| Study programme | DIV2m.22St - Design |
| Study | Grade of study - II. - master, study form - full time, study type - Single degree study |
| Document type: | Description of the study programme |
| The name of the university | Academy of Fine Arts and Design Bratislava |
| The seat of the university | Hviezdoslavovo námestie 18, 814 37 Bratislava |
No joint study program.
The main objective of the education in the study program Design in the MA degree is complex knowledge and skills for the profession in the fields of design and art that have very broad potential in the present. Through diverse design outcomes, design touches many aspects of life. It is understood as a source of many cultural values, with the potential to influence society in a number of aspects – cultural, social, economic, and ecological. Design is sensible to fast changes in technological development and its impact. The education in the MA degree in the study program Design reflects this complex thinking and its goal is to develop knowledge, skills, and competencies of students in some mutually linked and mutually linked areas: individual detection and definition of a problem, theoretical analysis within the present state of knowledge (including latest knowledge in science, technology, and related humanities), its critical reflection, formulation of possible solutions and concepts, in regard to social, ethical and ecological responsibility and economical effectivity. The choice of suitable means of expression in visual and material realizations is crucial in the proposed solutions and concepts. This requires knowledge of design methods, 2D and 3D software, virtual reality, and skills in analog and digital drawing on a sufficient level. Applying an individual authentic artistic view and experimental approach, the student is able to formulate an innovative solution to a problem and his/her original statement that he/she clearly communicates. Within the realization phase, the objective of education is to deepen knowledge, skills, and competencies in realization (analog and digital) technologies and materials. Individual research by students is supported and the focus is on high-quality of models and prototypes realization. Demand is on experimental approach and courage to overstep the limits of art media to enrich the territory of design for new approaches. The goal is to make the students understand the multidisciplinary character of design that presently oversteps physical limits and is realized in the sphere of digital applications and services. Another objective is to master advanced methods of presentation with a focus on the use of a broad spectrum of presentation software, sophisticated and clear execution of presentation, communication, and argumentation skills. The education process also develops the managing and organizational abilities of students and offers experience in communication with the external environment in the form of practical assignments, cooperation with experts in particular areas, individual exhibition activities, and participation in competitions in Slovak or international contexts.
The objective of MA education in the study program Design is realized in three specializations – Design, Textile Creation, and Visual Communication. In their framework, profile courses with various focuses (please, refer to the Information Sheets of Studio Course) in studios and the profile theoretical course Interpretational Framework of Contemporary Design I - III are taught.
The main learning outcomes:
The MA graduate in the study program Design has deep knowledge of the theory and history of the studied field. Depending on his/her specialization, he/she has insight into related humanities, science, and technology, is able to search for necessary information, and pursue further education. He/she is able to comprehend, critically analyze, evaluate and interpret the content of specialized text in design and draw conclusions to apply in his/her design/artistic creation. He/she is able to apply acquired knowledge for his/her further development. The graduate keeps an overview of current social and cultural events, he/she is sensitive to fast global changes that are still more mutually related and complex. He/she is aware of the need to actively consider current global problems and identify them, which requires a creative approach to solving human needs in regard to the principles of sustainability. Individually or in a creative team, the graduate is able to create a complex autonomous design or artwork; he/she is able to critically evaluate its social importance, ethical and ecological context. H/she applies the responsible approach also in communication with a possible client or business partner and so contributes to positive changes in the general notion of design in regard to sustainability in the future and in the corporal or institutional environment.
The student is able to visualize his/her concept by means of advanced knowledge in design methods (drawing, 2D and 3D software, virtual reality, etc.) in a broad media scale, with emphasis on innovative processes towards an autonomous visual expression and the original message. He/she masters tools for communication with the production sphere (technical documentation, logistic-economic relations, and other tools of soft skills).
The graduate has an extensive overview of prototyping technologies (analog and digital) and materials, is able to choose the appropriate procedure for the realization of his/her design and/or artwork. Based on this knowledge, he/she is able to develop his/her own original technological procedures and realize material research with the aim to broaden knowledge in this field. He/she follows the development of production technologies in practice and applies it effectively in communication with a possible producer–client. He/she is able individually to source new experts from various fields for cooperation and manage a multidisciplinary creative team.
The graduate is able to clearly communicate the results of his/her creative process to experts and the lay public, using advanced presentation methods and software and focusing on verbal delivery and argumentation. He/she is able to socially interact, support, and initiate team cooperation and take responsibility for it. Communication skills in a foreign language enable him/her to prove his/her competence in the international environment.
Besides design studios or design departments of development and production companies, the graduate has the potential to pursue his/her own business (self-employed person, civil association) and is able to receive grants and residencies for his/her projects in Slovakia or abroad.
The graduate is an active member of society that recognizes the role of a designer in local and global problem solutions. He/she comprehends the concepts of citizenship, democracy, social justice, foreign cultures, human rights, and different cultural needs and values. With his artistic and civic standpoint, he/she actively contributes to the development of cultural values, nature protection, and cultural heritage.
A graduate has the potential to work in a broad area of design, artistic and cultural production, in Slovakia and abroad - in private companies, public organizations and institutions, and in offices of the civil service. He/she can manage creative design and interdisciplinary teams (also overlapping with other fields, architecture, visual arts, and audiovisual art). He/she can work as a pedagogue in educational institutions (primary art schools, the School of Applied Arts, universities, in gallery pedagogy, as a lecturer, in life-long education), a specialist in cultural institutions (galleries, museums, theaters, cultural and creative centers), in a municipality (offices of culture, education, popularization of culture, in cultural institutions abroad), a creative specialist in industrial and other commercial companies (advertising and marketing agencies, design, prototype and experimental studios, graphic and multimedia studios, creative production in the creative industry). The MA graduate in the study program Design masters processes of so-called design thinking, applied in various social areas: to analyze clients´ needs, to define problems, to propose and test possible solutions. Thus, the possibilities of the graduates´ employability are broadened to professions beyond fields of art where creative thinking is required too.
Compulsory only by regulated professions. The requirements of the regulated profession do not apply to the study program Design.
In the study program Design, AFAD has prepared a system structure to cumulate and monitor data and evaluation reports about the study program graduates' employability:
- A survey for the graduates (job in the studied specialization, field, form). The survey is prepared and monitored by the Academic Senate AFAD.
-. The visibility monitoring (design, artistic and publication production, presentations, participation in exhibitions, reflection in professional and public media – includes students and graduates). (Monitored by the Office for Quality AFAD).
- Statistics from the Labor Office. (Monitored by the Office for Quality AFAD).
Information from relevant architectural and related artistic institutions, and external experts (for example, Ministry of Culture SR, Slovak Design Center, Satelit Gallery, Slovak National Gallery, Kunsthalle, companies in industrial production, creative industry, educational institutions, organizations in civil service and public administration, etc.) (Monitored by the Office for Quality AFAD).
Upon request, AFAD presents the outcomes of the successful graduates to the Accreditation Board. AFAD continuously collects and evaluates graduates´ outcomes through media monitoring (TASR) and through the school´s own monitoring via the Office for Quality AFAD.
