1 General Design Bachelor programme subjects

Design theory and history, visual culture, composition and colour, form and space, design methods and research, creative thinking, project development, professional ethics, interdisciplinary collaboration, professional practice placements, and final thesis.

2 Applied Photography specialisation subjects

Photography modules cover portrait, documentary, fashion, advertising, architectural, and authorial photography, studio lighting, digital processing, colour management, and audiovisual production. Students learn to work with professional photographic equipment and create high-quality visual content.

Admission to the Photography study programme is carried out through the LAMA BPO centralised admission system or through direct admission at Vilnius Design College. Applicants must have completed secondary education and meet the minimum requirements set out in the admission rules.

The Photography entrance examination is conducted in accordance with the requirements of the Media Art study field. During the entrance examination, applicants complete a visual composition task: using the provided objects and following a given theme, they create a composition and photograph it using a single light source. For assessment, applicants submit 5 photographs and a description of the idea of up to 2,000 characters.

During direct admission, a photography portfolio is additionally assessed, and a motivational interview is conducted.

During the remote entrance examination, the Photography entrance examination is carried out in two stages. In the first stage, applicants submit a visual composition task and a portfolio consisting of 10 photographs. In the second stage, a motivational interview takes place via the Microsoft Teams platform.

Full-time studies – EUR 2,329 per semester.

Graduates of the Photography study programme can work as photographers, creators of portrait, documentary, editorial, fashion, commercial, and fine art photography, visual content creators, post-production specialists, exhibition project coordinators, and visual communication specialists.

The acquired competencies enable graduates to work in creative agencies, photography studios, media, fashion, advertising, culture, art, and creative industries, as well as to pursue independent creative or commercial photography practice.