. At the Faculty Transport-Sports-Tourism-Media students can choose the programme Media Design (BA) at Salzgitter Campus. Courses offered are Illustration, Layout and Typography, Creative Techniques, Media Studies, Graphic Design, Colour Scheme, Drawing Objects, Media Technology, Web-Publishing, Web-Design etc.
www.ostfalia.de

The University of Sassari was founded in 1562 and gained the first place in the ranking for the best “medium-sized” Italian university in 2009. The Faculty of Architecture offers a bachelor’s programme in Design. It combines relevant design areas such as humanities, history, material sciences, communication science, information technology, geometry, maths and economics with practical labs where students develop practical design skills on themes such as Colour, Form, Movement, Communication and Processes. Sassari is the administrative centre of the island of Sardinia in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea.
www.uniss.it

The Università degli Studi di Roma „Tor Vergata“ offers the graduate programme “Theory and Design of New Media” at the School of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences. Tor Vergata is located in the south-eastern metropolitan area of Rome, on a very large campus with an extension of about 600 hectares, and consists of six different Faculties: Economics, Engineering, Humanities, Law, Medicine and Sciences.
web.uniroma2.it

Located in the city centre, the Utrecht School of the Arts (Hogeschool voor de Kunsten Utrecht – HKU) is at the heart of the cultural and student life of Utrecht and one of the largest art and culture-oriented institutes in Europe. Utrecht, the fourth largest city in the Netherlands, is a creative city, with the largest proportion of creative professionals in the Netherlands. Exchange students of the Faculty of Visual Arts & Design and the Faculty of Art, Media & Technology may attend classes in 3D Design, Industrial Design, Interior Architecture, Photography, Fashion Design, Illustration, Graphic Design, Urban Design, Animation, Audiovisual Media as well as Image and Media Technology.
www.hku.nl

Escola Superior de Artes e Design (ESAD) – School of Arts and Design – offers a bachelor’s programme in Communication Design. The acquisition of knowledge is emphasised, together with opportunities to carry out research that encourages experimentation, speculation and interdisciplinary expressive skills, independent of the media in which it occurs. Courses offered are for example Digital Media Design, Visual Design and Culture, Print Production, Packaging Design, Graphics and Merchandising, Modelling and 3D Animation, Visualization of Information, Drawing and Creative Expression, ESAD is located in Matosinhos which is part of the greater metropolitan area of Porto.
www.esad.pt

Created in 1969 the Insituto de Artes Visuais, Design e Marketing (IADE) was one of the pioneers of Design in Portugal. IADE offers a bachelor’s degree programme in Design. The courses include Visual Communication, Product Design, Digital Design, Ergonomics, Geometry, Philosophy of Art and Design, Contemporary Culture and Art, History of design in Portugal just to name a few. IADE is located in Lisbon, Portugal’s capital, spread across steep hillsides that overlook the Rio Tejo with a lively cultural life and a lot of history to explore.
www.iade.pt

The Academy of Fine Arts and Design (Vysoká škola výtvarných umení) was founded in 1949. The Academy offers the programmes Design and Visual Communication (BA level) in Slovak language. There are also certain courses offered in foreign languages (mostly English and German) such as Painting and other Media, Visual Communication (only certain courses, others mostly in Slovak), Photography, Book Illustration and Drawing among others. The Academy has 2 campuses in Bratislava: the main building is located in the very heart of downtown and the other campus at Drotárska cesta is situated on a hill with a view of the river Danube and Bratislava surroundings.
www.vsvu.sk

The Faculty of Fine Arts (Facultad de Bellas Artes de San Carlos) of Universitat Politècnica de Valencia was founded in 1753 and has been ranked at the top of national rankings. The Faculty offers the following Bachelor’s degree programmes: Fine Arts and Conservation and Restoration of Cultural Heritage. A few courses are offered in English. The Facultad de Bellas Artes is located in the city of Valencia on the coast of the Mediterranean Sea. Valencia is a city with outstanding cultural activities, both modern and historic architecture, an exciting night life and beautiful beaches.
http://www.upv.es/entidades/BBAA/

