Faculty of Design

Admission Details

GIU Faculty of Design

If design is your passion, excel and join our GIU design elite.

German International University (GIU) offers industry-focused and future-oriented Bachelors, Masters and PhD Degrees in the following specializations and majors of the Faculty of Design.

English is the Teaching Language

Faculty Dean:

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Study duration: 8 semesters (4 years) + 1.5 Years (Master's)

Degrees awarded: Bachelors, Masters of Science Degrees

Majors Offered: (choose one)

Fashion Design
Industrial Design

Why GIU Faculty of Design?

This academic program transfers artistic skills and techniques from conception to design and product realization using highest available technology and up-to-date processes in design project with the industry.
A strong emphasis of our courses is exceptionally made to elaborate further on how the Fashion and Industrial Design concepts that focus respectively on the development and manufacturing of industrial products, consumer goods, vehicles, tools packaging, as well as menswear, knitwear, products marketing, and fashion business management. Students are also qualified in various areas of industrial and fashion design, costume design, and textile design, materials usage and process innovation.
Facilities provided include – but are not limited to - in studio-style classrooms that give emphasis to the evolution of individual visions and thought through group discussions and collective technical fashion transfer of the various team members.
International professionals, lecturers and students function as a design team that takes part in show-room exhibitions, graduate fashion shows, industrial design projects and much more.

Privileges & Competitive Edge

Wide reaching influencers in local and international communities
Innovative product and fashion designers experimenting with new material, new technologies
Stylist with a very rich Egyptian identity and a novel view of the world
Global citizens with a universal sustainable approach
Creators of new international brands offering inspirational products and fashion lines to key iconic figures in Egypt, the region and the world
Fashion and industry professional experts using scarce resources to meet current and future needs
Capable managers
Insightful consultants able to analyze consumer trends.
A variety of travel options for one or more semester abroad exchange programs and/or industry- related workshops, extracurricular activities and excursions are offered.

Major Descriptions, Courses Overview & Job Profiles

Digital Media and Communication Design

NEW!

The Digital Media and Communication Design major prepares students to design, create, and manage innovative digital content across various platforms.

Blending creativity with technology, the program covers among others:

Film Production (Short movies, Documentaries, etc.)
Graphics and Animation
Content Creation (across various social media and conventional platforms)
Storytelling
Communication and Marketing strategies

Throughout the studies, students will explore and apply AI tools that enhance digital engagement and user experience in all areas of studies.

The program will cover the following areas

Digital Media & Storytelling
Cinematography
Editing & Sound Techniques
Media Production Management
Content Strategy and Distribution
2 D & 3 D Animation & Motion Graphics
Interactive Motion Design
Creative Coding & Human-Centered Design
Interactive Media and Web Design
Game Design
Digital Marketing & Communication
Branding

Fashion Design

If fashion is your passion, this major may be custom-made for you!

(Source: HTW Berlin University of Applied Sciences)

Fashion Design degree program qualifies students in the areas of fashion design, costume design and textile design. It transfers artistic skills and techniques for conception, design and product realization.

Fashion Design concept focusses development and manufacturing, menswear, knitwear, fashion marketing and business management. Students become experts and learn how to analyze consumer trends that ultimately influence inventory purchases. Fashion design Students take courses in studio-style classrooms that give emphasis to individual vision and collective technical fashion skills and techniques. Students will be able to harness their own individual concepts and designs and to function as part of a fashion design team.

First Semester

Course Name	ECTS
Form and Material	6
Visual Communication	5
Still Image	5
Visual Techniques	4
Digital Media	2
Text Language, Communication	4
English for Academic purposes and study skills	2
German Language I	2

Second Semester

Course Name	ECTS
Design Basics I	10
Fashion Technology I	10
Design Theory I	6
Critical Thinking and Scientific Methods	2
German Language II	2

Third Semester

Course Name	ECTS
Conceptual Design Basics	10
Fashion Technology II	5
Textile materials	5
Design Theory II	6
Communication & Presentation Skills	2
German Language III	2

Fourth Semester

Course Name	ECTS
Design Main Project I	10
Design Short Term Project I	5
Fashion Technology III: CAD/Fashion II, Portfolio, Technical Drawing	5
Digital Documentation	6
Research Paper Writing	2
German Language IV	2

Fifth semester

Course Name	ECTS
Design Main Project II	10
Multi Media and Fashion Event	5
Product Management, Calculation	5
Fashion Technology IV	5
Presentation, Rhetoric, Portfolio	5

Sixth Semester

Course Name	ECTS
Design Main Project III	15
Design Short Term Project II	5
Fashion Management and Marketing	8
General Studies: Ethic and Law	2

Seventh semester

Course Name	ECTS
Bachelor Thesis and Colloquium	20
Design Concept	10

Eighth semester

Course Name	ECTS
Internship	20
Internship-Accompanying Seminar	5
Business Ethics	5

ECTS: The European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System

*Changes may occur to this curriculum without prior notice.

Industrial Design

Tough global competition, environmental concerns, and increasingly scarce resources today demand that industrial design take a new direction

Are you ready for the challenge!

In today’s tough consumer-driven markets, global competition is in continuous rise. development cycles are becoming very fast and consumers’ preferences are in rapid and continuous change which made it crucial for manufacturers to employ industrial designers.

Industrial design guides students in creating, developing and introducing new products and services that improves human experience through solving arising problems and filling market gaps. Industrial design helps employers gain competitive advantages by introducing strong contributors who are capable of linking technical, artistic and human scientific aspects with economic and social interests.