Address:
Kyiv National University of Technologies and Design
Faculty of Design
Mala Shyianovska (Nemyrovycha-Danchenka) Street, 2
Kyiv 01011
Ukraine
Faculty Office: academic building 1, room 325
Phone number: +38044-256-29-33, +38044-280-17-05
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Deputy Dean Olena GERASYMENKO, PhD, Associate Professor Tel: +38044-256-29-33 |
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Liudmyla MELNYK, PhD, Associate Professor Tel: +38044-256-29-33 |
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Deputy Dean Tetiana BULHAKOVA, PhD, Associate Professor Tel: +38044-256-29-33 |
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Deputy Dean for educational work Oleksandr VASYLIEV Tel: +38044-256-29-33 |
Victoriia LOPATINA Tel: +38044-256-29-33 |
Valentyna PRYTUP Tel: +38044-256-29-33 |
Daryna KUSHNIR Tel: +38044-256-29-33 |
The mission of the faculty is to promote the sustainable development of the country and the region in general, to meet the needs of the population in quality educational services; training of competitive specialists for the economy; active participation in the personal development of a person, his upbringing and improvement of abilities, formation of professional competences.
The purpose of the faculty's activity is to teach and educate young people, to provide high-quality educational services necessary for society; to develop the existing potential of the participants of the educational and scientific process, their creative abilities, active social and civic position.
The task of the faculty is to ensure the high-quality educational activities of students of higher education in compliance with strict conditions; the development of scientific research and the transfer of technologies and innovations to the real sector of the economy; integration into the world market of education and science.
The Faculty of Design of KNUTD has a long history of training designers in various fields (fashion design, graphic design, multimedia design, environmental design, etc.). This is a well-known school of art and design in Ukraine and the world, which teachs students in the fields of drawing, coloristic, composition, shape creation, projecting design objects, graphic design, computer technologies, etc.
Since 2024, the Faculty of Design has been a member of the ELIA community – the European League of Art Education Institutions. ELIA is a global European network that provides a dynamic platform for the exchange and development of higher art education, representing more than 300,000 students from more than 285 universities in 52 countries of the world in various fields of art and design.
In 2021, the Faculty of Design of KNUTD joined the Cumulus International Association of Universities and Colleges of Art, Design and Media. Cumulus is the only global association focused on education and research in the field of art and design, which currently consists of 360 members from 63 countries.
In 2023, KNUTD took 201-240th place in the world and first place in Ukraine in the QS World University ranking 2023 for the educational program: Art and Design.
In 2025, according to the results of the annual ranking of the best design schools in the world by the American magazine CEOWORLD Magazine, which is a leader in the world of business and technology, KNUTD took 51st place among the best world schools of fashion and design.
The Faculty of Design has been a member of the "Three Seas Initiative Cultural Cooperation Network (3SICCN)" since 2024 - a consortium of scientific and educational institutions, museums, galleries, universities of art and design, associations of artists and painters, which initiate cooperation in conducting research in the field of culture and art (the beneficiary is the University of the Commission of National Education (UKEN), Poland and a consortium of institutions from different countries of around the world).
