The aim of the bachelor's degree in Design, Animation and Digital Art is to develop your artistic and creative side, by means of projects of digital design, animation and modeling of scenarios, characters, interactive objects and graphic interfaces, crossing the field of art, communication, advertising and other disciplines.
You will develop the necessary skills for creation and artistic expression, using different media and techniques of graphic and audiovisual production and dominating the tools for the elaboration of digital contents and images. All this, participating in individual projects and in multidisciplinary teams based around the professional market of design and digital art.
The bachelor's degree in Design Animation and Digital Art is an official university degree, complying with the requirements of the European Higher Education Area (EHEA) being phased out.
In this section you will find all the information related to the Quality Assurance Internal System.
In this section you will find the academic regulations and support plans that we apply to the degree.
| ECTS credits | |
|---|---|
| Basic Training | 60 |
| History | 6 |
| Artistic Expression | 36 |
| Communication | 6 |
| Psychology | 6 |
| Business | 6 |
| Compulsory Training | 84 |
| Image and Photography | 12 |
| 3D Design | 18 |
| Animation | 18 |
| Interactivity | 6 |
| Management and Company | 12 |
| Projects | 18 |
| Elective Training *2 | 24 |
| Elective Subjects | 24 |
| TFG Final Degree Project | 12 |
| Total | 180 |
| Subjects | Type | Period | ECTS credits |
|---|---|---|---|
| History of Art | Compulsory | 1st Semester | 6 |
| Digital Art Industry | Basic | 1st Semester | 6 |
| Design Fundamentals | Basic | 1st Semester | 6 |
| Illustration and Conceptual Art | Basic | 1st Semester | 6 |
| 3d Modeling | Compulsory | 1st Semester | 6 |
| Graphic Design | Compulsory | 2nd Semester | 6 |
| Character Design | Compulsory | 2nd Semester | 6 |
| Lighting | Compulsory | 2nd Semester | 6 |
| Audiovisual Narrative | Basic | 2nd Semester | 6 |
| Project 1 *1 | Compulsory | 2nd Semester | 6 |
| Total | 60 |
| Subjects | Type | Period | ECTS credits |
|---|---|---|---|
| Photography | Compulsory | 1st Semester | 6 |
| Advertising | Compulsory | 1st Semester | 6 |
| 2D Animation | Basic | 1st Semester | 6 |
| Scenaries 3D | Basic | 1st Semester | 6 |
| User Experience | Compulsory | 1st Semester | 6 |
| Digital Treatment | Compulsory | 2nd Semester | 6 |
| Interfaces Design | Basic | 2nd Semester | 6 |
| 3D Animation | Basic | 2nd Semester | 6 |
| Postproduction and Visual Effects | Compulsory | 2nd Semester | 6 |
| Project 2 *1 | Compulsory | 2nd Semester | 6 |
| Total | 60 |
| Subjects | Type | Period | ECTS credits |
|---|---|---|---|
| Art Direction and Communication | Compulsory | 1st Semester | 6 |
| Distribution and Business Models | Compulsory | 1st Semester | 6 |
| Elective Subjects | Elective | 1st & 2nd Semester | 24 |
| Project 3 *1 | Compulsory | 1st Semester | 6 |
| Interactive Applications | Compulsory | 2nd Semester | 6 |
| TFG Final Degree Project (Regulations) | Compulsory | 2nd Semester | 12 |
| Total | 60 |
| Elective Subjects | Type | Period | ECTS credits |
|---|---|---|---|
| Digital Creativity | Elective | 1st Semester | 6 |
| Cinematography | Elective | 1st Semester | 6 |
| Advanced Animation | Elective | 1st Semester | 6 |
| Advanced Postproduction | Elective | 1st Semester | 6 |
| Serious-Games Design | Elective | 1st Semester | 6 |
| 3D Video Games | Elective | 2nd Semester | 6 |
| Narratives for Real-Time | Elective | 2nd Semester | 6 |
| Fundamentals, Design and Sound Editing | Elective | 2nd Semester | 6 |
| Animation and Stop Motion | Elective | 2nd Semester | 6 |
| Digital Entertainment and Video Game Design | Elective | 2nd Semester | 6 |
| Generative Art and Processing | Elective | 2nd Semester | 6 |
| Creative Lab | Elective | 1st Semester | 6 |
| Producción Transmedia | Elective | 1st Semester | 6 |
| In Company Practice *2 | Elective | 1st or 2nd Semester | 12 |
*1 By the end of the course, students will have learnt and will be able to prove their knowledge with the practical exercises for each of the course subjects; furthermore, students will participate in a group project every year to strengthen and materialize their curriculum.
*2 In the 3rd year of the bachelor's degree in Design, Animation and Digital Art, the 24 optional ECTS can be obtained by taking optional subjects in the curriculum or in two blocks: 12 ECTS of external internships and 12 ECTS of optional subjects.