Some examples:
Specialization: DIZAJN
1. Mgr. art. Michal Staško – own design label, https://www.stasko.sk/intro/
2. Mgr. art. Wanda Valihrachová – artdirector, LaSvit, https://www.lasvit.com/designer/wanda-valihrachova/
3. Mgr. art. Eduard Herrmann – cooperation with mmcité, a young design studio Hermann&Coufal, https://herrmanncoufal.com/
4. Mgr. art. Matej Hreščák, https://www.startitup.sk/local-na-instagrame-ho-sleuje-aj-mark-zuckerberg-a-ma-skvelu-pracu-vo-facebooku-matej-je-zrejme-najlepsi-web-dizajner-zo-slovenska/
5. Mgr.art. Bystrík Míček – Werkemotion dizajn co-founder of a design label
6. Mgr.art. Miroslav Jaško – Mercedes Benz, Creative interior designer, Mercedes-Benz AG
7. Mgr.art. Dalibor Pantuček – Škoda dizajn Project leader at Exterior Škoda Design
8. Mgr.art. Juraj Mitro, https://mitrodesign.com/
9. Mgr. art. Peter Balko – Mercedes dizajn Creative interior design manager, Mercedes-Benz AG
10. Mgr.art. Boris Grell- Creative interior design manager Volkswagen design
11. Mgr.art. Branislav Maukš – Aufeer dizajn, Project leader at Exterior Škoda Design
Specialization: TEXTILE CREATION
1. Mgr. art. Ľudmila Harring – fashion designer, sourcing and sustainability manager ZOE, Lifeline, Nehera, Bepon, Saphrani
https://www.linkedin.com/in/ludmila-haring-4b66184/details/experience/
2. Doc. Mgr. art. Mária Štraneková ArtD.– MOD’SPE Paris Central Europe http://mayamay.sk/
3. Mgr. art. Tereza Feňovčíková – fashion designer, founder of FREIER http://www.freier.sk/
4. Mgr. art. Boris Hanečka
fashion designer https://borishanecka.com
5. Mgr. art. Kristína Šipulová – textile artist, pedagogue https://kristinasipulova.com/, http://www.skoladesignu.sk/l/8609-q-textilny-dizajn/mgr.-art.-kristna-ipulov
6. Mgr. art. Michaela Bednárová – designer, founder of PUOJD
7. Mgr. art. Marcel Holubec
https://www.facebook.com/marcelholubecw.atelier/
8. Mgr. art. Zuzana Kubánová
9. Mgr. art. Ľubica Poncik Kurhajcová
https://www.lubicaponcik.com/index.php/sk/
10. Mgr. art. Matej Rabada – textile artist and designer, founder of blueprint workshop - https://www.modrotlacrabada.sk/
Specialization: VISUAL COMMUNICATION
1. Mgr. art. Peter Biľak –
type designer, founder of typeface studio Typotheque, pedagogue at KABK Hague, the Netherlands
https://www.typotheque.com/authors/peter_bilak
2. Mgr. art. Martin Šútovec
Shooty – illustrator/caricaturist for newspapers
https://dennikn.sk/tema/shooty/
3. Mgr. art. Peter Hajdin
co-owner of the studio Komplot advertising, branding and communication campaigns (Slovak National Bank, the Presidential Office SR)
4. Mgr. art. Martin Bajaník
studio Pekne a Dobre, author of visual identities (Yeme, Metropolitan Institute of Bratislava...)
https://www.instagram.com/pekneadobre/
5. Mgr. art. Johanna Balušíková
type designer, typeface studio Typotheque
6. Mgr. art. Jozef Dobrík
Freelancer, awardee of D&AD awards
https://www.dandad.org/awards/professional/2019/book-design/231494/jonathan-safran-foer-here-i-am/
7. Mgr. art. Ján Filípek
type designer
8. Mgr. art. Ondrej Jób
type designer, awardee of TDC Typeface design 2015
9. Mgr. art. Slávka Paulíková
type designer
https://www.fontshop.com/designers/slavka-paulikova
10. Mgr. art. Veronika Obertová
co-founder of Ové pictures
11. Mgr. art. Pavlína Morháčová
Inhouse designer in the Slovak National Gallery
We do not state any feedback here, since representatives of employers are members of the Accreditation Board AFAD.
The study plan of the study program is prepared by the main pedagogue responsible for the Design study program, based on the common meetings with other appointed pedagogues of the study program and the rest of the pedagogues involved in the education of the study program. A representative of a student part of the Academic Senate is also involved in the discussion. And an external professional can also be invited.
The concept of the study plan is presented by the main pedagogue responsible for the Design study program to be evaluated by the Program Board AFAD, presided over by the vice-rector for Academic Affairs. The main pedagogue responsible for the study program considers remarks and suggestions of the Program Board and subsequently, he/she passes the study plan as part of the overall description of the study program to further processes of the study program evaluation within the internal system of educational quality assurance at AFAD.
The profile courses in the study program Design have a specific character, mainly the character of Studio Courses. As for its content, requirements, and time consumption, the Studio Course has the most significant credit value. The Studio Course is divided into specializations, according to media: Design (specialized in industrial design - Studio Industrial Design, transport design - Studio Transport Design, interior design - Studio of Interior Design, and experimental design - Studio of Experimental Design), Textile Creation (specialized in fashion design – Studio of Fashion Design, textile design – Studio of Textile Design, textile in space – Studio of Textile in Space), Visual Communication (specialized in typography and type design –TypoLab, visual identity – Studio Identity, visual communication in space – Studio Space, multimedia – Studio Multimedia).
The studio education is focused on advanced original work, research in design, and experimental approaches to work with a broad range of materials, to designing, realization, and presentation technologies. It develops communication, presentation and argumentation skills, and critical thinking.
The education program in individual studios focuses on innovative creativity from free art to product design. In the study process, the student is trained to independently generate his/her own topic, analyze impulses and sources of inspiration, and reflect on current social issues.
The individual education program in the studios aims to train the students so they have the competence to contribute to the development of design as a professional field, new understanding and interpretation of functions and application of a product and artwork in social, technological, and environmental challenges, the students are constantly confronted with.
The integral part of the education process in studios are projects realized in cooperation with partners and topical workshops led by external experts in design practice, research, and theory, invited on the basis of current assignments. Content, topic, and focus of individual cooperation projects and workshops are updated each semester for each studio, based on current trends, individual requirements of pedagogues (or students), and based on offers and demands from the external environment. The outcome of the MA study is the realization of the original design and/or art project, combining acquired knowledge, strategies, and realization skills. The project is publicly presented to experts, or even to the lay public - in the form of installation, video presentation, or other agreed form of realization presentation in cooperation with an external (industrial) partner.
In the process of this creative work, the students acquire the basics of research methods, strengthen their analytical, critical, and creative thinking, and improve their material-technological skills. Overall, they strengthen their competencies in design or artistic practice.
The essential criteria of assessment are communication with a pedagogue, intensity and process of study, concept and its visualization, artistic realization, choice of materials and technological procedures, and quality of technical and craft features of the result, with respect to the concept of assignment, evaluation of preparatory studies, quality of research procedures and visual record of the entire study process, final visual presentation and installation, verbal presentation and defense of the project.
Knowledge – a student must have an essential theoretical and practical background in preparation of a concept content and visualization, its application in assigned or self-defined research-realization projects developing beyond their standard framework.
Skills – a student must be able to analytically execute an assignment, master designing methods (digital and analog), prototype and realization technologies, or even technologies used in industrial practice.
