| Study programme | VIKb.14 - Visual Communication |
| Study | Grade of study - I. - bachelor, 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 |
The joint study programme is not existent.
The main learning objective in the study programme is to create in the field of visual communication and graphic design, which includes a wide range of knowledge in the field of theory and history of art and design, design thinking, analytical and critical thinking, and skills in proposing design concepts, their prototyping, implementation and preparation for production. Learning includes the acquisition of soft skills in communication, management and presentation.
The learning objectivei s a graduate´s comprehensive competence to perform the profession of a graphic designer in various specializations. Within the study programme of Visual Communication, teaching is carried out in four specializations - visual identity, typography and type design, multimedia and visual communication in space. The student acquires a basic understanding of the nature of each specialization in the first and second year, during which he/she completes one semester in each specialization. He/she can then choose a particular specialization for the rest of the undergraduate studies or undergo all specialisations during the undergraduate study adhering to compulsory prerequisites. All specializations require a certain amount of knowledge, skills and competences: i.e. independent search, processing and critical evaluation of information necessary for elaborating the assignment, own research of the problem, formulation of the concept, ability to express ideas through drawing but also digital design methods using 2D and 3D software, basics of UX (user experience) and UI (user interface) design and basics of augmented and virtual reality.
The student is able to evaluate independently the adequacy of the proposed solution in terms of communication, aesthetics, ecology, ethical principles and social value. The student harnesses advanced imaging tools and digital outputs through which he/she communicates his/her designs to a potential client-partner. He/she understands the production fundamentals and prototyping technologies used in practice. The student is well versed in the material types and properties and their technological processing used in the production of tangible forms of the final products of graphic design and visual communication. For digital forms, the outcome defines the types and properties of digital formats used in digital and online environments. The student is able to communicate, argue and present the outcome of his/her work appropriately using a variety of media interfaces and presentation software.
He/she has a basic knowledge of business and marketing and a general knowledge of the theory and history of art and design, philosophy and aesthetics. In the framework of the above mentioned specialisations, he/she acquires additional skills directly in specialised studios in connection with a selection of compulsory optional professional and theoretical courses. (we refer to the curriculum and Course Information Sheets)
The graduates develop their specialised professional skills e.g. : via a set of assignments from real clients-institutions with an emphasis on the real use of design in a real environment. The undergraduates are prepared to communicate with a client and design practice with respect to the capabilities and needs of the client. The implementation of teamwork among students; teaching specialized software aimed at the creation of multimedia applications, type design, animation, design of 2D and 3D environments, augmented and virtual reality and teaching how to work with production and prototyping digital devices also help develop the undergraduates´ professional skills.
In order to be prepared within the specializations, students can attend professional workshops with lecturers from various areas of design practice and work placements, which are an invaluable tool for direct contact between students and practice. Students can further complement their specialisation with internships in specialised studios within the Visual Communication study programme, as well as within other study programmes implemented at the Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Bratislava. After completion of study, the undergraduates have the necessary awareness of all components of the design process and are employable in the environment of large and small graphic studios, advertising agencies, in-house graphic departments of companies and institutions as part of a creative team, they are able to set up their own graphic studio, or can work as independent designers - freelancers either in a highly specialized or universal position.
Main learning outcomes:
The graduate is able to create a design work such as the design of a font, a book, the visual identity of a product or an event, visual communication in space, UX and UI, multimedia applications, or create an animation, in the context of the current requirements for the design of visual communication, either independently or as a member of a creative team.
He/she masters methodical and creative procedures in type design, typography, graphic design of books, magazines, comic books and other print or electronic media, content and visual concepts of visual identity and communication strategies, visual communication in space, information, navigation and other communication systems for both physical and virtual environments, animation and multimedia projects.
The graduate is able to analyse the client's assignment and propose a solution, which follows the client's intention, respects technological and economic possibilities, a solution, which is in a broader context in line with the social, societal and urban aspects.
He/she has a basic knowledge of current findings in the field of visual literacy, design thinking and visual communication trends. He/she masters a wide range of materials and technologies used in production. At the same time, he/she is capable of professional dialogue with other professions in the field of printing, computer science and production.
The graduate is able to communicate his/her design outcome using appropriate presentation software in combination with verbal expression emphasising argumentative competence. He/she has a general knowledge of the history and current events within the field of study, as well as art and culture, and is able to continue further in his/her education and respond flexibly to dynamic changes not only in society but also in the development of technology and new materials.
The graduate meets requirements to be employed in design and cultural practice in domestic and foreign environments in private sectors, public organizations and institutions. He/she can work independently or as a member of design or interdisciplinary teams (with overlap into other fields of art, e.g. architecture, visual arts, film), in creative production within the creative industry, as an expert in cultural institutions (galleries, museums, theatres, cultural and creative centres).
Graduates are employable in graphic studios and agencies specializing in advertising design, creation of advertising campaigns and marketing, creation of visual identity (corporate identity and event branding), in publishing teams of print and electronic media, multimedia companies specializing in the creation of computer games and motion design. They can cooperate with architects and create design of communication systems for interior and exterior spaces, work as web designers, design communication materials for state and public administration offices, educational institutions, private companies, work as graphic designers creating book design for various publishing houses, as comic book creators, design packaging design for products in small and large series production, or work as freelance authors.
Visual Communication program of study is not a program requiring the requirements of a regulated profession.
AFAD has prepared a system structure according to which it will accumulate and monitor data and evaluation reports on the employability of future undergraduates:
a. Questionnaire for graduates (focused on work in the field, area, form). The questionnaire is created and monitored by the AFAD Academic Senate in the cooperation with the AFAD Support and Counselling Centre.
b. Visibility monitoring (exhibitions, reviews, professional and public media of undergraduates but also students). (Monitored by the Quality Office.)
c. Statistical information from employment offices. (Monitored by the Quality Office.)
d. Information from relevant institutions and external experts (e.g. Slovak Design Centre, Slovak National Gallery, design studios (Milk, Komplot, Pergamen... ), advertising agencies (Vaculik, Marc BBDO, MUW, WLB...) and other cultural institutions such as Nová Cvernovka or competitions such as the National Design Award, the Trnava Poster Triennial, etc. (Monitored by the Quality Office.)
e. Discussions with undergraduates (Monitored by the Quality Office.)
f. Monitoring of graduate activities. (Monitored by the Quality Office.)
