Bachelor of Design

Key Information

Duration

3 years

Intakes

February, July & November

Location

ECU Sri Lanka Campus

Domestic Fees

160,000

2025 Domestic Unit Price (LKR)

International Fees

1,050

2025 International Unit Price (USD)

Course Overview

The Design industry is expanding from traditional Graphic Design, Spatial Design, and Web-Design to emerging fields such as Service Design, Human-Centred Design, and Experience Design. This shift offers new and exciting employment opportunities to design graduates. The Bachelor of Design equips students with the skills and knowledge required in contemporary design industries, while grounded in a strong foundation of traditional design skills and methodologies. Focusing on emerging design skillset and mindsets, this course delivers a comprehensive training to enable graduates to engage with the transformative and positive future of design in a range of creative and professional contexts. This course engages students in hands-on projects, collaborative exercises, and real-world simulations in social, cultural, technological and environmental challenges. Our staff members, consisting of research experts and industry leaders, will mentor students in developing a portfolio that showcases strong design abilities to prospective employers. Upon graduation, students will be equipped with the skills, knowledge, and industry connections needed to embark on a rewarding career in design. Graduates may choose to work in established design agencies, corporate sectors, innovative tech companies, government and public sectors, or even launch their own entrepreneurial venture. The Bachelor of Design program will provide them with a solid foundation to excel in the dynamicand ever-evolving world of design.

Course Learning Outcomes

Apply design concepts, approaches and processes to a range of situations and contexts.
Think critically to analyse, interpret and conceptualise complex design scenarios.
Apply creativity and design thinking to understand the complexity of a problem and co-design transformations in response.
Use digital literacy skills to access, evaluate and synthesise relevant information from multiple sources, and create design outputs that are relevant to the community needs.
Communicate design concepts and ideas clearly, coherently and with independence.
Demonstrate a global outlook with respect for cultural diversity, including Indigenous cultural responsiveness.
Work collaboratively and demonstrate initiative to implement social, sustainable, and ethical values in design situations and contexts
Demonstrate autonomy, accountability, judgement, planning and management for own learning and scholarship and/or professional practice.

Employment Opportunities

This course prepares graduates for the expanding and emerging design jobs in Design Thinking, Human-Centred Design, Experience Design (UX Design), Service Design and Design Research. These emerging design practices contribute creative thinking, empathy building and prototyping skillsets to sectors such as Public Services, Corporate, Not-For-Profit, Social, and Healthcare. In these emerging design practices, designers work to create products, systems, or environments that are functional and user-friendly, and are adept at working individually or as part of a team, collaborating with other professionals such as engineers, marketers, and project managers to bring their designs to life.