Study abroad in Amsterdam, Netherlands: Most popular universities for Design.

Are you thinking of studying Design, abroad? Below you can find the most popular universities and programmes to study Design in Amsterdam, Netherlands. This list is based on visitors on the Studyportals websites, listing more than 150,000 English-taught Bachelor's and Master's programmes world-wide.



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Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences

At the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (AUAS), we educate tomorrow’s professionals in a wide array of fields and disciplines of higher education. With our distinct focus on applied sciences, the AUAS enables students, lecturers and researchers to develop cutting-edge – and practical – knowledge and innovations.
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Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam ('VU Amsterdam') is an internationally renowned research university founded in 1880. The university offers over 170 English-taught programmes at Bachelor's, Master's and PhD level to more than 24,000 students from all over the world. Students and staff of 84 nationalities create a dynamic international academic community.
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University of Amsterdam

The UvA's quality assurance system serves a number of important purposes. The UvA's key priorities may change to reflect new external requirements. The UvA's quality assurance system is designed to ensure that the University maintains best practices and continually assesses whether there is a need for improvement or adjustment.
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The Sandberg Instituut

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Global School for Entrepreneurship

At Global School for Entrepreneurship it is our challenge to educate and facilitate tomorrow's entrepreneurs in the most inspirational and personal way possible. 
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Most popular Design programmes for international students in Amsterdam

These are the most popular programmes among international students who are looking for a Design degree in Amsterdam.

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Design, Society and Cultures of Display in Museums

Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

This course looks at how museums and exhibitions are structured and designed. Which objects are selected, which are left out, and why?  The Design, Society and Cultures of Display in Museums course is offered at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.
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Designing Democracy

The Sandberg Instituut

This interdisciplinary studio explores the power of design to activate possible forms of collectivity – the quality or state of being collective – and ranges from intervening on the scale of personal media to rethinking the institutions of democracy itself. The program aims to apply design as a specific method of critical thinking and use it to reimagine collective structures of dialogue, debate and social progress. Design used to be one of the self-evident tools to shape politics, but today the role of design in large-scale politics is either underestimated or controversial. The aim of the studio is to understand this reconfiguration and to experiment with new articulations of design that give shape to democratic politics.
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Safe-and-Sustainable-By-Design - Product Development 2.0

Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

In this Safe-and-Sustainable-By-Design - Product Development 2.0 course at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, we will give a short yet solid introduction into the concept of Safe-and-Sustainable-by-Design. 
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International Fashion & Branding

Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences

In Fashion & Branding you learn that a concept forms the foundation of every fashion brand. It influences the designs, the collections, and the communication and sales strategy. You learn how to develop and monitor a concept and how to deal with design principles and set up a brand strategy.
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Arts and Culture - Design Cultures

Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

The Arts and Culture - Design Cultures programme offered by the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam focuses on design in relation to our direct environment, interior spaces and buildings, graphic communication, dress and fashion, and other artefacts. Both material and digital design coexist in our society and they require adequate analysis.
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Digital Design

Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences

The Master’s programme in Digital Design is a full-time, one-year curriculum. It seeks to educate professionals who create, adapt and apply design processes into interactive digital products, while driven by an ethical perspective on people, profit and planet. Check out the stories of those who’ve graduated from our programme on masterdigitaldesign.com.
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Design Thinking: Creative Problem Solving For The 21st Century

Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences

We are confronted with complex, societal challenges that can't be solved in a traditional way. This Course in Design Thinking will take you on a journey and challenges you to look at so called wicked problems from different perspectives. This two-week course starts at July 6. The course is open to 3rd or 4th year undergraduate students or alumni.
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Fashion and Textile Technologies

Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences

Are you creative, ambitious, outspoken and passionate about fashion? Are you willing to work hard and take on the challenges of the fashion industry? A four-year Bachelor’s degree programme in Fashion and Textile Technologies at the AMFI-Amsterdam Fashion Institute (Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences) provides a solid basis for your career in the Dutch or international fashion industry.
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To apply at one of these universities, you may need a proof of English proficiency. There are several standardised English tests that you can take to proof your English level, such as the PTE (Pearson Test of English), TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language), CAE (Cambridge Advanced English) and IELTS (International English Language Testing System), offered by British Council and IDP. IELTS is the most popular of these tests, with British Council offering more than 1000 test locations and being accepted by more than 9,000 organisations world-wide.

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About Design

Design degrees prepare students to be able to create products that fulfil functional, as well as aesthetical, purposes, while also considering the economic and social aspects. Design degree studies offered by top design schools prepare professionals for careers in Multimedia, Advertising, Technology, but also Fashion Design or Interior Design.

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