ELISAVA is a leading design school affiliated to Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF) in Barcelona. It delivers an innovative, creative, cross-disciplinary range of education and research services that are closely aligned with the professional world. ELISAVA offers official degrees in Design, Engineering Building and Engineering in Industrial Design. It also provides professional graduate programmes, including Spain’s first official Masters Degree in Design & Communication, as well as specialist design courses for professionals and companies. The School is located in the centre of Barcelona, itself a city renowned for design and creativity. It is easy to access and surrounded by the greatest cultural and leisure offer in the city.
www.elisava.net

The Escuela Superior de Diseño de La Rioja (ESDIR), founded in 1886, is situated in a beautiful historic building. ESDIR offers courses for exchange students in the following departments: Graphic design, Interior design and Product design. Here are some examples of the classes offered: Illustration, Expression Techniques, History and Theory of Design, Typography, Drawing and Colour, Multi-media, Graphic Arts Technology, Photography, Scale modelling, Building Conditioning and Restoration, Bionics and Ergonomics, New Applied Technologies, Sociology and Marketing. The school is located in the city Logroño in Northern Spain on the Ebro River and is a centre of the trade in Rioja wine.
www.easd-design.com

The Polytechnic School of Alcoy (Escuela Politécnica Superior de Alcoi) is an innovative University at the service of society and its progress and an outstanding institution in research and in training professionals. It provides its students with an integral education through the creation, development and critical reflection on science, art and culture. The classes of Industrial Design Engineering and Product Development are suitable for exchange students. The city of Alcoy is located in the interior of the Costa Blanca between Valencia and Alicante.
www.epsa.upv.es

In the School of Innovation, Design and Engineering of Mälardalen University students are offered courses in Information Design, Theatre, Innovation, Entrepreneurship as well as Product- and Process Development, Network Technology, Aeronautical Engineering, Computer Science and Electronics. The multidisciplinary approach gives an excellent base for education and research to develop new products and services of the future. The University Campus is in Eskilstuna, a town located on the River Eskilstunaån, which connects Lake Hjälmaren and Lake Mälaren, not far from Stockholm.
www.mdh.se

The Academy of Art and Design offers the following bachelor’s degree programmes in Design: Visual Communication, Interior Design and Scenography, Industrial Design and Fashion. The Visual Communication Institute offers curricula at Bachelor and Master levels in the field of Visual Communication with international accreditation. The teaching staff are active participants in the design community and are involved in applied research projects. The creation of images for communication is the central focus of all activities. The city of Basel lies on the river Rhine in the centre of the idyllic border triangle of France, Germany and Switzerland.
www.fhnw.ch

The Faculty of Arts and Design of Yildiz Technical University offers a Communication Design programme. It aims to equip students with the ability to organize and present ideas and information formed of text, image and sound in new digital media environments like video, interactive computer environments, multimedia, communication technologies and information transmission systems. The programme carries out design work which presents the social and cultural aspect of communication. The University is in Istanbul, a beautiful city of stunning architecture, history and culture where you will find ancient and modern colleges, fascinating museums and galleries, and plenty of parks, gardens and green spaces.
www.yildiz.edu.tr

Kadir Has University offers the following design undergraduate programmes: Communication Design at the Faculty of Communication and Graphic Design, Industrial Design as well as Interior and Environmental Design at the Faculty of Fine Arts. Communication Design is considered in two parts: visual and managerial/cultural design of the communication. In Graphic Design students are educated to design logos, posters, billboards, packaging, books and magazines, 3D modelling. They also study areas such as typography, computer, photography and illustration. Kadir Has University is located in Istanbul where stunning architecture meets history and culture. Istanbul was European City of Culture in 2010.
www.khas.edu.tr

Middle East Technical University offers the undergraduate programme Industrial Design at the Faculty of Architecture. Creativity and visualizing ideas take a major part in industrial design education. Freehand drawing, technical drawing and computer-aided 3D modelling are some of the visualization tools that are frequently used in the process. Ankara, the capital of Turkey, is situated at the heart of Anatolia. The METU campus is famous for its vast forest, lake and the ancient ruins of local villages that still remain on its land.
www.metu.edu.tr