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Design |
Fashion Design |
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Graphic design |
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Environmental Design |
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Multimedia Design |
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Design |
Design (on types) |
Department of Multimedia Design, Department of Graphic Design |
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Fashion Design |
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Environmental Design |
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Design |
Design |
Department of Art and Fashion Design, Department of Multimedia Design, Department of Graphic Design, Department of Interior and Furniture Design |
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Educational program "FASHION DESIGN" bachelor, master |
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Fashion designers develop collections of clothing models for various purposes and style solutions based on the study of the history of art and costume, ways to adapt and predict current fashion trends and use modern design methods and innovations in art and design culture. The educational program "Fashion Design" is focused on the study of the artistic, figurative and style specifics of the costume, various methods of its shaping, modeling and finishing, the principles of transforming creative sources into costume forms, the basics of textile design, fashion illustration, methods of presenting collections and their promoting in fashion industry. |
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Educational program «ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN» bachelor, master |
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Environmental designers develop interior and exterior design projects of objects of various purposes: apartments, houses, hotels, shops, offices, restaurants, shopping and exhibition centers using modern innovative materials and technologies; implement the most modern computer technologies for modeling and visualization of design projects, interior design and coloring, interior design, landscape design, furniture design, interior decoration, etc. |
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Educational program "GRAPHIC DESIGN" Bachelor |
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The basis of the profession of a graphic designer is the creation of visual advertising, illustrations, corporate style, identity - design projects for various purposes and stylistic solutions, including with the use of modern computer programs. A graphic designer also develops typography, uses design tools and printing techniques to produce the final result. The basis of the training of specialists is the use of the traditions of the Ukrainian academic school of drawing and painting. |
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Educational program «MULTIMEDIA DESIGN» Bachelor |
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Educational program "DESIGN (BY TYPES)" Master |
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Graphic and multimedia designers specialize in creating visual advertising, illustrations, corporate identity, identity, multimedia content for websites, interfaces for mobile applications, video games, animation, video, photo, graphics and other multimedia projects using specialized software. Graduates have the opportunity to undergo internships and present their creative work within the framework of competitive projects, as well as in domestic and international film, media and television projects, in printing and advertising companies, etc.History |
Since 1930, the Kyiv National University of Technologies and Design, as one of the leading institutions of higher education in Ukraine, has been providing high-quality training for specialists in various fields. Subsequently, KNUTD became the center of Ukrainian design education. In 2000, the creation of the Faculty of Design at KNUTD made it possible to organizationally consolidate and successfully develop the sprouts of art in the technological institution of higher education.
In 2000, with the opening of the Faculty of Design of KNUTD, it included: the Department of Artistic Modeling of Costume (Heads of the Department - Assoc. Prof. O.S. Mamchich (1992-1994), Ph.D, Prof. Nikolaieva T.V. (1994-2022); Department of Design (Heads of the Department - D. Phil. Sc., Prof. Yu. Legenkyi (1996-1998), D. Eng., Prof., K.O. Sazonov (1998-2003), Ph.D, Assoc. Prof. O.K. Suvorova (2003-2014), Ph.D, Assoc. Prof. V.E. Ovcharek (2014-2022)); Department of Drawing and Painting (Heads of the Department - Prof., People's Artist of Ukraine V.G. Kolesnikov (2000-2013), PhD, Assoc. Prof. K.V. Cherniavskyi (2013-2018), Prof. Ye.P. Gula (2018-2022)). In 2003, the Department of Interior and Furniture Design was founded (Heads of the Department - D.Eng., Prof. K.O. Sazonov (2003-2013), Ph.D, Assoc. Prof. O.O. Safronova (2013-2022), Ph.D, Assoc. Prof. D.Yu. Kosenko (since 2022). The first dean of the Faculty of Design was D.Eng., Prof. M.V. Kolosnichenko.
Since 2022, the Department of Artistic Modeling of Costume has been named the Department of Art and Fashion Design (Heads of the Department - D.Eng., Prof. K.L. Pashkevych (2022-2023), D. Arts, Prof. N.V. Chuprina (from 2023)). From 2022, the Department of Design will be called the Department of Multimedia Design (Head of the Department – PhD, Assoc. Prof. O.S. Vasylieva (from 2023)). In 2022, the Department of Drawing and Painting was renamed the Department of Graphic Design (Heads of the Department – Prof. Ye.P. Gula (2022-2024), D. Arts, Assoc. Prof. R.I. Bezugla (from 2024)). Today, the faculty of design is one of the leading ones in the university, which has been training highly qualified specialists for about 30 years.
In 2017, the Kyiv National University of Technologies and Design created a specialized academic board Д26.102.07 for the defense of dissertations for obtaining the scientific degree of candidate and doctor of art history in the specialty 17.00.07 - Design.