If requested, AFAD will provide the evaluators with successful graduates´outcomes which AFAD regularly monitors through media monitoring (TASR) and through its own monitoring carried out by the AFAD Quality Office.
Here are several representatives:
Mgr. art. Julo Nagy
Founder of the Calder Studio, author of visual identities (Eset, Artforum, Nedbalka...)
Mgr. art. Peter Biľak
type designer, founder of the Typotheque - type studio, teacher at KABK Haag in the Netherlands
https://www.typotheque.com/authors/peter_bilak
Mgr. art. Martin Šútovec
Shooty – ilustrator/caricatorist for opinion making magazines
https://dennikn.sk/tema/shooty/
Mgr. art. Peter Hajdin
co-owner of Komplot advertising Studio, branding and communication campaings (National Bank of Slovakia, The Office of the President of the Slovak Republic)
Mgr. art. Martin Bajaník
owner of the Pekne a Dobre Studio, author of visual identities (Yeme, Metropolitný inštitút Bratislava...)
https://www.instagram.com/pekneadobre/
Mgr. art. Johanna Balušíková
type designer, Typotheque- type studio
Mgr. art. Emil Drličiak
Freelancer, author of visual identities (Mestské divadlo Žilina, Mesto Trenčín...)
https://100.scd.sk/detail/2329_Emil-Drliciak
Mgr. art. Branislav Matis
Inhouse designer in the Slovak National Gallery
https://scd.sk/osobnost/branislav-matis/
doc. Mgr. art. Marcel Benčík, ArtD.
teacher at the Visual Communication Department, AFAD
https://scd.sk/autor/marcel-bencik/
doc. Mgr. art. Pavol Bálik, ArtD.
teacher at the Visual Communication Department, AFAD
https://scd.sk/autor/pavol-balik/
doc. Mgr. art. Ján Šicko, ArtD.
teacher at the Visual Communication Department, AFAD
https://scd.sk/osobnost/jan-sicko/
Mgr. art. Peter Nosáľ
teacher at the Visual Communication Department, AFAD
https://www.vsvu.sk/sk/o-nas/kontakt/zamestnanci/peter-nosal/
Mgr. art. Róbert Szegény
Freelancer, teacher at the School of Design- ŠKOLA DIZAJNU - Bohumil Bača Private School of Applied Arts of
http://www.skoladesignu.sk/l/8639-q-grafika-vizualnych-komunikacii/mgr.-art.-robert-szegeny
Mgr. art. Juraj Balogh
ilustrator/caricatorist
https://www.asil.sk/duro-balogh
Mgr. art. Rastislav Michalík
co-owner of the advertising agency MUW Saatchi&Saatchi
Mgr. art. Daniel Blonski –
co-owner of the 001 Design Studio
Mgr. art. Daniel Markovič
Freelancer
Mgr. art. Štefan Andrejco
Creative director for the advertising agency Wiktor Leo Burnett
https://adcslovensko.sk/clenovia/stefan-andrejco
Mgr. art. Jozef Dobrík
Freelancer, laureate D&AD awards
https://www.dandad.org/awards/professional/2019/book-design/231494/jonathan-safran-foer-here-i-am/
Mgr. art. Peter Liška
Freelancer, exhibition design
http://instagram.com/liskapeter
Mgr. art. Zuzana Dimunová
Freelancer, designer of visual identities (the Slovak Institute in Jeruzalem...)
https://www.mikinadimunova.com
Mgr. art. Martin Mistrík
Freelancer, designer of visual identities (Nová dráma - New Drama Festival)
doc. Mgr. art. Juraj Blaško, ArtD.
teacher at the Visual Communication Department, AFAD
https://scd.sk/osobnost/juraj-blasko/
Mgr. art. Michal Tornyai, ArtD.
teacher at the Visual Communication Department, AFAD
https://scd.sk/osobnost/michal-tornyai/
Mgr. art. Ondrej Gavalda
teacher at the Visual Communication Department, AFAD
https://scd.sk/autor/ondrej-gavalda/
Mgr. art. Ján Filípek
type designer
Mgr. art. Ondrej Jób
type designer, laureate of TDC Typeface design 2015 Award
Mgr. art. Slávka Paulíková
type designer
https://www.fontshop.com/designers/slavka-paulikova
Mgr. art. Veronika Obertová
co-founder of Ové pictures Studio
Mgr. art. Michaela Chmelíčková –
Freelancer, designer of visual identities (White Night, Urban Market...)
Mgr. art. Pavlína Morháčová
Inhouse designer in the Slovak National Gallery
Mgr. art. Matúš Lelovský
Freelancer
Mgr. art. Andrej Čanecký
Mgr. art. Andrej Barčák
Freelanceri, designer of visual identities (AFAD,The Public Defender of Rights..)
Mgr. art. Marek Mati
Freelancer
Mgr. art. Marek Minor
UX UI Design
Mgr. art. Marek Menke
freelancer
https://scd.sk/en/osobnost/marek-menke-en/
Mgr. art. Lucia Gamanová
Freelancer
Since graduates have a self-employed practise, they set up their own graphic studios or agencies, they work as contract-employees for publishing houses, galleries, museums and other institutions or entities from the business sector - the feedback from the employer is irrelevant. The AFAD Accreditation Board includes a representative from the professional organisation Slovak Design Centre as well as representatives of gallery institutions.
The curriculum of the study programme is elaborated by a teacher responsible for the study programme on the basis of joint working meetings with other teachers involved in the teaching of the study programme. The working meetings also include student representatives of the study programme, who propose students´ suggestions on curriculum, stemming from the teachers´ activity involved in the study programme or the students' opinions from the AFAD questionnaire concerning the curriculum for undergraduate study are evaluated at the meeting too.
