National College of Art and Design Dublin

Summary

Mission

To provide educational excellence through Undergraduate, Postgraduate, Research and Lifelong Learning Programmes.

International role

Active participation in LLP –ERASMUS, Leonardo and Fulbright. Over 60 Bilateral Partnership Agreements in place in Europe and N.America. Membership of ELIA.

National role

Member of founding consortium for the National Digital Research Centre (5); Partner in Graduate School of Creative Arts and Media (4); Participant in Digital Humanities Observatory (9).

Main focus

Art and Design

Education

Faculties and departments

Faculty of Design
Faculty of Fine Art
Faculty of Visual Culture
Faculty of Education

Bachelor level programs

Industrial Design – 4 year
Glass Ceramics Metals – 4 year
Visual communication – 4 year
Fashion and Textiles – 4 year

Master level programs

Industrial Design – 2 year
Glass Ceramics Metals – 2 year
Visual communication – 2 year
Fashion and Textiles – 2 year

Research

Research activity and main areas

GradCAM
• User-centred design
• Cultural Participation
• Critical Pedagogies and Creative Practices:
• Visual and Material Culture

Doctorate level programs

By research in departments as above plus
GradCAM http://www.gradcam.ie/index.php

Exchange

Subject areas for exchange students

Design: Fashion, Textiles-Printed, Woven and Embroidered, Visual Communications, Industrial Design, Ceramics, Glass, Metals

Application deadlines

15 October

Teaching languages

English

Semester dates

October – December
January – March
April – May

Cost of living per month (studying and living)

€450 – 500 accommodation
€300 – 400 living