In 2018, the Faculty launched the International Scientific and Practical Conference "Topical Issues of Modern Design", the purpose of which is the exchange of experience and results of scientific research on current design problems, promotion of creative cooperation of designers, artists, scientists in the field of design and art specialties of Ukraine and other countries Europe and the world, etc.
Participants of the international scientific and practical conference "Topical issues of modern design"
Since 2018, the Faculty of Design has been publishing the scientific specialist journal "Art and Design", which is included in the List of scientific specialist journals of Ukraine (category B) in the specialties 022 Design, 023 Visual arts, decorative arts, restoration, 132 Materials science, 182 Technologies of light industry.
Three art schools were founded and operate at the Faculty of Design:
"Movement in space and time", founder - V. Kolesnikov, Professor, People's Artist of Ukraine, member of NUAU;
"Research of the tectonic structure of the suit in the development of promising clothing collections", founder - Nikolayeva T. V., Ph.D, Professor, member of the Union of Designers of Ukraine;
"Ukrainian graphic art and design", founder – Ye. Gula, artist, Professor, member of the NUAU.
Scientists of the faculty carry out research within the scientific schools "Computer Graphic Spatial Design" (founder - K.O. Sazonov, D.Eng., Professor), "Design, Ergonomics and Technical Aesthetics" (founder - Kolosnichenko M. V., D.Eng., Professor, Laureate of the State Prize of Ukraine in the field of science and technology) and scientific directions:
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Culturology and design aesthetics in fashion design in the context of multicultural integration Research supervisor - Tetiana KROTOVA Doctor of Art Studies, Professor Department of Art and Fashion Design |
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Methodological foundations of creating design objects based on the synthesis of arts Research supervisor - Ruslana BEZUHLA Doctor of Art Studies, Associate Professor Department of Graphic Design |
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Study of the tectonic structure of the costume in the development of promising clothing collections Research supervisor - Kalyna PASHKEVYCH Doctor of Engineering, Professor Department of Art and Fashion Design |
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The fashion system as an integrated field of design activity Research supervisor - Nataliia CHUPRINA Doctor of Art Studies, Professor Department of Art and Fashion Design |
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Topical issues and prospects for the development of environmental design Research supervisor - Danylo KOSENKO Ph.D, Associate professor Department of Interior and Furniture Design |
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Methods and means of developing graphic design objects taking into account socio-cultural factors Research supervisor - Olga YEZHOVA Doctor of Pedagogical Sciences, Professor Department of Graphic Design |
The faculty have the Museum of Photography, the Fashion Museum ("Costume Library") and three educational and scientific laboratories:
Scientific and pedagogical staff of the Faculty of Design are candidates (Ph.D) and doctors of science, professors, scientists, art critics, designers, artists, including members of national unions of artists, designers, architects and photographers of Ukraine and other countries around the world.
The faculty cooperates with industry and public organizations and associations: the National Academy of Arts of Ukraine, the Ukrainian Academy of Architecture, the Junior Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, the Union of Designers of Ukraine, the National Union of Artists of Ukraine, the National Union of Photographic Artists of Ukraine, etc., as well as with leading enterprises that are members of these organizations, etc. In 2024, a joint project of KNUTD and NC "Junior Academy of Sciences of Ukraine" on the preservation of cultural heritage was implemented (more than 800 images of Hutsul ornaments were reproduced in graphic programs). The partners of the faculty are the National Reserve "Sofia of Kyiv", the Mikhail Bulgakov Museum, National preserve "Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra", National Folk Decorative Art Museum, National Museum of Folk Architecture and Folkways of Ukraine, Chernihiv Historical Museum named after V.V. Tarnovskyi, Museum of the History of the City of Kyiv and others.
The faculty annually presents its scientific and creative achievements in the field of design at international specialized exhibitions in the direction of the department's work: "Kyiv FASHION", "Jewellery EXPO", "Ukrainian Fashion Week", "Leather and Shoes", "Design Living Tendency", etc. Participation in the KYIV DESIGN WEEK festival, as well as Ukrainian design and innovation week (UDIW), in the Market of Modern Ukrainian Design in the Art Arsenal, is a landmark for the faculty.