The curriculum proposal is then submitted for discussion by the main responsible teacher of the Visual Communication study programme to the AFAD Programme Board, chaired by the Vice-Rector for Academic Affairs. The AFAD Programme Board also includes a representative of the student part of the academic community and an expert from the external environment from the field of visual art.The main responsible teacher for the study programme will consider incorporating the suggestions of the Programme Board and subsequently submit the curriculum as part of the study programme description for further study programme approval processes within the internal system of ensuring the quality of education at AFAD. (Detailed information is provided in the AFAD Internal Evaluation Report)
In the Visual Communication study programme, students complete the first four semesters in the so-called preparatory courses - Preparatory Course Typo; Preparatory Course Identity; Preparatory Course Multimedia; Preparatory Course Space. They then continue in profile courses of a specific nature and focus on the Studio Teaching. The teaching in Preparatory Courses and Studios is one of the most important credit given parts of the study programme in terms of its content, difficulty of outcomes and time allocation. Studio teaching is divided into specialisations according to the media specification: Typography and Type Design; Visual Identity; Visual Communication in Space; Multimedia.
A compulsory component of the profile courses of the study programme is a set of compulsory professional courses, whose content forms the basic and necessary framework of knowledge, skills and competences that the undergraduate of the study programme should master.
For more detailed information see. in the table below: Curriculum.
A compulsory component of the curriculum, in addition to Studio Teaching and compulsory professional courses, are the compulsory historiography courses Visual Arts in Cultural Context, which prepare students in the field of art history, philosophy, aesthetics and culture. The historiographical courses are completed with a committee examination after the 4th semester, thus concluding the first phase of the theoretical knowledge of the undergraduate study. In the second phase (3rd-4th year), they are followed by theoretical and interpretative compulsory courses developing critical thinking in the studied medium, Issues in Visual Media (Visual Communication) and Image Analysis (Visual Communication), which also make the profile foundation.
Profile studio courses and profile theoretical courses in the medium bring comprehensive education in creativity and design theory within the educational process. The profile courses Studio Teaching and theoretical courses for the medium of visual communication lead to the defence of the Bachelor's thesis and the state examination with the completion of the given degree.
The Visual Communication study programme includes a group of compulsory optional courses, which are divided into professional practical and professional theoretical courses. These courses provide the basis for a media specialisation and at the same time deepen the interdisciplinarity within the scope of the sphere of visual communication design, art and culture. The content also includes courses that improve language training in the field of contemporary visual communication design, arts and culture and in soft skills such as the fundamentals of marketing in the arts and basic grant-making skills. Teaching of soft skills is also planned in the form of block teaching and professional workshops to keep the information and knowledge up to date with practice. Elective courses complete the compulsory core and compulsory optional courses, and through them students have the opportunity to transfer to other study programmes at AFAD. The elective courses are enriched by a number of courses, which through workshops, courses, excursions and short-term education, respond dynamically to current topics in design and visual arts by using renowned experts from the artistic and cultural environment, or within the framework of the school's internationalisation with foreign teachers and practitioners.
More organizational rules:
https://www.vsvu.sk/sk/studium/organizacia-studia/?v=8X0Q4WO0
https://www.vsvu.sk/sk/studium/bakalarske-studium/?v=8X0Q4WO0
https://www.vsvu.sk/sk/studium/informacie-pre-studentov/bedeker-standard/?v=8X0Q4WO0
The Visual Communication study programme offers a possibility of work placement and additional work placement in the domestic and foreign market, which in the framework of education bring students in direct contact with the professional environment in which they acquire practical experience and skills. The work placement is at the same time an opportunity for the student to gain new professional contacts and connections as well as theoretical experience with increased employability after graduation.
At the same time, students are encouraged to participate in foreign mobility through study programs at foreign partner schools, where they are positively confronted with educational experience in a different cultural and social environment. Here they also confront their artistic outputs in an international field and have the opportunity to become part of international design, artistic and cultural networks.
As part of the broader educational process undergraduate students are integrated into ongoing design-research or art-research projects at the Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Bratislava, and it realized either in the form of direct application in teaching or through exhibitions, publications and other presentation activities, which are also facilitated by grant systems (especially KEGA - the Cultural and Educational Grant Agency of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Slovak Republic) and the presentation of creative-artistic activities (especially FPU - the Fund for the Promotion of Art).
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 the educational results is the continuous semester assessment at the committee level (the committee consists of the teachers of the study programme, teachers from the Department of Theory and History of Art and is extended by experts from the external environment). This includes a mandatory presentation of the student's studio teaching result and its defence, followed by a discussion of the committee and all participating students and practitioners. Subsequently, there is an evaluation by the committee and verification by a whole-school committee composed of members of the Pedagogical Board of AFAD. The result of the semestral works of individual students of the Studio Teaching includes the partial results combined not only from the profile course Studio Teaching, but also from the professional and theoretical courses in the given semester or in the previous semester of the given study programme. The summaries of the semester evaluation are discussed and analysed at the meetings of the Pedagogical Board of AFAD with the AFAD Management, where the positives as well as the negatives of the result setting of the teaching process are identified. At the end, the students´ results are publicly accessible to the professional and lay public (the whole-school exhibition in all AFAD buildings, other gallery and exhibition spaces, or online presentations https://www.digitalnyprieskum.sk/ or Facebook, Instagram and the AFAD website https://www.vsvu.sk/sk/udalosti/QXenZJOx/digitalny-prieskum/). This creates a space for a wider confrontation of academic achievements with the external environment.
Individual parts of the study programme (modules, courses and other relevant school and extra curriculum activities supposing they contribute to achieving desired outputs of education and result in credits) in structure compulsory, compulsory optional and elective courses
Stated in the enclosure – table of the curriculum from the Handbook;
Students of the Visual Communication study programme have their studies divided into two parts. They complete the first 4 semesters in preparatory courses, in which they are given creative tasks to acquire skills and knowledge in 4 specialisations in Visual Communication Design offered by the Visual Communication study programme: Typography and Type Design - Preparatory Course Typo; Visual Identity - Preparatory Course Identity; Multimedia - Preparatory Course Multimedia; Visual Communication in Space - Preparatory Course Space. For each preparatory course they have one semester to take. The order of completion of each preparatory course is determined by the curriculum.
Students complete the following 4 semesters in the studio in one of 4 specialized studios (Studio Typo, Studio Identity, Studio Multimedia, Studio Space) of their choice. This part of the studio is aimed at further refinement and development of creative and conceptual thinking in the given specialization, using the skills acquired from previous preparatory courses.
The student has the opportunity to complete semesters in a variety of studios, not only in one specialization. The student can compose his/her own combination of specializations. The Bachelor's thesis is completed in the studio of the student's choice; the prerequisite is the prior completion of at least one semester in the given studio.
Stated in CIS and in the enclosure – table of the curricullum from the Handbook.
