Awarded and developed by: RMIT University, Australia

The RMIT Bachelor of Graphic Design equips students with the creative, technical, and strategic skills to shape visual communication across contemporary society. With a distinctive focus on Experience Design, the program develops capabilities in user-centered approaches to enhance how people interact with products, places and services. 

Through project-based learning and studio practice, students build expertise in visual expression, conceptual development, and comnunication design, culminating in a major self-directed project and a professional portfolio. 

Graduates are prepared for careers in UX/UI, interaction and service designm as well as broader roles in design, strategy, communication, and research across corporate, government, and consultancy contexts. 

Students will have the opportunity to travel to Melbourne, Australia for their study trip to explore and learn art and culture in the world of communication and design.

Professional Associations

• The Australian Graphic Design Association (AGDA): the peak national organisation for professional graphic designers.
• Design Institute Australia (DIA): Australia’s professional membership body for designers and design businesses.
• Interaction Design Association (IxDA): a global network dedicated to the professional practice of Interaction Design.

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Structure

• The mode of delivery is classroom learning.
• This programme is taught in a combination of lectures and tutorials by the RMIT visiting lecturers and Singapore-based academics and practitioners in the industry.
• View a list of lecturers’ teaching modules (PDF 395 KB)
• The average teacher:student ratio is 1:32.

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Assessment & Attendance

• Assessment will be a combination of individual briefs and group projects to address graphic design issues for a range of industry-based briefs as applied to Graphic Design.
• The assessment requirements may include class tests, assignments, essays, projects and presentations or other forms of assessment appropriate to the objective of the programme.
• Assessment is required for every module and is normally held every month in each term. It is subjected to changes by RMIT University.
• Students need to repeat the module which they have failed when it is offered in the same period the following year.
• As the programme culminates, a group of students produce a graduate exhibition to present their work. This milestone offers a chance to refine skills in planning, coordinating, and hosting a public-facing event, giving students meaningful experience in organising a professional design showcase.

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Requirements to Graduate

Students will be considered as being eligible for the award of the Bachelor of Graphic Design (Top-up) when they have satisfactorily completed all academic requirements of the programme as detailed in the Programme Structure.

The degree can be awarded with Distinction based on the student’s academic performance. A degree conferral ceremony is held in August or September each year in Singapore.

Modules

This advanced standing programme is offered full time, comprises of 144 credit points, and can be completed in one year.

Applicants should have a RMIT approved diplomas in Graphic Design, Communication Design or its equivalent related disciplines.

Students will undertake a Study Tour to RMIT Melbourne for the delivery and completion of the GRAP3087 Wayfinding and Placemaking and GRAP3085 Storytelling through Design module, and to experience design in a different cultural context supported by the RMIT University’s faculty.

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English Language Requirements

Applicants who have achieved one of the following qualifications/studies, where English is the language of teaching and assessment no more than two years prior to the RMIT program commencement date (unless otherwise advised), will meet the English language entry criteria to the program(s):

• GCE ‘A’ levels at a Singaporean high school with
  • Minimum C or better in General Paper at AS / H1 Level; or
  • Minimum C grade in H2 subject (excluding language subjects and Mathematics and Music) for A level English – Singapore H2 (previously known as “A level” subject); or

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Application Requirement

In addition to the online application submission, applicants are required to complete and submit a softcopy (pdf format) Selection Kit in writing to present and explain their work to the selection officers.

While the main selection is done by the selection officers of RMIT based on the selection kit submitted by applicants, selected applicants may be required to attend an interview session at SIM to assess their suitability for entry into the programme.

These selected applicants will present their folio to a RMIT university panel comprising the RMIT University Offshore Programme Director or their nominee.

Download the Selection Kit template (PDF 98 KB)

View guidelines on what to include in your kit

Programme Fees 

The course fees and repeat fees quoted are based on:

• S$168.95 (local student), S$191.84 (international student) per credit point.  (Amount reflected is rounded to the nearest cents) 

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Mandatory Fees

All fees inclusive of prevailing GST.