Postgraduate Diploma of Design

Summary

The UCOL Postgraduate Diploma of Design is an exciting year of independent and facilitated study focussing on design media, visual art design or textile and fashion design.

The UCOL Postgraduate Diploma of Design builds on your Bachelor’s degree in an art or design discipline. This rewarding and challenging programme is based on both lecturer-facilitated and self-directed research projects that will broaden your understanding of either time-based design applications and expose you to current thinking and research methodologies.

You will advance your skills in a chosen design media, and produce a significant design portfolio, exhibition or show. This postgraduate pathway will prepare you for Masters level study or enable you to secure higher level of employment.

Graduates will be equipped to work in a variety of roles within art and design-based industries such as galleries, fashion houses, graphic design studios, film and television, printing and publishing, web design, art studios, set design and much more.

Graduates of the UCOL Postgraduate Diploma of Design will be suitably equipped to work in a variety of roles in design-based industries. Areas of employment and potential roles include:

• Advertising
• Consultancy
• Art/Design education
• Art/Design studios
• Fashion studios
• Galleries and museums
• Set design and styling
• Television and video production
• Printing, publishing and illustration
• Research and development
• Self-employment
• Graphic design
• Textile design
• Visual communications
• Website design
• Object and craft design
• Practicing artist

To find out more about possible job prospects and salaries for Designers and Artists, and Photographers, see careers.govt.nz

Education pathway

Master of Design