- prerequisites, co-requisites and recommendations for study plan creation
Stated in CIS and in the enclosure – table of the curricullum from the Handbook.
- for every educational part of the study plan/course states implemented educational activities
(lecture, seminar, exercise, final work, project work, laboratory work, work placement, excursion, field trip, professional praxis, state exam and others or their combinations) suitable for achieving educational outputs.
Stated in CIS and in the enclosure – table of thecurricullum from the Handbook.
- methods used in teaching process, face –to-face, online, combined (in accordance with Course Descriptions)
Stated in CIS
- course syllabus[1],
Stated in CIS
- the student's workload ('scope' for individual courses and teaching activities separately)[2],
Stated in CIS
- credits allocated to every part according to achieved outputs of education and related to workload
Stated in CIS and in the enclosure – table of thecurricullum from the Handbook.
- main responsible teacher of the course (or a partner organization and person[3]) stating the contact
Stated in CIS and in the enclosure – table of the curricullum from the Handbook.
- course teachers (or participating partner organizations and people) (can be stated in CIS),
Stated in CIS
- course venue (if the study program is held in various premises).
Stated in the Schedule in Ais.
Courses are held in: Premises of the Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Bratislava, Drotárska cesta 44. The building on Drotárska cesta is primarily used for Studio Teaching and teaching vocational, practical and theoretical courses .
Courses are held: Premises of the Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Bratislava, Hviezdoslavovo nám. 18. In the building at Hviezdoslavo námestie theoretical courses are taught.
Courses are held in: Premises of the Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Bratislava, Koceľova 23. In the building on 23 Koceľova the elective courses arranged by the Painting Department are held.
Courses are held in: Premises of the Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Bratislava, Štefánikovo nám. 18/10, Kremnica. The AFAD teaching premises in Kremnica are used for holding an elective course Specialized Workshop and elective course short-term educational course.
[1] During the assessment, the teachers delivering the course will give the working group access to the course materials and the content of the individual teaching activities.
[2] We recommend that both contact and non-contact teaching loads are reported in accordance with the ECTS Users' Guide 2015.
[3] E.g. in the provision of professional practice or other educational activities carried out outside the university.
a number of credits for compulsory courses required for the proper completion of studies/completion of part of studies, 161 ECTS excluding credits for defence and state examinations
- a number of credits for compulsory optional courses and for elective courses required for the completion of the study/finalisation part of the study, 69 credits (ECTS).
The student must complete the prescribed compulsory courses according to the study plan. During the course of studies, the student must take at least 7 compulsory optional courses (in the case of two-semester and multi-semester courses, each semester counts as one compulsory optional course).
- A number of credits for elective courses required for the proper completion of studies/completion of part of studies, a student does not have to take elective courses according to the study plan if he/she has sufficient credits for compulsory and compulsory optional courses.
- A number of credits required for the proper completion of the study is at least 240 credits (ECTS) for the entire bachelor's study, including credits for the defence of the bachelor's thesis and the state examination 10 credits (ECTS)
- a number of credits for the final thesis 10 ECTS and the thesis defence and the state examination 10 ECTS required for full graduation,
- a number of credits required for regular graduation/completion of part of the study for artistic performances other than the final thesis in artistic study programmes.
Studio teaching 70 ECTS
- More information on:
https://www.vsvu.sk/sk/studium/informacie-pre-studentov/bedeker-standard/
Rules for verification of learning outcomes:
The decisive verification tool of the educational results is the continuous semester assessment at the committee level (the committee consists of teachers of the Visual Communication study programme, teachers from the Department of Theory and History of Art and is extended by experts from the external environment). This includes a compulsory presentation of the student's result from the Studio Teaching and its defence, followed by a discussion between the committee and all participating students and the professional public. Subsequently, the evaluation is carried out by the committee and verification by a whole-school committee composed of members of the AFAD Pedagogical Board. The whole-school committee is headed by the Vice-Rector for Academic Affairs and takes place without the participation of students. The whole-school Committee will be informed by each Head of a Specialised Studio who will introduce the semestral assignments, the course of teaching and the outcomes of the students' work, highlighting the students' outstanding achievements and drawing attention to the students' poor achievements, and he/she will also present the individual grades of the Committee (from A to FX).
The presentation of the teaching results of the specialised Studio Teaching, is followed by a professional discussion. The result of the semestral works of individual students of Studio Teaching includes partial results of education, which are combined not only with the results from the profile course of the specialized Studio, but also with the results from the professional and theoretical courses in the given semester, or in the previous semester of the study programme Visual Communication.
At the end, the outcomes of the students' education are publicly accessible to the professional and general public (the whole-school exhibition in all AFAD premises, other gallery and exhibition spaces, or online presentations https://www.digitalnyprieskum.sk/ or Facebook, Instagram and AFAD website https://www.vsvu.sk/sk/udalosti/QXenZJOx/digitalny-prieskum/).
The assessment of study achievements and the possibilities of corrective procedures are determined by the AFAD Study Regulations:
The assessment of the student's study achievements within the course study is conducted mainly:
a) by continuous control of the learning results in individual courses during the teaching part of the study (e.g. the state of work in progress, partial assignments, completion of a creative workshop, workshop, written tests, assignments for independent work, term papers, seminar report, etc.), specified in more detail in the CIS (Course Information Sheet),
The grade is classified according to the classification scale determined by Decree No 614/2002 Coll., where the qualification scale has six classification levels
A – excellent (excellent achievements) – 1
B – very good (excellent achievements) – 1.5
C – good (average achievements) – 2
D – satisfactory (satisfactory achievements) – 2.5
E – sufficient (achievements meet minimum criteria) – 3
FX – unsatisfactory (achievements do not meet minimum criteria) – 4
Within the Design study programme, elective courses such as the Short- Term Learning Course and the Specified Excursion are assessed in the form of course completion (pass/fail).
A student who has been assessed with a grade of FX in professional , practical and theoretical courses is entitled to have two retakes as long as they meet the requirements of the continuous assessment. If a student has been assessed with a grade of FX in Studio Teaching and Bachelor's Thesis (consultations, elaboration) and has fulfilled the conditions of the interim assessment, he/she is entitled to one retake. If a student re-enrolls in any course, including Studio Teaching and Bachelor´s Thesis (consultations, elaboration), the student is entitled to only one retake.