Competences – a student must be able to individually realize a preparatory analysis and design or artistic research in the given field, creative execution on a respective level, and a post-production phase of a quality realization of the project outcome.
Short characteristics of individual Studios, according to specializations:
Specialization Design
The course in the Studio Industrial Design explains principles of design creation, primarily focused on designs tailored to a particular domestic or international producer.
The MA study priority is preparation for individual design work and shaping the designer´s personality. Through efficiently formulated topics and cooperation with producers, a student acquires professional skills and develops original sensitivity in design. During his/her study, the student develops the potential to create his/her own design label, and abilities to create in a design team and accordingly react to a client´s requirements.
The Studio Transport Design is a highly specialized workplace, recognized in the central-European region. It develops close cooperation with the European industrial environment. This long-term relationship generates expectations formulated in a graduate´s profile. The MA study closely builds on the content of the BA study. It shifts the focus to experimental and research areas, though. The structure of tools application changes too towards the most advanced applications. In the framework of the MA study, internships in professional design studios in automobile factories are preferred, which remarkably improves the employability potential of the graduates.
The Studio of Interior Design derives its focus in the MA degree from impulses in the external environment. Extend, the range of assignment and realization in cooperation with a client and specialized consultants enrich the study by experience from a real relationship with practice and supports cooperation. Such a process of topic generation shapes a student´s profile and his possible specialization after graduation. Topics from practice strengthen a student´s relationship with the context of an assignment. It supports already acquired knowledge, and subsequently, it supports practice in interior design and furniture design. The final outcome is a drawing documentation and presentation of interior designs in the form of visualization and realization of a particular piece of furniture on a scale of 1:1, in cooperation with a client and a producer.
The Studio of Experimental Design focuses on the original production on a broader scale of media outcomes, in relation to design and its role in society. The students are encouraged to formulate and solve problems independently, by means of experimental procedures and critical views on social issues, using advanced designing, realization, and presentation technologies. The emphasis is put on research in design, formulation of the original approach, and development of individual artistic standpoints, rooted in the field of design with possible overlaps to free art. International cooperation and communication with experts and institutions are encouraged.
Specialization Textile Creation
Education in the Studio of Fashion Design focuses on original experiments and research in formal, structural, material, and cutting processes in clothing. The assigned topics are directed to interdisciplinarity and seek overlapping of the clothing industry with other media. They also encourage contact with a production and development practice, in the form of external internships and cooperation.
The Studio of Textile Design emphasizes the ability to source and analyze problems, think in a context, and react to the requirement of final outcomes utility in the standard circulation of production and consumption. The studio program also offers a space for experimenting with the textile design that is viewed as a tool for changing values and creating visions for the future. The students work on assignments related to social needs and they present their solutions individually or in teams. The focus is put on ethics, sustainability, and hybrid development of the textile design. The study includes courses, workshops, and theoretical lectures by experts from the external environment. Cooperation and communication with the industry field are accentuated. The study outcomes range from small forms of applied textile design, and specific experimental forms to textile projects in architectural space.
The Studio of Textile in Space draws its identity from fiber art – free art from a textile material. It focuses on textile fabric as a manifold medium, offering possibilities of a unique textile creation as well as a soft sculpture. The studio program helps students to profile their own, individual artistic approach, supported by practical experience with the textile medium from a textile miniature to a monumental work. The students experiment with various techniques and overstep other media and new technologies. They seek progressive solutions and innovative original procedures in the realization of an artwork. The study is enhanced by workshops and lectures on specialized topics.
Specialization Visual Communication
The Specialization of Visual Communication focused on typography is oriented to the creation of advanced publication design, type design, and new concepts in an organization and forming information in the current social and cultural context. Emphasis is put on a graduate´s ability to develop the field of typography and type design, actively contribute to public debates, and apply a defined approach to various types of visual media as means of his/her expression in an authentic visual language.
In the framework of Visual Communication focused on visual identity, the emphasis is put on the most complex concepts, for their content and visualization, and communication strategies of the visual identity of a product, company, institution, or event. The outcomes range in a broad media scale of visual communication design – from print to multimedia. Students realize assignments focused on elaboration and research of a communication reach and impact in a broader context, regarding professional, cultural, social, ecological, environmental, and economic aspects.
The essential premise of the specialization of Visual Communication focused on visual identity in space is understanding of possibilities and impact of visual communication in the context of other creative professions and disciplines. The education objective is the ability of a graduate to comprehend the meaning of design work in space – linked to coding, decoding, and information transfer – material and immaterial cultural values oscillating between 2D and 3D – and to profit from these two global dimensions by use of media, material, technical, and technological tools, and through the creation of complex outcomes with a high informational value.
Other profile courses of the MA study program Design are theoretical courses Interpretational Framework of Contemporary Design I – III, preparing students in the field of theory and interpretation of contemporary design and art, and reflecting all mentioned media specializations. The Studio Course and the pivotal theoretical courses Interpretational Framework of Contemporary Design I – III represent a compulsory basic for all students in Design. For successful completion of the Studio Course, a student must pass a diploma thesis defense, and for successful completion of the courses Interpretational Framework of Contemporary Design I – III, a student must pass the theoretical state examination. Detailed information can be found in the table below: Study Plan.
The study program Design is completed by a group of compulsory optional courses, divided into specialized practical and specialized theoretical courses. These courses build a basis for further media specialization and deepen the interdisciplinary character of the study program, regarding the fields of design, art, and culture. In this group, there are also courses focused on language skills in the field of contemporary design, art, and culture, and in the field of soft skills, such as copyright law, marketing in art, and skills in projects and grants applications. The courses in soft skills can be planned in blocks and specialized workshops to reflect the up-to-datedness of information and knowledge used in practice.
In addition to the compulsory basis and compulsory optional courses, there are optional courses for students to get insight into other study programs in AFAD, such as visual art, architecture, restoration, and history and practice of contemporary art. Among optional courses, there is also a course with a possibility of an internship in an external environment of a broader scale of professions in culture. This group of courses is enriched by a series of courses in form of workshops, excursions, or short-term courses that dynamically react to current issues in design; employing professionals from the design, artistic, and cultural environments or foreign pedagogues in the process of the school internationalization.
The key principle in the MA study program Design is the overlapping of individual specializations and focuses of studios. The studios cooperate with each other and so create the environment for students to choose their individual paths in the study with all parameters of quality and requirements maintained.
