Graphic Design Courses & Degrees

Graphic Design courses

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Foundation

Why study Graphic Design?

Graphic Design teaches you how to communicate using text, image and form to make visual connections and craft the seeds of ideas and information into meaningful interactions.

Design shapes the world around us and the demand for designers is set to grow in the coming years. Visual communication is an important aspect of almost every industry, with those who build their career in the field in the privileged position of having choices about where and how they want to work. Creative types dreaming of following their passion can have the best of both worlds, gaining an abundance of experience in the field, as well as coveted skills along the way. Get on the radar of top employers and apply today!

Red Dot winner

MDS student Rose Norgrove won the highly prestigious global Red Dot Junior Award in the digital category (Interface & UX Design)

11 award winners

from Media Design School at the 2023 Designers Institute of New Zealand Best Awards, including 2 Gold Awards

While studying at MDS I loved that we were allowed enough freedom in our briefs to explore different ideas, and use mediums that suited us most.

Tom Graham

Front Room

MDS is well known for its reputation of their practical studies for digital media, and coming straight from High School, I knew that they could offer a more thorough experience learning the many ways of how the creative industry works and building my design skills set to my best potential until the end of my degree

Audrea Ridwan

Morgan Furniture Intl. Ltd.

Industry Connections

Adobe Creative Campus

Get full access to Adobe products for 6 months after you graduate

Sony Music

Live Brief Partner

Spark NZ

Live Brief Partner

New Zealand All Blacks

Live Brief Partner

Student work

Student Success Stories

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Matthias Bucher

Graphic Designer

Poof Doof and Burnett Foundation Aotearoa

Studying at MDS prepared me for the industry entirely. MDS's project-based learning in a design studio setting really represents the type of collaborative work environment I went into.

Bachelor of Media Design - Graphic Design

Audrea Ridwan

Junior Graphic Designer

Morgan Furniture Int. Ltd. | LA-Z-BOY

I’ve gained so much than just broader knowledge on the many aspects of media design but I’ve also gained a design family that had made my whole design course experience an unforgettable one!

Bachelor of Media Design - Graphic Design

Tom Graham

Creative Lead

Front Room

I was looking for a course that would be hands-on, industry-led and fast-paced. I found the Bachelor of Media Design [at Media Design School] ticked these boxes

Bachelor of Media Design - Graphic Design

Dannah Soriano

Product Designer

Lightspeed Commerce

I chose MDS because of its reputation being the #1 digital school in Asia Pacific.

Bachelor of Media Design - Graphic Design

Alexandria Hodge

Creative Developer/Graphic Designer

FINCH

Always go to class. Never get set on an idea because it will always grow and change and that will be a better idea. Always discuss your idea with others, and expand your horizons. Document your work/process as you go.

Bachelor of Media Design - Graphic Design

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