A student may apply for recognition of courses taken in another study programme at another university. Courses taken at another university are recognised by AFAD on the basis of the student's transcript of the study results issued by the university and by submitting an AFAD application form (the exact instructions are stated in the Application for Recognition of Courses form).
The conditions of recognition are regulated by the AFAD Study Regulations.
https://www.vsvu.sk/sk/studium/informacie-pre-studentov/studijny-poriadok/
and the Recognition of Documents Directive https://www.vsvu.sk/sk/studium/uznavanie-dokladov
The list of thesis themes of the Visual Communication study programme is registered in AiS.
The thesis themes - bachelor's thesis, are generated individually for each student and formulated by the tutor of the bachelor's thesis on the basis of the student's previous studies and artistic direction. They are approved by the main responsible teacher for the study programme in AiS (Academic Information System).
- opportunities and procedures needed to participate in student mobility
the rules for adherence to academic ethics and consequences resulted from its breach,
They are summarised in the AFAD Code of Ethics and the Disciplinary Regulations for AFAD students and are posted on the web:
Code of Ethics: https://www.vsvu.sk/sk/uradna-tabula/eticky-kodex/
Disciplinary Regulations for Students of the Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Bratislava.
https://www.vsvu.sk/workspace/media/documents/disciplinarny-poriadok.pdf
- procedures applicable to students with special needs,
specified in the Internal Regulation 3/2020, the Rector's Directive to provide a generally accessible environment for students with specific needs https://www.vsvu.sk/sk/studium/informacie-pre-studentov/studenti-so-specifickymi-potrebami/?v=8X0Q4WO0 , they include the following:
an applicant with specific needs will send a request in which he/she requires to adjust the form and manner of the admissions taking into account his/her specific needs. A request for inclusion in the register of students with specific needs and consent to an assessment of specific needs must be sent. The applicant is notified via the website about the conditions and instructions on the admission procedure about the possibility of submitting an application, and subsequently the specific needs of the applicant are addressed individually and the applicant is informed prior to the admission procedure via the email he/she provides in his/her application. The student is also informed via the AFAD website and the Student Support: (https://www.vsvu.sk/sk/udalosti/5XDjmj7j/podporne-a-poradenske-centrum-pre-studentov-vsvu-v-bratislave/) about the possibility of submitting an application, which will be subsequently approved by the Coordinator for Students with Specific Needs and the Vice-Rector for Academic Affairs. Once the application has been approved, a confirmation will be issued to the student and the individual options for the accessibility process will be discussed with the student, which will also be communicated to the teachers of the Photography and New Media study programme.
- student complaints and appeals procedures.
Students may submit complaints and appeals of various kinds in writing, by mail, email, or through physical drop boxes in school buildings:
- through the AFAD Student Support and Counselling Centre, which will forward the complaint to the AFAD Ethics Committee or the Student Affairs Committee of the AFAD Academic Senate or to the Vice-Rector for Academic Affairs on the basis of the specific complaint or appeal.
- through the Study Officer, who will forward it to the Vice-Rector for Academic Affairs for resolution.
- directly to the members (teachers or student representatives) of the Study Affairs Committee of the AFAD Academic Senate, who will decide on the method of resolution on the basis of the specific complaint or appeal.
- directly to the members of the Ethics Committee of the Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Bratislava, who shall decide on the method of resolution depending on specifics of the complaint or appeal,
- In the case of a specific complaint and appeal, a joint solution of all previously mentioned representatives or their deputies is included.
CURRICULUM - the complete study plan is sent in pdf. format in the attachment.
Study programme. Visual Communication
Study field: Fine Art
Degree of study: 1.
1. form of study: full-time
Standard length of study: 4 years
Master of Arts - Bc.
Language: the primary language of the programme is Slovak and partially English. The exact information on languages is provided in the Course Information Sheet for every course listed.
Separate annex in pdf form. and accessible in AiS.
The current schedule of the academic year is set by the AFAD Rector after discussion with the AFAD Vice-Rectors no later than 30th June of the current year (AFAD Study Regulations, Article 7, point 5).
The academic calendar is published on the AFAD website, in the handbook - BEDEKER, in the Academic Information System - AiS. Students are also informed about the academic calendar and the current timetable and their publication or update 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/
https://www.instagram.com/vsvu_afad/
https://www.facebook.com/vsvu.afad
The person in charge of the course delivery and development and quality of the study programme: Visual Communication and the main teacher of the profile course: Studio
Stankoci Stanislav, prof., akad. mal.
Position: professor, Head of the Studio Identity, Vice-Rector for Investment Activities
Profile Course and Studio Teaching: Visual Identity
Studio Identity,
E-maill address: stankoci@vsvu.sk
Hyperlink to a person's record in the Register of University Employees: https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/11775
Teachers in charge of the profile course: Studio –study programme: Visual Communication
Benčík Marcel, doc., Mgr. art., ArtD.
Position: associate professor, Vice-rector for International Cooperation
Profile Course and Studio Teaching: Visual Communication in Space Studio Space
E-mail address: bencik@vsvu.sk
Hyperlink to a person's record in the Register of University Employees:
https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/11707?mode=full
Bálik Pavol, doc., Mgr. art., ArtD.
Position: associate professor, Head of the Studio Typo
Profile Course and Studio Teaching: Typography and Type Design Studio Typo 4th-year
E-mail address: balik@vsvu.sk
Hyperlink to a person's record in the Register of University Employees:
https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/11698
Blaško Juraj, doc., Mgr. art., ArtD.
Position: associate professor, member of the Academic Senate
Profile Course and Studio Teaching: Visual Communication in Space Studio Preparatory Course Space
E-mail address: blasko@vsvu.sk
Hyperlink to a person's record in the Register of University Employees:
https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/11787?mode=full
Michal Tornyai, Mgr. art., ArtD.
Position: assistant
professor at the function position of associate professor
Profile Course and Studio Teaching: Typography and Type Design
Studio Typo 3rd-year
E-mail address: tornyai@vsvu.sk
Hyperlink to a person's record in the Register of University Employees:
https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/11797
Separate annex in the pdf format.
Pavel Choma, doc., akad. mal.