Design Market in the Mystetskyi Arsenal
Exhibition «InterBuildEXPO» in the International Exhibition Center (Kyiv)
Exhibition "Kyiv FASHION"
Traditionally, as part of these events, Design Weeks are organized at KNUTD, lectures, master classes, workshops, exhibitions are held for students, teachers and visitors of KYIV DESIGN WEEK and UDIW in various areas of design.
Lecturers and students of the faculty present their creative works in the "Art Space" Exhibition Center of KNUTD. In recent years, there have been personal exhibitions of lecturers of the faculty, artists: "ELEGY OF LIFE", Prof. Yevhen Gula; "IS COMING AGAINST YOU!", Ph.D, Assoc. Prof. Oleksandr Krotevych; “... and this is what I live for!”, Prof. Mykhailo Rudenko; "Ukraine is WE!", Prof. Anatoly Shapoval; "TRAVEL SKETCHES", Doctor of Architecture, Prof. Vadym Abyzov; "FLOWER EXTRAVAGANZA", Ph.D. Alla Osadcha; "ANTI-ANTHROPIC", Ph.D, Assoc. Prof. Swiatoslaw Podlewski, art project "EARTH", Volodymyr Padun (with the support of the Ukrainian Cultural Foundation), etc.
Opening of personal exhibitions of faculty lecturers at the Exhibition Center "Art Space" KNUTD
Lecturers also present their paintings and creative works at exhibitions abroad: in the Volkskunde Museum (Vienna, Austria), in the galleries "Galeri Lisi Hammerle" (Vienna, Austria), "Verein Berliner Kunstler" (Berlin, Germany), at exhibitions within the framework of "Gdynia Design Days" (Gdynia, Poland), the conference "An Event Apart SF" (San Francisco, USA) and at all-Ukrainian exhibitions National Union of Artists of Ukraine "Artists of Kyiv - to the native city", "Picturesque Ukraine", etc.
Visiting art exhibitions, performances, museum expositions is an integral part of the educational process and provides students of the 022 "Design" specialty with the opportunity to understand modern art, therefore teachers encourage students to attend art events, conduct field meetings of scientific groups at the National Center "Ukrainian House", in the exhibition hall of the National Academy of Arts of Ukraine, contemporary art galleries "Tryptich-Art", “Forsa gallery”, “White World”, contemporary art center “SoviArt”, etc.
Students at the exhibition in the center of modern art "White World"
Since 2023, the faculty has been the organizer of the International Competition of Research Papers for Higher Education Seekers in the direction «Art and Design», in which students from more than 20 higher education institutions of Ukraine and the world (Great Britain, Moldova, Serbia, China, etc.) participate.
The final conference of the International Competition of Research Papers for Higher Education Seekers in the field of "Art and Design"
During their studies, students constantly participate in scientific and practical international and all-Ukrainian conferences on design and art issues:
Scientific and creative works of students are annually awarded prizes at Olympiads, creative competitions, competitions of scientific works of students, competitions of qualification papers of various levels:
Every year, the collections of young Ukrainian designers, students of the faculty, are presented on world catwalks in Paris (France) during Paris Fashion Week at the fashion show "DEFILE DES DEBUTANTS", organized by the Association of Ukrainian designers in Paris (Association des créateurs ukrainiens à Paris); in the Global Sustainable Fashion Week (#GSFW) (Hungary); at London Fashion Week (Great Britain); at the show of Neo.Fashion collections as part of Berlin Fashion Week (Germany); at Ukrainian Fashion Week as part of the projects "New Names", "Looking into the Future", etc.
