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Graphic Design
A Graphic Design degree for people who want to graduate with a portfolio, not just notes. You learn by designing visual identity, editorial, packaging, motion graphics and digital design, with real briefs from the very first year. Official degree validated by SIUCAN, with the option to continue with a Top-Up at LMU.
A Graphic Design degree focused on building your portfolio from year one
The Degree in Graphic Design at CESINE isn’t learnt only in class: you learn it by signing off projects. From first year you receive real briefs in visual identity, editorial design, packaging, advertising art direction, motion graphics and digital design. When you reach fourth year, you don’t just hand in a final project: you deliver a professional portfolio you’ll use in your first job interview. And you build it with a faculty whose work is signed off every day at real studios and agencies.
Graphic Design studies connected to the market
Graphic Design studies at CESINE are designed so that you graduate with two things: an official degree and a portfolio of real projects that hold up around a client’s table. We work with the full Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, After Effects, Premiere), Figma, Cinema 4D and motion tools. And we work with real cases: brands, publishers, products, campaigns.
This qualification is officially equivalent to a University Degree
Awarded by the Government of Cantabria’s Regional Ministry of Education, Vocational Training and Tourism and validated by SIUCAN, this qualification gives you access to job openings at public institutions and private companies, as well as to official master’s and doctoral programmes. It carries 240 ECTS credits recognised in the European Higher Education Area, making academic and professional mobility across Europe easier.
Who is this degree for?
The Degree in Graphic Design at CESINE is designed for very specific profiles. If you recognise yourself in any of them, let’s talk.
- Students who have completed Bachillerato (or equivalent) or a related Higher Vocational Training qualification (FP de Grado Superior)
- People with a real interest in visual communication: identity, editorial, packaging, advertising, motion, web
- Profiles already dabbling in design who want to formalise it with an official degree and a method
- Anyone looking for an official degree with the option of continuing internationally
Career opportunities in Graphic Design
A graphic designer today doesn’t do just one thing. The discipline spans identity, editorial, packaging, advertising, motion, digital and art direction. These are some of the roles our graduates go on to:
- Corporate identity and branding
- Editorial design (magazines, books, fanzines)
- Packaging
- Advertising art direction
- Motion graphics and audiovisual design
- Digital, web and app design
- Applied illustration
- Type design
- Photography applied to design
- Agency creative direction
- Freelance / your own studio
- Research and teaching
Degree in Graphic Design curriculum
- Design in contemporary culture and society I
- Creativity
- Methodology and ideation
- Spatial conception
- Communication in English I
- Artistic drawing
- Computer tools for design
- Colour workshop
- History of creators
- Typography I
- Science and eco-design
- Photography I
- Communication skills
- Photography II
- Typography II
- Presentation tools
- Communication in English II
- Interdisciplinary projects
- Editorial design and layout
- Illustration
- Corporate identity
- Web editing and publishing I
- Design in contemporary culture and society II
- Eco-design: materials and sustainability
- Applied creativity
- Iconography, pictography and signage
- Communication in English III
- Bookbinding and packaging
- Branding
- Audiovisual design
- Interactivity and multimedia
- Infographics
- Printmaking
- Design business management
- Latest trends
- Lettering and large-format printing
- Computing and mobile devices
- Video and animation
- Web editing and publishing II
- Graphic design business management
- Final project
- Work placement
- Art direction (elective)
- Event management (elective)
- Textile architecture (elective)
- Window display design (elective)
- Audiovisual portfolio (elective)
- Furniture design (elective)
How you learn at CESINE
Programmes built on practical cases
Led by working professionals who bring into the classroom the projects they’re signing off this week.
Professional placements
Immerse yourself in an agency, a design studio, a creative department or a publishing house. In Spain or abroad.
A strong network
Connect to the CESINE universe: students, alumni, faculty and the companies we’ve been working with for years.
A close, personal approach
Small cohorts. We know you by your name, not by your transcript.
Student projects
We don’t show you what you’ll learn: we show you what gets delivered. A selection of real projects by current students and alumni of the degree: identity, editorial, packaging, motion, art direction, web.
Step out of your comfort zone, find your way in new environments, speak multiple languages and immerse yourself in different cultures. Within the programme set up through the EDH group network and our long-standing partners, you’ll enjoy classes with the same level of excellence and focus at no additional cost.
- Rosenheim (DE) TH Rosenheim
- Reutlingen (DE) Reutlingen University
- Vienna (AT) FH Wien
- St. Pölten (AT) New Design University
- Antwerp (BE) Thomas More
- Copenhagen (DK) KEA Copenhagen
- Caen, Lyon, Nantes, Tours (FR) Brassart (EDH)
- Lyon (FR) CREAD (EDH)
- Milan & Rome (IT) NABA
- Brescia (IT) Accademia SantaGiulia
- Naples & Milan (IT) Accademia della Moda (IUAD)
- Rome (IT) Accademia di Belle Arti di Roma
- Rome (IT) Quasar Institute
- Borre, Horten (NO) Univ. of South-Eastern Norway
- Bucharest (RO) UNArte
- London, Ontario (CA) Fanshawe College
- Vancouver (CA) Emily Carr University
- Santiago (CL) Universidad del Desarrollo
- Zhuhai (CN) UIC (BNU-HKBU)
- Seoul (KR) Sejong University
- Buenos Aires (AR) Universidad Nacional de las Artes
- Mendoza (AR) Universidad de Mendoza
- Jerusalem (IL) Bezalel Academy
- Cardiff (UK) Cardiff Metropolitan
- Clarksville, Arkansas (US) University of the Ozarks
- San Pedro (CR) Universidad Latina de Costa Rica
- Mérida (MX) Universidad Marista de Mérida
Work placements at agencies, studios and media outlets
Curricular and extracurricular. Every placement comes with individual tutoring. Some of our partners for Graphic Design profiles:
At CESINE we understand that studying for a degree is an investment. That’s why we support you with that part too: motivation scholarships, financing through partner institutions and tailored payment plans. The admissions team reviews your case individually.
No. Any Bachillerato pathway or a related Higher Vocational Training qualification (FP de Grado Superior) gives you access. What matters is visual motivation and a project-driven attitude. Admissions reviews each profile individually.
The full Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, After Effects, Premiere), Figma, Cinema 4D and motion tools. We work with the same versions used in studios and agencies.
Yes. The portfolio isn’t something you work on at the end of the degree: you build it from year one. Every real brief you deliver is one more piece. By the time you reach fourth year, you have a selection of real projects ready to present to studios and agencies.
Yes. Demand for graphic design profiles keeps growing in branding, digital communication, advertising art direction, motion, packaging and UX/UI design. What’s changing today isn’t demand: it’s the expectation that you graduate with a portfolio and a specialisation. That’s why our degree is project-focused from year one.
Yes. After completing the degree you can take an additional Top-Up year with London Metropolitan University and earn a British Bachelor’s Degree recognised across Europe.
No. A university-level Degree in Graphic Design (240 ECTS, 4 years) and a Higher Vocational Training qualification (FP de Grado Superior) in Graphic Design (2 years) are not the same. The degree gives access to official master’s and doctoral programmes, is recognised in the European Higher Education Area and opens doors to international mobility. FP is a shorter, more technical programme. At CESINE we teach the university-level degree.
Complement your studies with a Top-Up or a master’s degree. These university programmes are designed for students who have already completed higher education equivalent to the first two years of a degree.