More organizational rules:
https://www.vsvu.sk/sk/studium/organizacia-studia/pracovne-staze/?v=8X0Q4WO0
https://www.vsvu.sk/sk/student-na-vymennom-pobyte/?v=BO335VOZ
https://www.vsvu.sk/sk/udalosti/
https://www.vsvu.sk/sk/vyskum-a-granty/granty-a-projekty/archiv-projektov/kega/
https://www.vsvu.sk/sk/udalosti/LRJ8dqO2/
https://www.vsvu.sk/sk/vyskum-a-granty/granty-a-projekty/?v=VOP0l4OQ
The decisive evaluation tool of learning results is the periodical semester evaluation by a committee (the members of the committee are pedagogues of the study program Architectural Creation, also pedagogues of the Department of Theory and History of Art, and external experts). This evaluation also includes a compulsory presentation of a student´s results from the Studio Course and a defense of a semester project. This is followed by a discussion of the committee, present students, and external experts. The process is concluded by the evaluation of the committee and verification by the school committee consisting of the members of the Pedagogical Board AFAD. The results of the students´ semester works combine the partial results of the profile course Studio with the results of other specialized and theoretical courses in a particular semester, or even in a previous semester of a particular study program. The results of the semester evaluations are discussed and analyzed with the AFAD management at the meetings for the Pedagogical Board AFAD where there are critically reflected and evaluated positive and negative aspects of the results of the educational process. The students´ results of the education are subsequently publicly presented (the school exhibition in all AFAD buildings, other galleries and exhibition spaces, online presentations https://www.digitalnyprieskum.sk/ or AFAD Facebook, Instagram, or website https://www.vsvu.sk/sk/udalosti/QXenZJOx/digitalny-prieskum/ and the department´s social media https://sk-sk.facebook.com/KATVSVU/. It creates a space for a broader critical discussion with the external environment about the results of education.
- individual parts of the study program (modules, courses, and other relevant school and extracurricular activities, if they contribute to the achievement of the required learning outcomes and allow to obtain credits) in the structure of compulsory, compulsory optional, and optional courses,
in the table of the study plan;
The MA degree is focused on the further development of knowledge, skills and competencies from the BA degree. It reinforces analytical and critical thinking in creative process, and supports creative, conceptual, experimental and innovative approach in assignments realization.
- profile courses of the relevant study path (specialization) marked in the study program, in the table of the study plan and in ILP (Course Information Sheet);
- for each learning part/course the learning outcomes, related criteria, and rules of their assessment so that the learning objectives of the study program are met (they can be stated only in the Course information sheets, in the Learning outcomes section, and in the Course completion requirements), in the table of the study plan and in ILP;
- prerequisites, co-requisites, and recommendations for the design of the study plan:
in the table of the study plan;
- for each learning part of the study plan/course the applied educational activities (lecture, seminar, exercise, final work, project work, laboratory work, internship, excursion, field practice, professional practice, state exam, etc. or their combinations) suitable for achieving learning outcomes,
in the table of the study plan and in ILP;
- methods by which the educational activity is delivered – present, distant, combined (in accordance with the Course information sheets):
in ILP;
- outline/syllabus of the course, in ILP;
- student workload ("extent" of individual courses and educational activities separately),
in ILP;
- credits allocated to each part based on the learning outcomes achieved and the workload involved, in the table of the study plan and in ILP;
- the person responsible for the course (or a partner organization/person ) with an indication of the contact details,
in the table of the study plan and in ILP;
- course teachers (or participating partner organizations/persons) (may also be mentioned in Course Information sheets),
in the table of the study plan and in ILP;
- places where the courses are taught (if the study program is delivered at several workplaces):
All the profile courses and specialized courses take place in the AFAD building at Drotárska cesta 44. All the theoretical courses take place in the AFAD building at Hviezdoslavovo námestie 18, or online via MS Teams.
Courses taught at AFAD, Drotárska cesta 44
Compulsory courses – Studio Course: Specialization Design - Studio Industrial Design, Studio Transport Design, Studio of Interior Design, Studio of Experimental Design,
Compulsory courses – Studio Course: Specialization Textile Creation - specialized in fashion design: Studio of Fashion Design, specialized in textile design: Studio of Textile Design, specialized in free textile art – Studio of Textile in Space,
Compulsory courses – Studio Course: Specialization Visual Communication _ specialized in typography and type design: TypoLab, specialized in visual identity: Studio Identity, specialized in visual communication in space: Studio Space,
Compulsory courses in specialized and optional courses are listed in the attached study plan guide.
Courses taught at AFAD, Hviezdoslavovo námestie 18
Compulsory courses – theoretical and compulsory optional courses – specialized theoretical courses listed in the attached study plan guide.
The detailed structure of credits for individual parts of the study is in the attached table of the study plan.
– number of credits for compulsory courses required for proper completion of studies is 82 credits (ECTS).
– number of credits for compulsory optional courses and optional courses required for the proper completion of studies is a minimum of 27 credits (ECTS).
To acquire a sufficient number of credits during his/her study, a student chooses compulsory optional courses that need to be attended during at least three semesters.
– number of credits required for proper completion of studies is a minimum of 120 credits (ECTS) during the entire MA study, including the credits for the diploma thesis defense and the state examination of 11 credits (ECTS)
– number of credits for the final thesis (course: Diploma Thesis, consultations, realization) is 10 credits (ECTS) and for the defense of the final thesis and the state examination, it is 11 credits (ECTS) to properly complete the studies.
– the number of credits required for proper completion of studies for artistic performances in addition to the final thesis in the art study program Design (course Studio Course) 30 credits (ECTS).
The rules for verification of learning outcomes:
The decisive verification tool of learning results is the periodical semester evaluation by a committee (the members of the committee are pedagogues of the study program Design, also pedagogues of the Department of Theory and History of Art, and external experts). This evaluation also includes a compulsory presentation of a student´s results from the Studio Course and a defense of the outcome. This is followed by a discussion of the committee, present students, and external experts. The process is concluded by the evaluation of the committee and verification by the school committee consisting of the members of the Pedagogical Board AFAD.
The school committee is presided over by the vice-rector for Academic Affairs and students are excluded from it. Each head of the Studio presents semester assignments, the process of education, and the results of students´ projects. He/she emphasizes remarkable students´ results and notes the poor students´ performance, introducing individual evaluations by the committee (from A to FX). This is followed by a debate. The results of the students´ semester works in the Studio Course combine the partial results of the profile course Studio with the results of other specialized and theoretical courses in a particular semester, or even in a previous semester of the study program Design. The students´ results of the learning process are subsequently publicly presented (the school exhibition in all AFAD buildings, other galleries and exhibition spaces, online presentations https://www.digitalnyprieskum.sk/ or AFAD Facebook, Instagram, or website https://www.vsvu.sk/sk/udalosti/QXenZJOx/digitalny-prieskum/.
The student's assessment and the possibilities of appealing against the assessment:
1. The assessment of students´ results within the study course is mainly realized:
a) in the form of a continuous monitoring of students´ results in individual courses during a particular part of the study (progress stages, partial assignments, participation in workshops, written tests, individual assignments, semester works, presentations in seminars, etc.), detailed specifications are in ILP (course information sheets),
b) in the form of examination after a particular period, in the case of theoretical courses Interpretation Framework of Contemporary Design I - III, it is an examination by the examination committee, with at least two pedagogues in the committee.
2. Assessment using grades is implemented according to the classification scale regulated by the decree nr. 614/2002 with six classification grades on the scale:
A - excellent (excellent results) = 1
B - very good (above-average results) = 1,5
C - good (average results) = 2
D - satisfactory (acceptable results) = 2,5
E - sufficient (results fulfill minimum criteria) = 3
FX - insufficient (further work required) = 4
3. Within the study program Design, there are the following compulsory optional and optional courses specialized workshop, specialized excursion, supplementary internship, the short-term course evaluated as absolved/failed.