E-mail address: choma@vsvu.sk
Hyperlink to a person's record in the Register of University Employees:
https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/11747
Nosáľ Peter, Mgr. art.,
E-mail address: nosal@vsvu.sk
Hyperlink
to a person's record in the Register of University Employees:
https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/11766
Gavalda Ondrej, Mgr. art.,
E-mail address: gavalda@vsvu.sk
Hyperlink to a person's record in the Register of University Employees:
https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/11796
Segečová Ľubica, Mgr. art.
E-mail address: segecova@vsvu.sk
Hyperlink to a person's record in the Register of University Employees:
https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/34113
Jablonská, Beata, Mgr., PhD.
E-mail address: jablonska@vsvu.sk
Hyperlink to a person's record in the Register of University Employees:
https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/11786
Pašteková, Michaela, Mgr., PhD.
E-mail address: pastekova@vsvu.sk
Hyperlink to a person's record in the Register of University Employees:
https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/11794
Kralovič, Ján, Mgr., PhD.
E-mail address: jan.kralovic@vsvu.sk
Hyperlink to a person's record in the Register of University Employees:
https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/25964
Lutherová, Seneši,
Silvia,
Mgr., PhD.
E-mail address: senesi.lutherova@vsvu.sk
Hyperlink to a person's record in the Register of University Employees:
https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/11705
Lacko, Norbert,
Mgr., PhD.
E-mail address: lacko@vsvu.sk
Hyperlink to a person's record in the Register of University Employees:
https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/11760
Zervan, Marián,
prof., PhDr., PhD.
E-mail address: zervan@vsvu.sk
Hyperlink to a person's record in the Register of University Employees:
https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/8608
Karul, Róbert, Mgr., PhD.
E-mail address: karul@vsvu.sk
Hyperlink to a person's record in the Register of University Employees:
https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/11853
Tkáčik, Ladislav, doc., Mgr., PhD.
E-mail address: tkacik@vsvu.sk
Hyperlink to a person's record in the Register of University Employees:
https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/8606
Moravčíková, Silvia, Mgr.
E-mail address: moravcikova@vsvu.sk
Hyperlink to a person's record in the Register of University Employees:
https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/24831
Dobrovičová, Monika, PaedDr., PhD.
address: dobrovicova@vsvu.sk
Hyperlink to a person's record in the Register of University Employees:
https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/5084
The study programme Visual Communication is a study programme, in which thesis themes are generated for each student individually, and can be found in Ais.
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
The scientific/artistic-teaching characteristics of the tutors of final theses are registered in AiS.
Pavol Bálik, doc., Mgr. art., ArtD.
Study counsellor
E-mail address: balik@vsvu.sk
Individual consultations arranged via e-mail.
Tatarková, Mária, Ing.
Study officer and coordinator of accommodation
E-mail address: tarkova@vsvu.sk
Kozáková, Sylvia, Ing.
AiS administrator
E-mail address: kkozakova@vsvu.sk
Jančařík, Tomáš, Mgr. art.
Career counselor
E-mail address: jancarik@vsvu.sk
Šarkan, Martin, Mgr., PhD.
Psychological counselor
E-mail address: sarkan@vsvu.sk
Link to the AFAD Support and Counseling Center:
List and characteristics of the classrooms of the Visual Communication study programme:
The profile course Studio Teaching and all compulsory optional and elective courses with the characteristics of practical vocational courses take place in studios and workshops in a total area of 382 m2. The studios and workshops are available to all students of the Bachelor's degree programme in Visual Arts for direct teaching (theoretical and practical teaching, consultations and discussions of the teacher with students) and also indirect teaching (individual work of the student on a term assignment or their final thesis). The workshops are used by the students according to the needs of their semestral assignment or final thesis, or assignments in professional practical courses. Material storage rooms are also an infrastructural part of the studios and workshops.
Studios (rooms): a profile course composed of 4 studios taught by 4 heads of studios together with 4 instructors/ assistant professors. One room is allocated to each studio. The studio teaching is conducted in a vertical scheme where students of Bachelor´s, Master´s and PhD level meet in the same space and time. Depending on the current number of students in a given academic year and the specialisation in the Studio, approximately 5.5 m2 of space is allocated to one student. The standard equipment of the studio includes basic projection equipment (computer and data projector/TV + Wi-Fi connection. Other equipment for the Studios depends on its specific needs (inventory lists will be available and prepared to be reviewed by the Accreditation Committee during a physical visit of the school).
Studios are located in the building on 44 Drotárská cesta.
Digital classroom: approx. 60 m2. The digital classroom has the appropriate technological equipment (inventory lists will be available and prepared to be reviewed by the Accreditation Committee during a physical visit of the school).
Digital classroom is located in the building on 44 Drotárská cesta
Workshops and laboratories (rooms): the workshop-laboratory has a hand tool, cutting plotter, SRA3 colour printer, 3D printers, 3D pens, laser cutter and CNC milling machine. Students also have the opportunity to use workshops connected to other degree programs. Students send their application to reserve their time to work in the workshop under the guidance of a workshop staff member in charge. During the allocated time, students may work on their semestral assignments and final works. The workshop staff member is also responsible for the health and safety of the students and also acts as a supervisor in the operation and use of technical and technological equipment and consumables. The workshops are intended for the realization of semestral and final works and also serve for the teaching of practical vocational courses.
Material resources: the school provides the basic material resources for the Visual Arts study programme. Students are provided with paper, filaments, polystyrene, comatex, plexiglass, electronic components (diodes, microcontrollers) and other materials. Consumables needed for the semestral work or the final thesis are paid for by the student from his/her own resources or by the school from grants and research projects.
Workshops are located in the building on 44 Drotárská cesta.
Lecture and seminar rooms: 5 + 5 rooms - approx. 362 m2 in total. Each lecture room has the appropriate technological equipment: computer, data projector, projection screen, audio equipment and wifi connection (inventory lists will be available and prepared to be reviewed by the Accreditation Committee during a physical visit of the school).
The lecture and seminar rooms are located in the school building on 18 Hviezdoslavovo nám.
Medium Gallery: approx. 150 m2 in total. The Medium Gallery is used for the presentation of students' creative work, accompanying lectures and discussion forums, or for students´ social activities and confrontation with the external environment.
