The programme
This course of study allows students to deepen and master the specific skills required to excel in the graphic designer's profession. Students dive into the heart of the graphic design disciplines. Learning professional software (the Adobe Suite) becomes intensive, bringing concepts to life.The aim is to master the tools and fundamental rules of visual communication and to build a varied portfolio of projects. The final year of the bachelor's programme focuses on consolidating what has been learnt, managing complex projects and taking a strategic approach to design. Students work on real briefs and professional simulations.
The qualities required to join ESDAC are, above all, motivation, a genuine taste and enthusiasm for artistic and creative activities, open-mindedness and curiosity.
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ESDAC's strong, distinctive hallmarks include the opportunity to tailor your study path by choosing an option that will feed your creativity and technical skill (see the course diagram).
On top of this comes the chance to discover the world on an optional international seminar in the second and third years.
Finally, a third year as a work-study programme can be considered for this profession.
*The programme is not exhaustive; courses may vary and terminology may change from one year to the next.
Teaching Strengths
This course of study allows students to deepen and master the specific skills required to excel in the graphic designer's profession. Students dive into the heart of the graphic design disciplines. Learning professional software (the Adobe Suite) becomes intensive, bringing concepts to life.
97%
pass rate among candidates on the Bachelor Design d'Espace / Architecture d'Intérieur for the 2025 cohort.
84%
of students reported to be in employment six months after the professional certification, for the 2024 cohort.
After the Bachelor
On completion of the qualification, the Bachelor's programme allows students to move straight into working life or to continue into the first year of the Mastère Direction Artistique Graphique (Master's in Graphic Art Direction).The professions targeted by the certification
Once you have graduated, you will be able to work in one of these sectors and take up these roles linked to the qualification.
➜ Large communication agencies and studios specialising in graphic and/or digital design
➜ Communication or marketing departments of companies, institutions and local authorities
➜ Small independent agencies and creative studios across the country
➜ As freelancers or self-employed professionals
All-pervasive in today's world, communication and all its graphic or digital forms are essential in every sector of activity and for organisations of every size and type. The graphic and digital communication designer may be called upon in institutional, advertising, commercial, event, educational, informative, editorial, cultural, scientific, social and societal communication, in step with contemporary issues.
Graphic designer
Graphic and digital communication designer
Communications officer
Visual communication officer
Graphic communication officer
Visual communication project manager
Digital designer
Community manager
Web designer
Motion designer
UI/UX designer
Graphic production manager
They chose ESDAC
« A former ESDAC student in interior architecture, I now run my own interior architecture practice between Megève and Geneva.
My success is also, in part, theirs and that of the whole teaching team. I have had the chance to compare this course with many other schools through the work-study students I have met from all over France. ESDAC is clearly one of the most complete programmes available: you are given every key you need to succeed in the professional world, and it is then up to each person to make serious use of them. The lecturers are committed and highly skilled, the programmes are in step with what the market expects, and the skills you gain open the door to a real career, including internationally, for anyone with the motivation.
I would recommend this school without hesitation, as much for its human scale as for its professional quality.”
“Product Design is a discipline I teach at ESDAC, where we set out to design everyday objects methodically, across every possible sector (sport, medical, luxury, craft, industrial production runs, and so on). What we want to pass on to students is a genuine passion and curiosity for making things, and to get them to think before putting an idea forward and then to build it on solid foundations. In this course we try to find the designer each student wants to become.”
“What is great about ESDAC is that the lecturers are there to guide us in what we want to do. We steer our projects with our tutors, but the ideas come from us. It is a collective effort with our tutors and that is what is wonderful about this school. Nicolas Robineau was my technical tutor and he always gave me the keys so that I was never stuck with my ideas. As students we sometimes do too little and sometimes take on too much, but while we are still studying we can let go, open up everything a building makes possible and improve our knowledge, our technique and that drive to put a workable project in front of the panel. It is genuinely hands-on experience and I would wish it on every interior architecture or spatial design student.”
“My aim is to give students a practical understanding of what the profession expects. Professionals know exactly what they are looking for, and it is essential that students have that lightbulb moment: understanding how to develop a project accurately and methodically.
I place great importance on dialogue, offering different approaches to broaden their range of skills and open up as many opportunities as possible. The strength of our teaching also lies in the fact that most of our lecturers are working professionals: we know in concrete terms where to guide them so that they become the designers they want to be.”
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