4. The student evaluated with the grade FX in specialized, practical, and theoretical courses is permitted two retakes, providing he/she has fulfilled the requirements of the evaluations so far. The student evaluated with FX in the Studio Creation and the Diploma thesis (consultations, realization) is permitted one retake, providing he/she has fulfilled the requirements of the evaluation so far. If a student needs to repeat any course, including the Studio Course and the Diploma thesis (consultations, realization), he/she is permitted one retake.
A student can apply for recognition of courses completed in other study programs at another university. Recognition of these courses is based on the student´s results summary, issued by the school providing the courses, and an application form (detailed instructions can be found in the form Application for Recognition of Qualification) must be submitted. The recognition of courses is possible within 5 years after their completion and it is decided by a pedagogue or a guarantee of the study program Design managing the education process, on the basis of the student's results summary and comparison of ILP or another form of a course description. On the basis of the suggestion of the guarantee of the study program Design, absolved courses are recognized by the vice-rector for Academic Affairs. In the MA degree, the credits from the BA study cannot be recognized. As standard, neither a course with the results graded with E is recognized. The student's results summary and the decision about the recognition of the courses become a part of the personal study documentation of each student issued by AFAD.
Link to the list of topics of final theses in the study program Design:
List of final theses in the AIS database.
A topic of a final – diploma work is generated individually for each student and is formulated by a supervisor of a diploma thesis on the basis of a student´s previous study and his/her artistic profile. The topics are approved by the main pedagogue responsible for the study program in AIS (the Academic Information System). A detailed description of the process of final theses reviewing, defending, and evaluating in the study program Design is described in the Study Regulations AFAD, and in the internal document on MA study completion.
– procedures and possibilities of mobility for students are published on the AFAD website
– the rules of academic ethics and the consequences for not following them are summarized in the Codex of Ethics AFAD and in the Disciplinary Order for Students AFAD, and are published on the AFAD website:
Codex of Ethics
AFAD: https://www.vsvu.sk/sk/uradna-tabula/eticky-kodex/
Disciplinary order
for students AFAD:
https://www.vsvu.sk/workspace/media/documents/disciplinarny-poriadok.pdf
– procedures applicable to students with special needs are summarized in the Internal Regulation 3/2020, the Rector´s guideline to provide a generally accessible environment for students with special needs
it includes:
– an application form for modification of a form and procedure of the entrance examination with regard to his/her special needs,
- an application to be listed among the students with special needs and an applicant´s accord with analysis of his/her special needs
AFAD notifies a student via its website (in the section on requirements and instructions for the admission procedure) about the possibility to apply for modification of the entrance examination procedure, and further about an individual approach to the solution. The applicant is notified prior to the admission procedure via his/her email provided in his/her application form. The information about the applications is communicated via the AFAD website and the Support and Counseling Center AFAD (https://www.vsvu.sk/sk/udalosti/5XDjmj7j/podporne-a-poradenske-centrum-pre-studentov-vsvu-v-bratislave/). Consequently, the application will be approved by the coordinator for students with special needs. After the application is approved, the student receives the confirmation and is consulted about his/her individual options for access to the educational process. The pedagogues of the study program Design will be informed as well. In the case of special needs that are not supported by AFAD, the academy ensures the improvement of the conditions.
– procedures for filing complaints and appeals by students.
Students can submit various suggestions and appeals in writing, by post, email, or via designated boxes in the school buildings:
– via the Support and Counseling Center AFAD that passes their suggestion, according to their character, to the Ethics Commission AFAD, or the Commission for Study Issues by the Academic Senate, AFAD, or to the vice-rector for Academic Affairs
– through the study referee who passes the suggestion to the vice-rector for Academic Affairs,
– directly to the members (pedagogies, students´ representatives) of the Commission for Academic Affairs by the Academic Senate AFAD who decide about the procedure, according to the character of the suggestion,
– directly to the members of the Ethics Commission AFAD who decide about the procedure, according to the character of the suggestion.
In some cases, a common solution by all mentioned institutions or their representatives is possible.
STUDY PLAN
Study program: Design
Field of Study: Art
Degree of Study: 2.
Form of Study: full time
Standard Length of Study: 2 years
Academic Title: Mgr. art. (MA)
Language: the primary program language is Slovak, partially English is used. Detailed information about languages is in ILPs.
A separate attachment in pdf.
A current academic year plan is prepared by the AFAD rector after consultations with vice-rectors and is published before 30 June of a current calendar year (the Study Plan AFAD, Article 7 (5).
The academic calendar is published on the AFAD website, in the study guide - BEDEKER, and in AIS (the Academic Information System). Students are informed about the academic calendar and a current schedule, and about their updates, via emails, Instagram, and Facebook.
https://www.vsvu.sk/sk/studium/informacie-pre-studentov/bedeker-standard/?v=8X0Q4WO0
https://www.vsvu.sk/sk/udalosti/P7kgK675/
The person responsible for the realization, development, and quality of the study program: Design and the main pedagogue of the profile course: Studio
Štefan Klein, prof. Ing., akad. soch.,
Position: professor, head of the Studio Transport Design
Profile course specialization Transport design
Field Design
E-mail address: klein@vsvu.sk
Hyperlink to the entry of a person in the Central Register of University Staff:
Pedagogues of the profile subject: Studio in the study program: Design
Jokelová Sylvia, doc., Mgr. art.
Position: associate professor, head of the Studio of Experimental Design
Profile course specialization Design
Field Design
E-mail address: jokelova@vsvu.sk
Hyperlink to the entry of a person in the Central Register of University Staff:
https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/11722
Mária Fulková, doc. M.A. Mgr.
Position: associate professor, head of the Studio
Profile course specialization Textile Creation
Field Textile Design
E-mail address: fulkova@vsvu.sk
Hyperlink to the entry of a person in the Central Register of University Staff:
https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/11737
Stankoci Stanislav, prof., akad. mal.
Position: professor, head of the Studio Identity, vice-rector for investment activities
Profile course specialization Visual Communication
Field Visual identity
E-mail address: stankoci@vsvu.sk
Hyperlink to the entry of a person in the Central Register of University Staff:
https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/11775
Benčík Marcel, doc., Mgr. art., ArtD.
Position: associate professor, head of the Studio Space, vice-rector for International Cooperation
Profile course specialization Visual Communication in Space
Field Visual Communication in Space
E-mail address: bencik@vsvu.sk
Hyperlink to the entry of a person in the Central Register of University Staff:
https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/11707?mode=full
More pedagogues of the profile subject: Studio in the study program: Design
Miroslav Debnár, doc. Mgr.
Position: associate professor, head of the Studio
Profile course specialization Design
Field Interior Design
E-mail address: debnar@vsvu.sk
Hyperlink to the entry of a person in the Central Register of University Staff:
https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/11735
Ferdinand Chrenka, doc. akad. soch.
Position: associate professor, head of the Studio
Profile course specialization Design
Field Industrial Design
E-mail address: chrenka@vsvu.sk
Hyperlink to the entry of a person in the Central Register of University Staff:
https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/11748
Júlia Sabová, prof. akad. mal.
Position: professor, head of the Studio
Profile course specialization Textile Creation
Field Fashion Design
E-mail address: sabova@vsvu.sk
Hyperlink to the entry of a person in the Central Register of University Staff:
https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/11732
Blanka Cepková, doc. M.A.
