Graphic Design and Multimedia Art – New Media Art

In English (full-time studies) – 3 semesters.

Graphic design and the art of multimedia is a course taught exclusively in English, created on the basis of ten years of work in an international design environment and the experience (during two years of pandemic restrictions) of moving educational and creative activity into the sphere of the Internet, the intensive development of blended learning. The spread of this form of education and social interaction has increased the demand for employment of digital graphic designers. 

Anticipating the development of the design market for the Internet and Smart Environments, the Graphic Design & Multimedia Art program prepares graduates to work for an international community communicating through digital tools in a complex reality, taking into account both our real and virtual environments.

Education in the field of graphic design andmultimedia art at the graduate level is provided in three modules:

– humanities and research-oriented, preparing students to acquire and analyze materials needed to implement advanced individual projects and artistic activities in a complex, international environment;

– IT and practical, equipping students with the necessary knowledge, workshop skills, and advanced tools used to implement interdisciplinary, individual projects and artistic activities;

– artistic and design-oriented, developing and deeply enhancing advanced specialized creative skills and enabling students, under the guidance of mentors, to create individual projects or undertake advanced artistic activities in the field of digital art.

The program was created based on the staff resources of the Polish-Japanese Academy of Information Technology. field of study graphic design and Multimedia Art in English was created jointly by artists, engineers and humanities researchers. In view of the needs of the rapidly growing market of creative industries for the virtual world, the program at Level 7 has expanded and deepened the component of training in information technology tools. Accordingly, the interdisciplinary program includes 70% of classes in the discipline of Fine Arts and Art Conservation (5% of these classes are related to knowledge of theoretical humanities subjects necessary for academic training in the field of art) and 30% of classes in the discipline of computer science technical and telecommunications. A person graduating from the program is prepared to work in international, interdisciplinary creative teams, in the position of a leading designer or artist-leader of multimedia graphics. Depending on the chosen scope, he/she can work in real space, XR, VR, AR, solving design or artistic problems, taking into account UX and UI and using AI tools and creating their own independent projects and artworks.