Department of Visual Design Communication 

The Maltepe University Visual Communication Design Department’s curriculum is based on National Qualifications Framework for Higher Education in Turkey (NQF-HETR) 6. Field Level Qualifications of Arts, that is identified by the Council of Higher Education.

Visual Communication Design specialists can take part in various fields of business that require planning and implementation of visual messages. Graduates of the program will complete the courses that will provide theoretical knowledge and application skills to produce content for various fields including graphic design, motion graphics, advertising, web design, interface design, mobile application design, 2D and 3D animation, short films.

The department regularly conducts “GİT-MEZ-SEK Olmaz!” meetings that bring students, department lecturers, graduates and industry professionals together in order to plan lessons and extracurricular activities to meet current expectations of professional life. Students study in fully equipped classrooms, design studios, computer labs and learn the most demanding computer softwares.

Collaborations with leading institutions and agencies in the field of communication and activities with professional designers enable students to get to know professional life closely and gain internship opportunities. Maltepe University Visual Communication Design Department's distinctive qualities are the lectures given by industry professionals, graduation juries with the participation of professionals, as well as faculty members who are proficient in visual communication design, and the internship opportunities within the university and faculty.

With these qualities and other opportunities it offers to its students as a campus university, the Visual Communication Design Department has been accredited by the Communication Research Association (ILAD) recognized by the Higher Education Quality Council Turkey (YÖKAK) in 2020.

Department of Visual Design Communication 

We have left over twenty years of visual communication design departments accepting students in our country. In this process, which started with the realization that digital communication facilities will require new skills in visual message design, communication environments and therefore products continued to develop dramatically. As a result, design trends, audience and industry demands have occurred on a global level. While every stage of this change process shows us the importance of the education in the field of visual communication design, the evident increase in employment was perhaps one of the most apparent proof of this situation.

With an early awareness of these situation in the world and in our country, Maltepe University accepted its first students to Visual Communication Design Department in the 1997-1998 academic year. Maltepe University Visual Communication Design Department, which has established a tradition with its interesting design activities, lessons and applications since the first day, has adopted the mission of “continuous improvement against the continuously changing expectations of change academy and industry.”

In line with this perspective, a curriculum that enables students to gain a unique designer standpoint with basic design and communication courses and to graduate in a way ready for business life with courses that meet the expectations of the sector is implemented. In the process of learning supported by extracurricular activities, the program firstly aims students to discover their interests and abilities; then besides gaining competence in all areas of visual communication design, to become professionals who make a difference in the sector by specializing in covetable fields.

Asst. Prof. Dr. Ayşe Nil Kireçci

Head of Visual Communication Design Department