Position: associate professor, head of the Studio
Profile course specialization Textile Creation
Field Textile in Space
E-mail address: cepkova@vsvu.sk
Hyperlink to the entry of a person in the Central Register of University Staff:
https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/11713
Bálik Pavol, doc., Mgr. art., ArtD.
Position: associate professor, head of the TypoLab
Profile course specialization Typography and Type Design
Field Typography and Type Design
E-mail address: balik@vsvu.sk
Hyperlink to the entry of a person in the Central Register of University Staff:
https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/11698
Šicko Ján, doc., Mgr. art., ArtD.
Position: associate professor, head of the Studio Multimedia
Profile course specialization Visual Communication
Field Multimedia
E-mail address: sicko@vsvu.sk
Hyperlink to the entry of a person in the Central Register of University Staff:
A separate attachment in PDF.
Kolesár Zdeno, prof. PhDr., PhD.
Position: professor
E-mail address: kolesar@vsvu.sk
Hyperlink to the entry of a person in the Central Register of University Staff:
https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/11754
Barbora Peuch, doc. Mgr. art., ArtD.
E-mail address: peuch@vsvu.sk
Hyperlink to the entry of a person in the Central Register of University Staff:
https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/11714
Zuzana Šebeková, doc. Dipl. Des., ArtD.
E-mail address:sebekova@vsvu.sk
Hyperlink to the entry of a person in the Central Register of University Staff:
https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/20458
Gerbócová, Beáta, Mgr. art, ArtD.
E-mail address: gerbocova@vsvu.sk
Hyperlink to the entry of a person in the Central Register of University Staff:
https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/20456
Ondrejičková Soboslayová, Ingrid, Mgr. art.
E-mail address: ondrejickova@vsvu.sk
Hyperlink to the entry of a person in the Central Register of University Staff:
https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/34117?mode=full
Blaško Juraj, doc., Mgr. art., ArtD.
Hyperlink to the entry of a person in the Central Register of University Staff:
https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/11787?mode=full
Pavel Choma, doc., akad. mal.
E-mail address: choma@vsvu.sk
Hyperlink to the entry of a person in the Central Register of University Staff:
https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/11747
Michal Tornyai, Mgr. art., ArtD.
E-mail address: tornyai@vsvu.sk
Hyperlink to the entry of a person in the Central Register of University Staff:
https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/11797
Nosáľ Peter, Mgr. art.,
E-mail address: nosal@vsvu.sk
Hyperlink to the entry of a person in the Central Register of University Staff:
https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/11766
Gavalda Ondrej, Mgr. art.,
E-mail address:gavalda@vsvu.sk
Hyperlink to the entry of a person in the Central Register of University Staff:
https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/11796
Ľubica Segečová, Mgr. art.
E-mail address: segecova@vsvu.sk
Hyperlink to the entry of a person in the Central Register of University Staff:
https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/34113
Kolčáková Rothensteinová, Karina, Mgr. art., ArtD.
E-mail address: kolcakova@vsvu.sk
Hyperlink to the entry of a person in the Central Register of University Staff:
https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/11801
Jablonská, Beata, Mgr., PhD.
E-mail address: jablonska@vsvu.sk
Hyperlink to the entry of a person in the Central Register of University Staff:
https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/11786
Pašteková, Michaela, Mgr., PhD.
E-mail address: pastekova@vsvu.sk
Hyperlink to the entry of a person in the Central Register of University Staff:
https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/11794
Kralovič, Ján, Mgr., PhD.
E-mail address: jan.kralovic@vsvu.sk
Hyperlink to the entry of a person in the Central Register of University Staff:
https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/25964
Lutherová, Seneši, Silvia, Mgr., PhD.
E-mail address: senesi.lutherova@vsvu.sk
Hyperlink to the entry of a person in the Central Register of University Staff:
https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/11705
Blaško, Juraj, doc., Mgr. art., ArtD.
E-mail address: blasko@vsvu.sk
Hyperlink to the entry of a person in the Central Register of University Staff:
https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/11787
Lacko, Norbert, Mgr., PhD.
E-mail address: lacko@vsvu.sk
Hyperlink to the entry of a person in the Central Register of University Staff:
https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/11760
Zervan, Marián, prof., PhDr., PhD.
E-mail address: zervan@vsvu.sk
Hyperlink to the entry of a person in the Central Register of University Staff:
https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/8608
Karul, Róbert, Mgr., PhD.
E-mail address: karul@vsvu.sk
Hyperlink to the entry of a person in the Central Register of University Staff:
https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/11853
Tkáčik, Ladislav, doc., Mgr., PhD.
E-mail address: tkacik@vsvu.sk
Hyperlink to the entry of a person in the Central Register of University Staff:
https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/8606
Moravčíková, Silvia, Mgr.
E-mail address: moravcikova@vsvu.sk
Hyperlink to the entry of a person in the Central Register of University Staff:
https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/24831
Dobrovičová, Monika, PaedDr., Mgr., PhD.
E-mail address: dobrovicova@vsvu.sk
Hyperlink to the entry of a person in the Central Register of University Staff:
https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/5084
Study program Design - topics of final theses are generated for each student individually and are published in AIS.
Miroslav Debnár, doc. Mgr.
E-mail address: debnar@vsvu.sk
Ferdinand Chrenka, doc. akad. soch.
E-mail address: chrenka@vsvu.sk
Štefan Klein, prof. Ing., akad. soch.
E-mail address: klein@vsvu.sk
Sylvia Jokelová, doc. Mgr. art.
E-mail address: jokelova@vsvu.sk
Júlia Sabová, prof. akad. mal.
E-mail address: sabova@vsvu.sk
Blanka Cepková, doc. M.A.
E-mail address: cepkova@vsvu.sk
Mária Fulková, doc. M.A. Mgr.
E-mail address: fulkova@vsvu.sk
Stanislav Stankoci, prof., akad. mal.
E-mail address: stankoci@vsvu.sk
Benčík Marcel, doc., Mgr. art., ArtD.
E-mail address: bencik@vsvu.sk
Bálik Pavol, doc., Mgr. art., ArtD.
E-mail address: balik@vsvu.sk
Šicko Ján, doc., Mgr. art., ArtD.
E-mail address: sicko@vsvu.sk
Reference to the research/art/teacher profiles of the supervisors of final theses are published in AIS and will be available on demand of referees.
Eva Veselá, Mgr. art., ArtD.
study advisor
E-mail address: vesela@vsvu.sk
Blanka Cepková, doc., MA.
study advisor
E-mail address: cepkova@vsvu.sk
Pavol Bálik, doc., Mgr. art., ArtD.
study advisor
E-mail address: balik@vsvu.sk
Šmalová, Iveta, Ing.
study officer and accommodation coordinator
E-mail address: smalova@vsvu.sk
Kozáková, Sylvia, Ing.
AIS administrator
E-mail address: kozakova@vsvu.sk
Jančařík, Tomáš, Mgr. art.
career counselor
E-mail address: jancarik@vsvu.sk
Šarkan, Martin, Mgr., PhD.
counselor - psychologist
E-mail address: sarkan@vsvu.sk
List and characteristics of Design classrooms:
The profile course Studio Course and all the compulsory optional and optional specialized practical courses take place in studios and workshops of a total of 1965 square meters. The studios and workshops are available for all BA students in Design for a face-to-face learning process (theoretical and practical teaching, consultations, and discussions of pedagogues and students) and indirect learning (individual work of a student on a semester assignment or final thesis). The workshops are used by students according to the character of their semester works or final theses, or for assignments within specialized practical courses. Part of the studios and workshops infrastructure is storage rooms for materials.
