Message from the Program Director
Welcome our future designers to the visual communication program at
Dar Al-Hekma University.
Our goal is to graduate talented, unique, qualified, creators for professional, and creative careers, who can impact the field of visual communication positively. We seek to provide an ideal educational environment that stimulates creativity and equipped your learning journey with the necessary skills that contribute in our com-munity and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030. We are excited to have you all, value your positive energy, and we wish you an extraordinary educational experience.
Graphic Design Track Overview
The Bachelor of Design in Visual Communication at Dar Al-Hekma is the first in Saudi Arabia. The Department of Visual Communication at Dar Al-Hekma University embraces contemporary and traditional design methodologies in practice, teaching, and research. It instills in its graduates the aspiration to advance themselves in education and the professional fields. It seeks to foster an indigenous culture of design, conveying to students the responsibility to shape the future of visual communication in the region and the world. It also prepares students to the job market through real-life life projects and constant collaboration with industry professionals and entrepreneurs. The practical artistic knowledge that graduates of the program gain enables them to be in key positions in the job market.
The department also offers four tracks leading to bachelor’s degrees: namely, a bachelor’s degree in visual communication – Digital Game Design track, Motion Graphics track, User Experience track & Digital Illustration track. Students have the opportunity to benefit from different types of undergraduate scholarships.
Mission
Graduating professionals equipped with design thinking, leadership, and research skills in the field of Visual Communication to foster creativity and sustainability.
Goals
To embraces contemporary and traditional design methodologies in practice, teaching, and research. It is our aim to instill in our graduates the aspiration to advance themselves in education and the professional fields. We want to foster an indigenous culture of design, conveying to them the responsibility to shape the future of Graphic Design and Digital Media industry in the region and the world. To achieve this the department has set the following program goals:
- Create an environment for the Graphic Design and Digital Media students that fosters creativity and design thinking.
- Enrich students design thinking, leadership and research skills to be equipped for varying Graphic and Digital Media Design professions and entrepreneurship
- Provide educational experience that expand students’ Graphic and Digital Media
- Design knowledge and skills that is applicable for local and worldwide cultures
Why Choose the Visual Communication program at Dar Al-Hekma University
- The Department of Visual Communication at Dar Al-Hekma is the first of its kind in Saudi Arabia and is recognized throughout the Kingdom for producing graduates who are ready to compete in the exciting and demanding job market. The dynamic curricula of the program focus on developing resourceful and successful design professionals with great insights in the world of visual arts.
- The Mac labs, the latest software programs, the printmaking studios and the in-house digital printing services provide students with the appropriate facilities needed for their success.
- The program develops students' conceptions of the market by examining real company projects, and enhances their confidence and their social and artistic skills, which they very much need to compete in the global market.
- The program covers a diverse range of design areas including graphic design, animation, illustrations, printmaking, photography and typography.
- The program is taught by a team of professional instructors and researchers, who are experts in their chosen fields.
- Students benefit from a variety of talks and workshops presented by external professionals. They are also regularly engaged with the community, where they participate in various competitions industrial-linked projects and exhibitions, to be well prepared for the field of design.
Admission Requirements
Programs
| Linguaskill Score
| Required Certificate Percentage
| Qudurat Test Score
| Othe Admission Requirement
|
|---|
Bachelor of Design in Visual Communication
Graphic Design Track
| 162
| 80%
| 65%
| None
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