Kremnica Communication and Visualisation Training Centre - is a historical building used for workshops, seminars and conferences. It has accommodation capacities (about 30 people) and lecture rooms. The centre also has appropriate technical and technological facilities.The meaning of such a centre is to offer an opportunity to experience an intensive work week, which is part of the studio teaching. In the training
centre, students concentrate on a given topic in the form of block teaching or a specially prepared workshop, for example with students from a partner studio of a foreign university. The purpose is to enhance interaction between schools,concentrated creative activity and inter-studio cooperation.
https://www.vsvu.sk/sk/udalosti/Y7veB1Ob/vybudovanie-vyucboveho-centra-komunikacie-a-vizualizacie/
Future: AFAD plans to build a Technology Pavilion, which will include the following centres: theWood and Stone Processing Centre, the Precision Metal Casting Centre, the Surface Treatment Centre, the Model Processing Centre, the Printing, Dyeing and Textile Processing Centre, the Audiovisual Production Centre, the 2D and 3D Printing Centre, the Chemical Technology Laboratory, the Photography Processing
Centre, the Painting Technology Centre, and the Centre for Vocational Teaching and Presentation.
a. Academic library and related reference libraries at workplaces, electronic library databases, online catalogs of books, dictionaries, encyclopedias, e-books, e-journals and access to important databases of world galleries and universities, general portals and databases:
For example, scientia.sk, SpringerLink, Slovak National Bibliography For example, the Metropolitan Museum in 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 academies and AFAD own storages
c. Free internet connection – wi-fi in all school buildings (Hviezdoslavovo nám. 18, Drotárska cesta 44, Koceľova 23 and the Communication and Visualization Learning Center in Kremnica)
d. AiS (Academic Information System), which contains:
ILP – subject information sheets
Schedule
Curricullum of the study program
All internal regulations and all internal letters related to the organization of the study https://ais2.vsvu.sk/ais/start.do
e. Distance learning tools: MS Teams (used for distance learning and communication), e-mail
f. Information channels: web, school emails, Instagram, Facebook
https://www.instagram.com/vsvu_afad/
https://www.facebook.com/vsvu.afad
https://www.facebook.com/VSVU.KVK
https://www.instagram.com/kvk_vsvu/
The form and method of study is defined in the AFAD Study Regulations (Article 3, Forms and Methods of Study, points 5 to 8).
At AFAD, the combined method of teaching is mostly used, which is stated in the CIS (Course Information Sheets), even if the teaching is done completely in the form of distance learning. When a teaching method of the course is changed, it is discussed in advance with the study programme guarantor and subsequently with the Vice-Rector for Academic Affairs at a predetermined time (usually May-June of the previous academic year when the study plan and the content of the individual CIS for the next academic year are reviewed). Complete distance learning at AFAD is realized by order of the Rector, especially in emergency situations (e.g. when a state of emergency is declared).
The given study programme is defined as an academically oriented, artistic type of study, but at the same time AFAD has established a mechanism of work placements and complementary work placements, where it cooperates with various types of institutions and companies in the domestic and foreign external environment. In addition to the permanent partners, cooperation with other partners is currently being approved. The procedures are published on the school's website and 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
Cultural-social events on the AFAD grounds are held in the Medium and HIT Gallery and in the public external school premises. The gallery premises are primarily used for exhibition activities of students and teachers, they also serve as a communication space for organizing various types of lectures and discussions, which are also open to the general public, or other social activities of teachers, students, staff, as well as alumni of the school. As part of the open-call mechanism, the school's gallery premises also present the exhibition projects of our partners from abroad or the results of our international cooperation. Within the framework of international cooperation, projects of international significance are periodically prepared (for example, the Month of Photography.)
Another important AFAD facility is the Communication and Visualization Training Centre in Kremnica, which is used for the school for creative workshops and a block teaching process. The Training Centre has accommodation facilities, lecture rooms, digital technology equipment and material facilities. The facility is used extensively for workshops, conferences, seminars and meetings also with foreign partner educational institutions and promotes internationalisation, interaction and joint concentrated creative activity. Due to its advantageous geographical location, the teaching centre is used for year-round outdoor sports activities as part of creative residencies.
Students of the Visual Communication study programme can mainly benefit from Erasmus+ mobility (projects KA103 and KA107), CEEPUS, programmes based on bilateral agreements and opportunities of National Scholarship Programme focused on a student, teaching and non-teaching mobility. In addition to the standard mobility programs, students also participate in other artistic and research projects, in which AFAD creates joint international platforms with selected foreign partners and collaborates on specific artistic, exhibition, presentation, research and innovation tasks and projects. In order to carry out the mobility in the Visual Communication study programme and to gain international experience, AFAD has established a wide network of partnerships in most of the European Union countries, non-EU partner countries in Europe (Western Balkan countries, Ukraine, Georgia), Asia (China, Japan, India, Israel, Turkey) and America (USA, Mexico). Students of the Visual Communication programme will also have the opportunity to benefit from a number of international workshops, lectures, seminars, training courses and meetings with visiting foreign teachers at our school.
Equally important is the opportunity to complete part of the study with a visiting lecturer from abroad as part of the primary teaching. Foreign students in our country, who come mainly under the Erasmus+ programme, will contribute to building contacts and opportunities for future collaborations for our students. Students of the Visual Communication study programme will have the opportunity to benefit from the activities of major international networks of which the Academy of Fine Arts and Design is a part (Cumulus, ELIA) of. International presentation activities of students are also supported by the embassies of the Slovak Republic and cultural institutes of the Slovak Republic abroad. In addition to study placements, artistic-research and presentation activities, students of the Visual Communication study programme will have the opportunity to take advantage of student and graduate internships in selected foreign institutions, companies and specialized studios and studios within the Erasmus+ programme.
All options, guidelines and rules are made available and updated in detail on the school's website and are also anchored in the internal regulations of the Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Bratislava - Rector's Directive: Implementation of the ERASMUS+ Programme at the Academy of Fine Arts in Bratislava
Complete information, guidelines and the course of international mobility (from application to credit recognition upon request):
https://www.vsvu.sk/sk/aktualne-vnutorne-predpisy/?v=8X0Q4WO0
https://www.vsvu.sk/sk/medzinarodna-spolupraca/?v=8X0Q4WO0
(Forms for individual study plan and mobility recognition are available to students in AiS.)