Studio rooms: The profile course consists of 11 specialized studios: (specialization design: Studio of Experimental Design, Studio Industrial Design, Studio Transport Design, Studio of Interior Design; specialization textile design: Studio of Fashion Design, Studio of Textile Design, Studio of Textile in Space; specialization visual communication TypoLab, Studio Identity, Studio Space, Studio Multimedia, with pedagogues on positions of professors, associated professors, and assistants. Each studio has one room assigned. Teaching in studios is organized vertically; students in Bachelor´s, Master´s, and doctoral levels meet in one space, one time. Depending on the number of students in a particular academic year, and a particular studio, it represents about 2 square meters of space per student. Basic projection facilities are the standard equipment of each studio (computer, projector, and wifi connection). Additional equipment depends on the specific requirements of each studio (inventory lists will be available for the accreditation committee by their personal visit to the school).
The studios are located in the AFAD building, Drotárska cesta 44.
Digital room: about 60 square meters. Specialized equipment of the digital room according to the inventory list (inventory lists will be available for the accreditation committee by their personal visit to the school).
The digital room is located in the AFAD building, Drotárska cesta 44.
Workshops and labs: modeling workshop, Digital Technologies Lab by Department of Design (CNC cutting machines – 3 and 5 axes, 3D printer, vacuum casting workshop for plastic, laser cutting, CNC cutting of polystyrene, 3D scan), metal foundry, plastering workshop, carving workshop, molding workshop for metal casting, metal workshop, serigraphic workshop, printing workshop, etching workshop, dark rooms, photo studio, gypsum workshop, glass modeling workshop, smelter workshop, cutting room (classroom in editing), painting technology workshop. Students are free to use also workshops of other AFAD study programs. The workshop rooms can be reserved by filling out a form, the time schedule is managed by a workshop supervisor. The workshop supervisor is responsible for the health protection and safety of the students. He/She also supervises manipulation with the equipment and material. The workshops serve for the realization of semester assignments and final theses of students, and for the practical teaching process of specialized courses.
Material: The school provides the essential material for the study program Fine Arts. The students are provided with paper, wood, plaster, clay, basic chemicals for the dark room, graphic printing, etc. Consumables for the realization of semester works or final theses are covered by the students themselves or by the school from grant and research projects.
The workshops are located in the AFAD buildings, Drotárska cesta 44.
Lecture and seminar rooms: 5 + 5 rooms - about 362 square meters in total. Each lecture room is equipped with technology corresponding to its character: computer, projector, projection screen, audio equipment, and wifi connection (inventory lists will be available for the accreditation committee by their personal visit to the school).
The lecture and seminar rooms are situated in the AFAD building (Hviezdoslavovo námestie 18).
Medium Gallery: in total about 150 square meters. The gallery serves for the presentation of students´ creative outcomes, accompanying presentations, discussions, or other social activities of the AFAD students.
The Teaching Center for Communication and Visualization Kremnica - the historical building for school workshops, seminars, and conferences. It provides accommodation facilities (about 30 people) and conference rooms. The center offers sufficient technical and technological facilities. The purpose of such a center is to provide a space for an intensive training week as a part of studio education. In the Teaching Center, the students concentrate on assigned themes in the form of a block teaching, or a specialized workshop, sometimes with students from a partner foreign university studio. The purpose of this practice is an interaction between schools, concentrated creative activities, and cross-studio cooperation.
https://www.vsvu.sk/sk/udalosti/Y7veB1Ob/vybudovanie-vyucboveho-centra-komunikacie-a-vizualizacie/
Future: AFAD plans to build the Technological Pavilion, containing the following centers: the Center of Wood and Stone Workshop, the Center of Precision Metal Casting, the Center for Surface Treatment, the Center for Modeling Treatment, the Center for Textile Printing, Dyeing, and Processing, the Center for Audio-Visual Production, the 2D and 3D Printing Center, the Chemical-Technological Lab, the Photography Processing Center, the Painting Technologies Center, and the Center of Specialized Education and Presentation.
a. the Academic Library and the related reference libraries at the departments, electronic bibliographic database, online book catalogs, dictionaries, encyclopedias, e-books, e-journals, and access to significant databases of international galleries and universities, general portals and databases:
- for example scientia.sk, SpringerLink, Slovak National Bibliography
- for example Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, University of Cambridge
- for example minedu, EU, Slov-lex
https://www.vsvu.sk/sk/akademicka-kniznica/?v=8X0Q4WO0
b. Artotéka - data storage of art schools and reference storage AFAD
c. free Internet connection - wi-fi in all school buildings (Hviezdoslavovo námestie 18, Drotárska cesta 44, Koceľova 23, and the Teaching Center for Communication and Visualization Kremnica)
d. AIS (the Academic Information System) including:
- ILP - course information sheets
- course schedule
- study plans for study programs
- all internal regulations and internal documents regarding the study management
https://ais2.vsvu.sk/ais/start.do
e. tools for distance education: MS Teams (for distance education and communication), e-mail
f. information channels: website, school e-mails, Instagram, Facebook
The form and process of study are defined in the Study Regulations AFAD (Article 3, Forms and Methods of Study, (5 - 8). As standard, AFAD uses a combined system of teaching, defined in ILP (Course Information Sheets), including the case of distance teaching only. Any change in the teaching procedure is discussed beforehand with the main pedagogue of a study program and then with the vice-rector for Academic Affairs (usually in the period of May - June of a previous academic year, in the process of control of individual ILPs for a following academic year). Exclusively distance teaching is applied by the order of the AFAD rector, particularly in cases such as a state of emergency.
The study program Design is defined as academic-oriented, design-oriented, and artistic. AFAD has a system of internships and supplementary internships in cooperation with various types of institutions and companies in the domestic and external international environment. Alongside permanent partners, cooperation with new partners is being processed. Procedures are published on the school website and in the study guide BEDEKER.
https://www.vsvu.sk/sk/studium/organizacia-studia/pracovne-staze/?v=8X0Q4WO0
https://www.vsvu.sk/sk/studium/informacie-pre-studentov/bedeker-standard/?v=8X0Q4WO0
Social-cultural events of AFAD are organized in the space of the galleries Medium and HIT and other public spaces of the school. The gallery spaces are mainly used for exhibitions of the AFAD students and pedagogues. At the same time, they also serve as a communication platform for public lectures, discussions, and for other social events for pedagogues, students, school employees, and graduates. Through their open-call scheme, the galleries present exhibition projects of our partners from abroad and the results of our international cooperation. In the framework of international cooperation, there are the following projects of international significance, the Month of Photography, the festival Šperk stret, Poster Triennial Trnava, White Night, etc.). Further, there is the Teaching Center for Communication and Visualisation Kremnica for workshops and block teaching. It provides accommodation facilities, conference rooms, and digital and material equipment. The Center is intensively used for workshops, conferences, seminars, and meetings with international partner institutions; it enhances internationalization, interaction, and common creative activities. Thanks to its favorable geographical location, it is used all year long for sports activities as an accompanying program to the main program.
