The aim of this department is to train professionals capable of working methodically and consciously in order to improve living environments through the design of innovative, practical and functional solutions/products of great industrial scope. The training takes into account the culture of the environment, the tradition of applied arts, the culture of industrial design and the applications of new technologies on design. It leads the student to enter the world of business with full intellectual awareness and the indispensable operative instruments; to make creative designs and realisations of modern design products; to set up the development of new lines and products that are strongly oriented towards innovation. The design and development of 3D products explain how to translate concepts into digital designs, manufacture them using 3D printers and transform them into finished products. The department foresees a wider conceptual field of action, whether as part of a creative team in companies with high-design potential, or as an Art Director in different sectors of goods production. Internships in local companies complete the training. In the first three years of the Professional Degree, the teaching units are as follows:

The Graphic and Web Design Department, in the artistic and cultural field of the Academy, trains high-level professional profiles in the sectors of visual communication: graphic design, computer graphics, digital paper publishing, techniques and web language. The department offers a particularly wide and articulated training offer in the fields of traditional graphic art and in the creation and experimental elaboration of multimedia and contemporary graphic design. In particular, the programme leads students to the critical evaluation of existing trends by orienting them towards research, innovation and artistic experimentation; to professional practice with a base of study rooted in theory and history, a mastery of visual communication methods in the studio and real project experience providing the knowledge and skills to develop conceptually and visually. The content focuses on developing creativity and mastering the software skills needed to compete in the field. Students receive skills in the areas of user interface, ergonomics of digital environments and the design of online content or services. During their training, they are also led to participate in all stages of the design and production of graphic products and interactive online services. Based on a set of specifications, they look for the graphic, ergonomic and technical solution best suited to the expected services and required functionalities. In the first three years of the Professional Degree, the teaching units are as follows:

This department trains future fashion designers. It prepares students to become specialists in the artistic design of clothing capable of creating collections with a strong creative component in which manual skills and knowledge of craft and industrial techniques are applied in an innovative way. The department focuses on a cultural training that fosters through research, the development of talent and the deepening of methods of transforming the creative impulse into innovative and competitive fashion collections. The student acquires the ability to realise the project idea, to carry out its correct evaluation, to select and analyse awareness material and to manage the relationship between feasibility and expressive needs including quality/cost/limit of materials. The student is trained in the study and research of textile and non-textile materials with the aim of finding new multi-material formal languages. In the first three years of the Professional Degree, the teaching units are as follows:

This department trains professionals in the fields of artistic creation and the language of the visual arts. The programme develops the student's specific skills in the language codes of the visual arts at the practical and critical theory levels. The formative activity focuses particularly on maturation in the creation of works articulated both in their methodological and conceptual dimension and in the operative dimension. Particular attention in the training of the students is given to an approach based on an in-depth knowledge of the theories, materials and technological equipment of art, with the relative contaminations in Africa and in the world. Students are educated to look and perceive, to explore and critique new conceptual and plastic territories and to experiment. They are also led to propose new codes of artistic expression that are the object of creative, philosophical, psychological, sociological, anthropological, economic, political, heritage, etc. issues. Through the practical and theoretical courses in art theory and practice, students in this department acquire both a mastery of the technical means of artistic expression centred on drawing, painting, sculpture, photography, video, etc. and a perfect knowledge of the methods of critical analysis, interpretation and valorisation of works of art. In the first three years of the Professional Degree, the teaching units are as follows:

The Illustration and Cartoon Studies programme aims to train people suitable for the professions of illustrator, cartoonist and cartoonist. It offers students a mix of approaches to animation and illustration that is distinguished by its emphasis on narration, character creation and the development of a professional ethic. The Illustration and Animation department brings together the Illustration-Comics, Animation (2D-3D) - Motion Design, and Video Game Animation specializations. It trains professionals in the creation of singular universes, in the ability to construct narratives, to create and evolve characters, and to design video games, combining technical mastery, semantics and creativity. Students are also introduced to the professions of 2D and 3D film animation and special effects. The focus is on multidisciplinary teamwork between students and in exploring and developing expertise in approaches, techniques, media, application, including communication, narration, interactivity, information, animation and the moving image and the environment. In the first three years of the Professional Degree, the teaching units are as follows:

Training of audiovisual professionals. The department offers students the necessary skills and techniques for photographic and audiovisual creations. Students are introduced to the fundamental principles of digital cameras and video cameras, composition and specific post-production techniques. Particular attention is paid to the student's subjection of technical issues to the expression of artistic creativity supported by a solid theoretical base. The different aspects of the world of photography, audiovisual and cinema are addressed: video clips, documentaries, commercials and fashion films; from post-production to editing, from video production to the application of traditional photographic techniques, reportage, landscape, fashion, industrial and still-life photography, without neglecting aspects of digital design throughout the Adobe package. The Department also prepares students for a profession in the film industry by shaping the figure of the contemporary filmmaker, with the many nuances and professional applications that the photographic and audiovisual sector allows today: videographer, digital imaging technician, data manager, colourist, as well as the more traditional roles inherent in directing, editing, production, photography and sound design. In the first three years of the Professional Degree, the teaching units are as follows: