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8 semesters
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The PUCRS Design course offers comprehensive preparation for you to become a well-rounded professional, capable of understanding the needs of people and the world, and proposing dynamic and creative solutions. This 360° training integrates skills from several areas, including visual communication, fashion (with an emphasis on accessories and artifacts), technology, games, products and furniture. With this course, you acquire a diverse set of skills that will enable you to face complex challenges and innovate effectively in several areas of design.
Here you learn by doing, creating and developing real projects with real clients from the first semester onwards, getting hands-on and working with interpersonal skills and abilities that are essential for a professional in the field, such as active listening, critical and innovative thinking, creativity and team spirit. This means that from the beginning of the course you can enter the job market, building practical experience and laying the solid foundations necessary for a successful career.
At PUCRS’ School of Communication, Arts and Design, your academic journey extends beyond the classroom. You will have access to an ecosystem of opportunities that range from direct connections with the creative industry to spaces dedicated to technological innovation and entrepreneurship. In addition, the flexibility of our curriculum allows you to enrich your education with subjects from other courses offered by the School, providing a comprehensive learning experience.
Investing in your degree in Design is the first step to prepare yourself and stand out in a market that values leaders capable of innovation. Come study at PUCRS and become a reference in the field of design.
Course coordination
Fernando Bakos
fernando.bakos@pucrs.br
Those who complete the Design course leave PUCRS with a fully developed career path for the job market. The multidisciplinary curriculum and the support of a highly qualified team of professors will make all the difference in your education.
Comprehensive preparation to help you become a complete professional with a comprehensive and systemic vision of design
Participation in interdisciplinary research projects and activities in partnership with other university units and institutions in practical exercises
Access to Tecnopuc's innovation ecosystem, which encourages the development of innovative companies
Access to international exchanges through the PUCRS academic mobility system
Internship and Opportunities Agency PUCRS Carreiras
Multiple facilities for hands-on activities that enhance classroom learning and equip students for real-world professional challenges.
Our curriculum is based on the most contemporary teaching concepts and contributes to a multidisciplinary education in the area. During the course, you will participate in several practical activities in partnership with other PUCRS courses and will also have classes with professors who have different market experiences and are references in the profession.
See related coursesOur School integrates the areas of Communication, Arts and Design, multiplying connections and career possibilities by uniting areas that are already naturally related.
Here you learn by creating in a large ecosystem of communication and creativity, preparing yourself to act as a protagonist in the creative industry.
Are you curious to learn more about the School and the course?
Schedule a guided tour and come and see everything about your undergraduate course up close. This is the ideal time for you to explore the spaces and ask questions to course coordinators and professors.
Thousands of internship opportunities connect students to the job market during their undergraduate studies.
One of the best infrastructures in the country, on a unique and safe campus, with one of the best locations in Porto Alegre: central and easy to access.
Create projects that go beyond the classroom and connect to one of the largest innovation ecosystems, transforming your ideas into projects that positively impact the world.
Do an exchange during your undergraduate degree.
Check out which paths you can follow from this course and explore all the possibilities for a fluid training.
Undergraduate Studies
Design
Communicators Alice Bastos Neves and Luciano Périco lead competition between PUCRS Schools inspired by the sporting spirit of the 2026 World Cup
Tuesday, July 15 | 2025