The students of Visual Communication can participate in the mobility programs Erasmus+ (projects KA 103 (KA131) and KA107 (KA171), CEEPUS, programs based on bilateral agreements, and the National Scholarship Program (SAIA) for students, and pedagogical and non-pedagogical staff. Alongside the standard mobility, students also participate in other artistic-research projects, creating international platforms with particular international partners of AFAD and cooperating in particular artistic, architectural, exhibition, presentation, research, and innovative projects. To facilitate mobility in the study program Design, focused on international experience, AFAD has established a broad network of partnerships in most EU countries, other European countries (the countries of Western Balkan, Ukraine, Georgia), Asia (China, Japan, India, Israel, Turkey) and America (USA, Mexico). The students of Visual Communication will also have the opportunity to participate in a number of international workshops, lectures, seminars, courses, and meetings with guest pedagogues from abroad. There is also an opportunity of the same significance for the students to pursue part of their study by a guest pedagogue within their primary study course. Foreign students studying at AFAD within the Erasmus + program will contribute to the development of contacts and future cooperation.
The students of Design will be able to take advantage of the AFAD membership in international networks (Cumulus, ELIA). International students´ presentation activities are also supported by Slovak representative bodies and cultural institutes abroad. Besides scholarships, artistic/research, and presentation projects, the students will have an opportunity to apply for traineeships and internships in particular foreign institutions and specialized studios within the Erasmus + program.
All the possibilities, instructions, and regulations are published in detail on the AFAD website, where they are regularly updated. They are also defined in the Internal Regulation AFAD - rector´s directive: Erasmus Policy Statement Academy of Fine Arts and Design, Bratislava.
Complete information, instructions, and realization of international mobility (from application to recognition of credits):
https://www.vsvu.sk/sk/aktualne-vnutorne-predpisy/?v=8X0Q4WO0
https://www.vsvu.sk/sk/medzinarodna-spolupraca/?v=8X0Q4WO0
(forms for the individual study plan and recognition of student mobility in AIS)
An applicant has a general overview of cultural and social issues. He/she is interested in a deeper insight into the study program Design. He/she keeps him/herself updated about a global situation and is able to critically analyze it and express his/her opinion. He/she is able to transfer information in the form of text or concept into a visual language. He/she has a general overview of media tools, design and realization technologies, and materials. He/she masters communication skills and manifests sufficient empathy in working with people and in a broader creative team.
https://www.vsvu.sk/sk/prijimacie-pohovory/prijimacie-pohovory-magisterske-studium/#1
The entrance examination is:
· reliable - the applicant has to present his/her results in the BA study, he/she must have a clearly defined concept of specialization in the MA study, and must prove his/her maturity to the committee,
· fair - a collective evaluation of the examination results, discussion about the works, and the interview with applicants is the guarantee of a fair evaluation,
· transparent - requirements, procedures, and criteria of the acceptance process are published on the school website, updated, and elaborated annually.
AFAD offers each applicant possibility of individual consultation:
https://www.vsvu.sk/sk/konzultacie/?v=LRJ8jJO2
The internal regulation on the entrance examination in AFAD (a reference to the internal regulation):
Registered in AIS.
AFAD has prepared tools for monitoring, collecting, and evaluating students ´opinions and feedback from the school graduates on the issues of the study program quality and its improvements.
1. Semester works and final theses are publicly displayed within the regular events Prieskum. In their framework, works by all students, regardless of quality, are presented in a form of a school exhibition or diploma exhibitions in the school buildings, other galleries, and cultural institutions, or in a public space. Prieskum are open to experts and the lay public as well.
2. Students´ survey (The School Functioning, Education Process, Teaching of Theoretical and Specialized Courses, Teaching in Studios). The survey is realized and evaluated by representatives of the student part of the Academic Senate AFAD, the Committee for Teaching of the Academic Senate AFAD.
3. Written suggestions by post, e-mail, and drop boxes of the AFAD vice-rectors, The Academic Senate AFAD, the Ethics Commission AFAD, the Study Office AFAD, and the International Office AFAD.
The results of students´ and graduates´ feedback and related measures to improve the study program quality will be described in the Regulation for the internal quality assurance system of higher education in the Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Bratislava.
The results of students´ and graduates´ feedback and related measures to improve the study program quality will be described in the Regulation for the internal quality assurance system of higher education in the Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Bratislava.
1. Study Regulations AFAD:
https://www.vsvu.sk/workspace/media/documents/studijny-poriadok-v-zneni-d1.pdf,
https://www.vsvu.sk/workspace/media/documents/vp_1_2020-dodatok-2-k-studijnemu-poriadku.pdf
2. Internal Regulations on the Admission Procedure AFAD:
3. Master´s Study Completion (Internal Sheet) (its updated version for a particular academic year is published in AIS, and is e-mailed to the students in the final grade).
4. Internal Regulation 3/2020, the Rector´s regulation on a generally accessible environment for students with specific needs:
https://www.vsvu.sk/workspace/media/documents/vp_3_2020-studenti-specificke-potreby.pdf,
5. Disciplinary Order for students of the Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Bratislava:
https://www.vsvu.sk/workspace/media/documents/disciplinarny-poriadok.pdf
6. Internal Regulation on Tuition Fees and Other Fees AFAD:
https://www.vsvu.sk/workspace/media/documents/vp_2_2020-skolne-poplatky-2020-2021_oprava.pdf,
https://www.vsvu.sk/sk/studium/informacie-pre-studentov/skolne-a-poplatky/?v=8X0Q4WO0
7. Codex of Ethics:
https://www.vsvu.sk/workspace/media/documents/vp_5_2019-eticky-kodex.pdf
8. Internal Regulation AFAD nr. 5/2017 (Rules of Procedure of the Academic senat AFAD):
https://www.vsvu.sk/workspace/media/documents/vp_5_2017_rokovaci-poriadok-as-vsvu.pdf
9. Selection Procedures Regulations VŠVU:
10. Internal Regulations and Information on organization of international mobility AFAD:
https://www.vsvu.sk/sk/medzinarodna-spolupraca/mobilita-studentov/?v=8X0Q4WO0,
https://www.vsvu.sk/sk/student-na-vymennom-pobyte/?v=BO335VOZ,
https://www.vsvu.sk/workspace/media/documents/vp_7_2019-realizacia-erasmus-plus.pdf,
https://www.vsvu.sk/sk/medzinarodna-spolupraca/?v=8X0Q4WO0,
https://www.vsvu.sk/sk/medzinarodna-spolupraca/strategia-internacionalizacie/?v=8X0Q4WO0,
https://www.vsvu.sk/workspace/media/documents/erasmus-charter-for-higher-education-2021-2027.pdf
11. Information on study and study organization:
ECTS manual: https://www.vsvu.sk/workspace/media/documents/ects_prirucka-521ca2201cef2.pdf
Study organization:
https://www.vsvu.sk/sk/studium/organizacia-studia/?v=8X0Q4WO0,
https://www.vsvu.sk/sk/studium/magisterske-studium/?v=8X0Q4WO0,
https://www.vsvu.sk/sk/studium/magisterske-studium/ukoncenie-studia/?v=8X0Q4WO0,
https://www.vsvu.sk/sk/prijimacie-pohovory/prijimacie-pohovory-magisterske-studium/?v=LRJ8jJO2