Fashion show "Defile des debutants", organized by the Association of Ukrainian Designers in Paris
The final of the international competition of young fashion designers "Pecherski Kashtany"
Departments of the faculty are organizers of exhibitions and competitions of students' creative works (posters, photographs, clothes and accessories, interior projects, etc.): social poster competition "Mental health", ecological poster competition "Save ENERGY", exhibitions "Art of design and clothing manufacturing technologies", "Contrasts of creativity of the Faculty of Design" in the Exhibition Center "Art Space" KNUTD, patriotic poster "My Ukraine is united and independent", competitions sketches of corporate clothes "CLOTHES OF THE FUTURE", "Aesthetic and comfort clothes for the future", an exhibition of replicas of historical costumes at the festival "Princely Family" and "Costumes: Ukrainian Baroque" in the National Reserve "Sofia Kyivska", etc.
Since 2010, the Faculty of Design has been the organizer of the international student photo contest “HARIACHA KRYHA” (“HOT ICE”), the purpose of which is to develop and realize the creative potential of young photo designers.
Opening of the exhibition of the patriotic poster "My Ukraine is united and independent"
Winners of the environmental poster competition "Save ENERGY"
Students of the faculty have the opportunity to attend seminars, master classes and trainings, where representatives of leading enterprises in the field of design and artists present innovations and promising developments, share their experience: representatives of publishing houses ArtHuss, ARC.UA, "NAIRI", designers Bohdan Kass, Oleksandr Kolpakov, Maryna Kisil, Iryna Makhinko, business coach Kateryna Sanina, artists Vasyl Chebanyk, Matvyi Vaisberg, Leonid Bernat, foreign lecturer and artist Chi Shaoting and others.
Lecture by designer Bohdan Kass (KASS brand)
Lectures by guest professors from foreign institutions are held regularly: Eugene Reabenykiy, lecturer at the Faculty of Fine Arts and Design of the State Pedagogical University named after I. Kriange (Moldova); Marianne Mclean-Atkins, Head of Sustainable Fashion Education (Redress, Hong Kong); Inga Matskan-Lisenko, lecturer at the Technical University of Moldova (Moldova); photographer, designer Artur Verhovetskyi (Great Britain); Nataliya Rozhin and Kateryna Crichlow, lecturers at Birmingham City University (Great Britain); Stela Railian, lecturer at the Chisinau State University named after I. Kriange (Moldova); Francesca Tabor (UK), Artificial Intelligence Consultant, Domus Academy (Italy); Raimond A. Lutsky, PhD, lecturer at the Annenberg School of Communication and Journalism at the University of Southern California (USA); Pat Walker, Head of BA (Hons) Graphic Design Sheffield Institute for Creative Industries (UK) etc.
Lecture by an invited foreign professor
Visiting meeting of the scientific group at the architecture and design studio "ZANKO"
Students have practical training in museums and national reserves of Ukraine and other institutions in Ukraine and abroad, in particular, in the National Museum of Folk Architecture and Folkways of Ukraine; National Scientific and Natural Museum of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine; National Museum of the History of Ukraine; National Reserve "Sophia of Kyiv". Also, practice bases are design bureaus, companies, enterprises specializing in the manufacture of clothing, printing products, development of interior projects, mobile applications, video content, etc.: fashion clothing brands "FROLOV", "KASS", LLC "Dana Moda", LLC "Advertising" textile", design studio "i-CHEF by Irina Makhinko", LLC "Publishing house "ArtHuss", Kyiv, LLC "Center of Modern Design", Odesa, Advertising agency "Art Master", Zhytomyr, LLC "Bureau of Marketing Technologies", publishing and printing company "YUSTON", LLC "YUBIAY PAK Studio", LLC "Nova Reklama", Kyiv, enterprise "Bahor" (Lyon, France); enterprise "Tungliao Hengda" (China) and many others.
Reports on practical training at the departments of the faculty
Student self-government is active at the faculty. The active part of student self-government takes an active part in career orientation events, conducts active scientific, creative and public activities. With the participation of students, "Career Day", "Environment Day at the Faculty of Design", "Open Air from the Student Trade Union Committee", "PhotoDrying", "KNUTD Mystery", "Eco-Quest" and other events were organized. In the spring of 2024, students and teachers of the faculty took part in the social charity project "Hug a child for the sake of peace" together with representatives of the public organization "Volunteer Movement "Happy Child".
