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Design – (B.A.)
North Carelia University of Applied Sciences
Bachelor Degree Programmes in English
| Application Deadline: | 14 February 2012 | ||
| Annual Tuition Fee: | Free - | ||
| Location: | Joensuu / Finland / View location on map ▾ Hide location on map ▴ | ||
| Duration: | 48 months | Start Date: | September |
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| Credits (ECTS): | 240 | ||
| Languages: | English | ||
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A designer has the opportunity to work on tasks related to innovation, product & service design and development and marketing. A designer can be employed, for example, by design and marketing consultancies, trade or production industry. Alternatively, a design professional can work as a self-employed entrepreneur.
Graduates’ core competences include innovation and industrial design skills. Because of these skills, the graduate can, for instance, produce ideas, understand the users, analyse situations and has competences in visual communication and product and service concept creation.
The studies in the degree programmes in Design and International Business are partly combined. Multidisciplinary studies of design and business guarantee you an extensive know-how and increase career opportunities.
The aim of the education in industrial design is to grant extensive and versatile knowledge in innovative and user-driven design techniques. The education is based on applying design processes and human-centered approaches to product and service concept design. The study curriculum emphasises learning and the creation of knowledge in multidisciplinary and multicultural environments and development teams.
Specialisation opportunities are provided by further international business studies, optional study modules, company projects, entrepreneurship possibilities and studies abroad.
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The studies in the Degree Programmes of Designand International Business are partly combined. The multidisciplinary studies of business and design guarantee you an extensive know-how and increase your career opportunities.
You have several different opportunities to gain international experience. The education includes study and training periods abroad. Training in companies,
studies at partner universities, and study trips provide practical experiences in international operations.
Studies and training abroad provide you with an opportunity to tailor your studies.
The Programmes apply the project-based learning method which consists of real company-based projects. In these projects, the theoretical studies are applied to real case projects. Another method used is INNOstudio®, a development service which aims at supporting client’s innovation processes by organising innovation workshops where innovative thinking processes and methods as well as multidisciplinary expertise are put into use.
The curricula are based on the competences required by working life. The professional growth of the student is signposted by annual study themes, which illustrate the knowledge and skills that are focused on and enhanced during each academic year.
Design: annual study themes
1st year: Design in the Marketplace
* • User-driven Design (30 crs)
* • Design in the Business World (30 crs)
2nd year: Design as a Management Tool
* • System Design (30 crs)
* • Design Management (30 crs)
3rd year: My Specialisation in Design
* • Experiences in Global Design Context (30 crs)
* • Interdisciplinary Design (30 crs)
4th year: Connecting with the Working Life
* • Professional Networking (30 crs)
* • Proof of the Expertise (30 crs)
IELTS
You are normally required to take an English Proficiency Test.
Most European Universities recognise the IELTS test.
Take testRequirements
In Finland, applying to programmes conducted in English at a university of
applied sciences (UAS) takes place through a system of joint application. You can choose at most four (4) different options. The order of preference chosen in the application is binding and cannot be altered after the application period closes.
General eligibility for the programmes is given by:
* International Baccalaureate, Reifeprüfung or European Baccalaureate examination
* a non-Finnish qualification or studies equivalent to the qualifications mentioned in this paragraph which gives eligibility for higher education in the awarding country
* completed Finnish upper secondary education or the Finnish matriculation examination
* a vocational college diploma or higher vocational diploma
* a vocational qualification of at least three years duration, completed in vocational upper secondary education and training, or an earlier corresponding qualification
* combined education programmes of at least three years duration
* a vocational qualification in adult education, further vocational qualification or specialist vocational qualification
Required documents for general admission
School certificates
Applicant applying with a non-Finnish qualification
In order to demonstrate eligibility to UAS studies, provide a copy of the original school certificate and copy of an official translation in Finnish, Swedish or English. The translation must have the translator’s signature and stamp. Send certificates to the admissions office of the first-choice UAS by 24 February 2012. The UAS will then decide on the applicant’s eligibility for all the opitions in the application. This does not apply to those applicants who are citizens of an EU/EEA-country completing the qualification in the spring of applying.
Applicant applying with a Finnish qualification
If you are applying with a Finnish qualification, you do not need to submit copies of the educational certificates. Copies of Finnish certificates will be requested of
accepted students in connection with their confirmation of acceptance. Exception: if you are applying with a Finnish competence based specialist vocational qualification
or a competence based further vocational qualification, you must provide a copy of the original certificate tothe admissions office of your first preference UAS by 24
February 2012.
Proof of language skills
Applicant applying with a non-EU/EEAcountry qualification and who is not a citizen
of an EU/EEA country In order to prove your English language skills, you must
fulfil one of the following minimum requirements and provide proof of it:
* IELTS score academic level 6.0 (or
* TOEFL score 550 paper-based test/ 79-80 internet based test (or
* Skills level 4 in English in the National Certificate of Language Proficiency.
Additional Requirements
| Minimal degree required: | High School diploma |
| Minimal amount of work experience | Not specified |
Language Proficiency
| IELTS Band: | 6.0 |
| TOEFL Paper-based: | 550 |
| TOEFL Internet-based: | 80 |
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