The applicant has a general knowledge of culture and society. He/she has an interest and a deeper level of knowledge in the Visual Communication degree programme. He/she is familiar with current developments in visual communication design and has the ability to critically evaluate them and express his/her opinion. He/she able to transpose textual or content information into visual language. He/she familiar with the basic media tools of visual communication and its specialisations. He/she possesses good communication skills and displays a sufficient degree of empathy in working with people and in work as part of a wider creative team.
The admissions for the Bachelor's degree programs last three days and are divided into two rounds. To participate in the first round, the applicant uploads in digital format to the school's repository (https://ulozisko.vsvu.sk) an application form, a CV, a motivational video and his/her portfolio (consisting of his/her own work and compulsory assignments, which are updated on the school's website for the Visual Communication study programme). Then, according to the academic calendar, an Admission Committee appointed by the Rector will meet. The Committee is composed of the teachers in charge of the study programme with the artistic-pedagogical titles of professor, associate professor or assistant professor.
A member of the admission committee may also be a university teacher teaching in another study programme at AFAD. The Admission Committee evaluates the home assignments - the applicant's portfolio and each member rates it on a six-point scale (0-5 points). The condition for advancement to the second round is to obtain at least 50% of the maximum possible number of points from the first round. Depending on the situation (e.g. a small number of applicants), the Commission may raise the threshold for advancement to 45% of the points obtained. Candidates who progress to the second round of the entrance examination are informed and the results published on the school's website no later than 30 days after the first round. At the same time, advancing candidates are sent an invitation to the second round of admission interviews.
The second round is conducted in person and lasts two days. Applicants work on practical assignments that respond to the focus and specialisations of the study programme in order to test their suitability for the Visual Communication study programme and their ability to respond to a variety of assignments in a short time. The Committee also assesses the degree of talent of the applicant and his/her ability to master the Bachelor's degree programme. An important part of the second-round admissions procedure is the interview of the applicant before the evaluation committee, which is designed to test general cultural and social insights, an overview of events in the chosen programme of study and communication skills. The candidate is admitted transparently in front of the whole committee and the oral interview ensures an inclusive admission procedure.
The results of the admissions are discussed at the Rector's Collegium and recorded in the minutes. The criteria and requirements for applicants are published on the school's website and updated annually. Updates to the criteria and requirements are also related to developments in visual communication, opportunities and curriculum development, and the development of certain technical or technological skills.
The Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Bratislava provides the opportunity for individual consultation to each applicant:
https://www.vsvu.sk/sk/konzultacie/?v=LRJ8jJO2
Internal regulation on the admission procecess at the The Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Bratislava
(link to the internal regulation):
https://www.vsvu.sk/workspace/media/documents/vp_5_2020-prijimacie-konanie-na-vsvu-2020.pdf
Criteria and requirements on applicants:
https://www.vsvu.sk/sk/prijimacie-pohovory/prijimacie-pohovory-bakalarske-studium/#7
Visual Communication Admissions:
AFAD has developed tools for monitoring and evaluating students' opinions and feedback from students and alumni on the quality of the study programme and its improvement.
1. Publication of semester and final theses is carried out by the school through the Prieskum and Digital Prieskum (the whole school exhibition of students´ works), where all students, regardless of the quality of the output, are presented in the form of a whole school exhibition at the school or in other gallery and cultural institutions, or in public space. These presentations of student work are made available to a wide professional and lay public.
2. Student questionnaire (Functioning of the school, Teaching, Teaching of theoretical and professional subjects, Teaching in studios). The questionnaire is conducted and evaluated by the representatives of the student part of the AFAD Academic Senate and the AFAD Pedagogical Committee of the Academic Senate and the AFAD Pedagogical Committee.
3. Written appeals are to be sent by mail, by e-mail and to the physical mailboxes of the AFAD Vice-Rectors, the AFAD Academic Senate, the AFAD Ethics Committee, the AFAD Study and Foreign Affairs Department.
The results of feedback from students and alumni and related measures to improve the quality of the study programme are described in the Internal Regulation for the Internal System of Quality Assurance of Higher Education at the Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Bratislava.
The results of feedback from students and alumni and related measures to improve the quality of the study programme are described in the Internal Regulation for the Internal System of Quality Assurance of Higher Education at the Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Bratislava.
1.Study regulations (also posted in Ais)
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. Study Guide: https://www.vsvu.sk/sk/studium/informacie-pre-studentov/bedeker-standard/
3.Internal letter on completion of bachelor's studies (which, after being updated in a given academic year, is published in AIS and at the same time sent via e-mail to students of the final year.)
Internal regulations on the admission process at the Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Bratislava:
Internal regulation 3/2020, Rector's directive to ensure a generally accessible environment
for students with specific needs:
https://www.vsvu.sk/workspace/media/documents/vp_3_2020-studenti-specificke-potreby.pdf,
4.Disciplinary rules for students of the Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Bratislava:
https://www.vsvu.sk/workspace/media/documents/disciplinarny-poriadok.pdf
5.Internal regulations on tuition and fees:
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
6.Codex of Ethics:
https://www.vsvu.sk/sk/uradna-tabula/eticky-kodex
7.Internal regulation of the Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Bratislava no. 5/2017 (Rules of Procedure of the AFAD Academic Senate):
https://www.vsvu.sk/workspace/media/documents/vp_5_2017_rokovaci-poriadok-as-vsvu.pdf
8.Principles of the admission process at AFAD:
https://www.vsvu.sk/workspace/media/documents/vs-eobecne-krite-ria-na-591bfcba7de38.pdf
https://www.vsvu.sk/workspace/media/documents/konkre-tne-podmienky-na-obsad-591bfc55333b4.pdf
9.Internal regulations and information on the realisation of the AFAD foreign mobilities:
https://www.vsvu.sk/workspace/media/documents/vnutorny-predpis-o-realizacii-5d2c36be8fa2c.pdf
https://www.vsvu.sk/sk/student-na-vymennom-pobyte
https://www.vsvu.sk/sk/medzinarodna-spolupraca
10.Information regarding study and study organization:
ECTS handbook: https://www.vsvu.sk/workspace/media/documents/ects_prirucka-521ca2201cef2.pdf
Study organizaton: https://www.vsvu.sk/sk/studium/organizacia-studia
Bachelor´s degree programs: https://www.vsvu.sk/sk/studium/bakalarske-studium
Files to download: https://www.vsvu.sk/sk/subory-na-stiahnutie/