Meeting with students of the Faculty of Design regarding the discussion of educational programs
Student competition "Mystery of KNUTD"
Participation in the social charity project "Hug a child for peace"
Graduates of the faculty successfully work in advertising agencies, publishing houses, create original projects, work as designers in the field of fashion, at film studios, in theaters, are sought-after specialists in the field of advertising, corporate style, interior design, lecturers at universities in Ukraine and abroad.
The high level of specialist training and the ability to work independently is confirmed by the names of the graduates, including the famous Ukrainian fashion designers Diana Dorozhkina, Aina Gasse, Iryna Karavai, Angela Lysytsia, Tetiana Zemskova and Olena Vorozhbyt, Olena Serebrova, Zhan Gritzfeldt, Oleksandr Kanevskyi, Masha Reva, Yana Chervinska and many others. Among the famous graduates of the faculty: O. Kraievsky - designer, training manager of Seldiko company, division of LVMH parfums & cosmetics Ukraine, fashion historian, D. Kuryata is a clothing designer, an artist of spectacular costumes for cinema, theater and television, S. Lavrusenko - photo and video designer, director of IMAGE Photo Studio, Akarat LLC, I. Tsanko - graphic designer, O. Syngaevska is a senior designer at the London company "Clive Christian Harrods" and others.
Departments of the faculty maintain international relations with institutions of higher education and art institutions of many countries of the world (Great Britain, Moldova, Poland, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Czech Republic, Germany, Spain, Italy, China, etc.).
Among the partners of the Faculty of Design:
KNUTD's partner in the "UK-UKRAINE TWINNING INITIATIVE" project is Sheffield Hallam University (Great Britain). In 2024 there was a series of lectures by visiting professors for design students from the Creative Industries Institute of Sheffield Hallam University. As part of the TWINNING project, students and lecturers of KNUTD take part in the learning project on the "English4Ukraine".
During 2022-2024, students of the faculty participated in academic mobility under the ERASMUS+ Program at Birmingham City University (Great Britain), Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts (Poland), Riga Technical University (Latvia), Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Bratislava (Slovakia), etc. A joint international project of online academic mobility of COIL students "Fashion for a Good Life" is being implemented (Texas State University, University of North Carolina Greensboro (USA), University of Jeddah (Saudi Arabia)).
Academic mobility of faculty lecturers takes place, namely, the internship "Training Program for facilitators and trainers of virtual digital business hubs" within the framework of the implementation of the ERASMUS+ VEHUB4YOU project, individual internships at the invitation of the Qilu University of Technology (China) and the University of Science and Technology in Shaanxi (China), internship at the Baltic International Academy (Latvia), at the University of Lisbon as part of the project "FASHIONTEX" (Portugal), at the Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design (Hungary), at the Technical University of Liberec (Czech Republic), SUNY COIL+ Culture Workshop internship at the State University of New York (SUNY) in Oneonta (USA), etc.
Academic mobility of students at Birmingham City University (UK)
Academic mobility of teachers at Qilu University of Technology (PRC)
The Faculty of Design cooperates with state institutions, institutions of culture and art, design companies and specialists in the field of design and art: Union of Artists of Berlin (Germany), Zamość Photographic Society (Poland), MASTERPIECES FZ-LLС company (president Dr. Hersh Chadha, India), etc. The faculty also regularly participates in the events and activities of the International Association of Education and Research in the Field of Art and Design CUMULUS, the European League of Art Institutions ELIA, the "Three Seas Initiative" network - a consortium of scientific and educational institutions, museums, galleries, universities of artistic and design direction, associations of artists and artists, etc.
If you want to get a modern profession in the field of design in one of the most prestigious university in the capital of Ukraine - we invite you to study with us!
Deputy Dean
FASHION DESIGNER
ENVIROMENTAL DESIGNER
GRAPHIC DESIGNER
MULTIMEDIA DESIGNER
GRAPHIC DESIGNER, MULTIMEDIA DESIGNER