Illustration
The language of images is universal - the world is open to illustrators.
©Jekaterina Dibanina, Faces To Read
What is this programme about?Illustration, BA
The Illustration programme at the University of Europe for Applied Sciences (UE) combines the classic arts such as painting, drawing and graphic art with the fascination of current design with the help of modern, digital techniques. Illustrations visualize complex content in newspapers, magazines, infographics, advertisements, posters, websites, and apps. They tell stories in picture books and comics and create entire films or virtual worlds in storyboards and concept arts.
Key facts about Illustration
Start | Language of instruction
- Winter semester
- Summer semester
- English
Fees
- EU applicants standard: € 708 monthly
- Non-EU applicants standard: € 12,100 yearly
Credits | Duration | Degree
- 180 ECTS
- 6 semesters
- Bachelor of Arts (BA)
- Examination and Study Regulation
Curriculum
This programme consists of six semesters. Find out what will you study by downloading the curriculum.
Illustration Design at a glance
They study and deepen the art of drawing not only as a professional foundation but also as an elementary cultural technique for communication and idea generation. In a creative atmosphere, you will learn artistic and application-oriented, experimental and classical, analog and digital working methods of painting, drawing and printmaking and how to apply them professionally. As an illustration student, you will tell stories, illustrate books or create entire films in comics and storyboards.
Your lecturers and professors are internationally working illustrators and artists who will share their experiences from their professional practice with you. Illustration is a young, growing programme of studies, which with its lecturers from the practice, the integrated semester abroad or practical semester and a variety of elective modules as well as interdisciplinary seminars will give you the best possible start into the profession of an artist.
We have cooperations with e.g. Reporters without Borders, Botanical Museum Berlin, Bioeconomy Council of the Federal Government, Charité Berlin, Theater an der Parkaue and many more. And also offers creative guest lectures and workshops with artists like Cannaday Chapman and Oliver Kugler.
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