Clarification notice:
The CITM recommends students to follow the normal itinerary of 60 credits per academic year. The curriculum for this degree programme includes the possibility of external practice work (companies, public organizations…) that is considered as an optional subject area for students. As well, it is possible to take these courses in other foreign universities.
| Name | Type of teaching staff member | ||
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| Adrián Dorado Garrido | adrian.dorado@citm.upc.edu | Profesorado CITM-UPC | |
| Anna Solanas Santacana | anna.solanas@citm.upc.edu | Collaborating professor | |
| Beatriz Martínez Navarro | beatriz.martinez@citm.upc.edu | Profesorado CITM-UPC | Mes info |
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Projects and Professional Experience: Researcher working on video image quality measurement systems. External work placement and degree final project coordinator at the CITM. Image Quality Laboratory. Areas of training:
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| Bruno Caldas Pires | bruno.caldas@citm.upc.edu | Profesorado CITM-UPC | |
| Carla Molins Pitarch | carla.molins@citm.upc.edu | Profesorado CITM-UPC | |
| Carles Sora Domenjó | carles.sora@citm.upc.edu | Profesorado CITM-UPC | Mes info |
Projects and Professional Experience: Director del Centro de la Imagen y la Tecnología Multimedia de la Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Investigador colaborador del Grupo de investigación DIGIDOC de la UPF. Ha sido profesor del Departamento de Comunicación de la UPF hasta 2019 y también ha impartido docencia en la UB, ELISAVA y BAU. Fue, de 2017 a 2019, Fulbright Postdoctoral Fellow en el Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) de Estados Unidos de América. Ha participado en 9 proyectos competitivos de investigación. Publicó su tesis doctoral en UOC Press Comunicación (Temporalidades Digitales, 2016). Ha publicado artículos en revistas indexadas y ha sido revisor de varias revistas académicas nacionales e internacionales, así como de agencias de evaluación de investigación europeas. Ha presentado su trabajo académico y artístico en diversos foros internacionales como Ciudad de Quebec, París, Buenos Aires (VE), México DF, Bristol (i-Docs), Lisbone, Lugano (ECREA), Boston (MIT) o CCCB (Barcelona). Ha trabajado en más de 25 proyectos profesionales de artes visuales, teatro y difusión científica. Fue miembro fundador del estudio de proyectos expositivos Touché (2009-2012) y director del programa de posgrado Escena Digital (2010). Fue fundador del programa de incubación Starting Lab y coordinador del Grado en Comunicación Audiovisual de la UPF. Su actividad académica la ha llevado a hacer más de 40 conferencias en varias universidades, congresos y centros culturales, destacando Emerson College (Boston), MIT (Boston) y UPV (Valencia). Areas of training:
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| Carlos Monte Salvador | carlos.monte@citm.upc.edu | Collaborating professor | |
| Carlos Pulpón Alcolea | carlos.pulpon@citm.upc.edu | Collaborating professor | |
| Carolina López Caballero | carolina.lopez.caballero@citm.upc.edu | Collaborating professor | Mes info |
Projects and Professional Experience: Presente: Directora de Animac, Muestra Internacional de Cine de Animación de Cataluña. Comisaria de la Sección Oficial Competitiva de Animación de FICG México (Festival Internacional de Cine de Guadalajara, México). Comisaria invitada en Animario, Festival Internacional de Animación Contemporánea de Madrid. Anterior: Directora de Xcèntric, el cine del CCCB. 12 años de temporadas anuales de proyecciones, actividades pedagógicas y publicaciones. Comisaria de ciclo audiovisual itinerante From Doodles to Pixels, Over 100 Years of Spanish Animation. (AC/E-CCCB). Proyección en el festival de Annecy, el MoMA de NY y 30 sedes internacionales más. Publicación con Cameo. Comisaria de la exposición Metamorfosis, visiones fantásticas de Starewitch, Švankmajeels Hermanos Quay (CCCB y La Casa Encendida de Madrid). Realizadora de publicidad en Tesauro SL (Madrid y Barcelona) y Group Films (Barcelona) Guionista y realizadora independiente TV (TVE, Canal Plus) Productora creativa y realizadora MTV Music Television en la sede de Miami (USA). Co-creadora, programadora y coordinadora de la sección oficial Anima't. Sitges. Festival Internacional de Cine Fantástico de Cataluña. 10 años de programas, exposiciones y publicaciones. Animadora y realizadora independiente Areas of training:
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| Daniel Hurtado Torres | daniel.hurtado.torres@citm.upc.edu | Profesorado CITM-UPC | |
| David Sánchez Carreras | david.sanchez-carreras@citm.upc.edu | Profesorado CITM-UPC | Mes info |
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Graduate in Multimedia (CITM/UPC) Projects and Professional Experience: Lecturer specialising in dynamic web programming, databases and web applications. International Mobility Area Coordinator. Areas of training:
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| Elisabet Fonts Gonzalez | elisabet.fonts@citm.upc.edu | Profesorado CITM-UPC | Mes info |
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Projects and Professional Experience: Lecturer at ENTI-UB, UVIC, Teknós and UPC. CEO at Applicamos Designer of characters and application environments for: Nació Digital, Play Creatividad, Clipouneds, UVIC, Gotika group and Play Attitude. 3D animator for a short film directed by Anthony Wong for Pixar/Disney. Areas of training:
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| Esen Kücüktütüncü | esen.kucuktutuncu@citm.upc.edu | Collaborating professor | |
| Eulalia Febrer Coll | eulalia.febrer@citm.upc.edu | Collaborating professor | |
| Francesc Vilanova Rossell | francesc.vilanova@citm.upc.edu | Collaborating professor | |
| Irene Sola Muñoz | irene.sola.munoz@citm.upc.edu | Collaborating professor | |
| Josep Torelló Oliver | josep.torello@citm.upc.edu | Profesorado CITM-UPC | Mes info |
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Projects and Professional Experience: Postdoctoral Research at St. Petersburg State University (Russian Federation). Member of the Interactive Media Laboratory consolidated inter-university Research Group recognised by the Government of Catalonia (2014 SGR 604). Head of UPC Arts. Areas of training:
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| Lasse Löpfe | lasse.lopfe@citm.upc.edu | Profesorado CITM-UPC | Mes info |
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Doctor in Environmental Sciences (UAB) Projects and Professional Experience: Professional career: 2010 - 2014: Post-Doc Research fellow UPC, UCIII, CREAF Projects: Danger Room: https://store.steampowered.com/app/852250/Danger_Room_VR/ Janken Cards: https://store.steampowered.com/app/527210/Janken_Cards/ DefyU: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.DefyUTechnologies.DefyU Areas of training:
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| Marc Bellmunt Soler | marc.bellmunt@citm.upc.edu | Collaborating professor | |
| Marc Ripoll Tarré | marc.ripoll.tarre@citm.upc.edu | Collaborating professor | Mes info |
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Projects and Professional Experience: CEO and Lead Artist at The Game Forger. Lecturer in 3D design and video games at BAU and ETSEIB and on the UPC School master's degree course in Video Game Design and Creation. Coordinator of video game development courses at TEC in Monterrey, Mexico. Áreas de expertise: 3D animation Game design Areas of training:
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| Marc Virgili Torrent | marc.virgili.torrent@citm.upc.edu | Collaborating professor | Mes info |
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Projects and Professional Experience: Team Manager in the Digital Content /CGI area at EGM Laboratorios Color S.A. A specialist in Photography for Industry and Advertising. Drone Skills Pilot and Operator for AESA. Areas of training:
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| Maria Gonzalez Otero | maria.gonzalez.otero@citm.upc.edu | Profesorado CITM-UPC | Mes info |
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Projects and Professional Experience: Director of photography Expert in advertising and audiovisual communication Areas of training:
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| María Leonor Balbuena Palacios | maria.leonor.balbuena@citm.upc.edu | Collaborating professor | |
| Maria Pagès Rovira | maria.pages@citm.upc.edu | Profesorado CITM-UPC | Mes info |
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Projects and Professional Experience: Tras licenciarse en Comunicación Audiovisual y haber disfrutado de una beca en los Maine Media Workshops and College Filmmaking (USA), comienza a trabajar en animación para Fílmax en El Cid: La Leyenda (2003). Ha colaborado con la Filmoteca de Catalunya para la restauración del film de animación Érase una vez… (1950). Su trabajo de investigación sobre el cine de animación le ha llevado a publicar en varios libros y revistas científicas, así como a participar en foros de animación española. Ha organizado dos foros de animación con la Dra. Teresa Martínez y ha coordinado la publicación Mujeres y animación: la industria desde los márgenes (Quaderns Bau, 2016). Como ilustradora, publica a menudo para SdEdicions. Becada por Dones Visuals (2020), actualmente trabaja en un proyecto de investigación para hacer un documental animado sobre la animadora Pepita Pardell y un trabajo sobre actrices cómicas secundarias como Mary Santpere. Áreas de expertise: Cine español. Cine de animación. Animación tradicional/2D. Perspectiva de género. Actrices y comedia durante el franquismo. Areas of training:
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| Marta Fernández Ruiz | marta.fernandez.ruiz@citm.upc.edu | Profesorado CITM-UPC | Mes info |
Projects and Professional Experience: Investigadora en el área de los Game Studies con interés en la experiencia de usuario y la intersección entre las humanidades y la tecnología. Ha sido docente en el ámbito universitario y en el de formación profesional en el área de videojuegos, medios interactivos y narrativa transmedia. Ha trabajado en la creación y edición de contenidos multimedia, en la implementación de interfaces de usuario y en la gestión de proyectos orientados a la formación deportiva. En 2014 co-fundó Labhipermedia, spin off de la Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. Ha publicado en revistas nacionales e internacionales como Icono 14, Brumal, Teknokultura, Computers and Education y Education and Information Technologies. Areas of training:
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| Miquel Bigas Tañá | miquel.bigas@citm.upc.edu | Collaborating professor | Mes info |
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Projects and Professional Experience: Projects manager at La Farinera Visual Arts Centre in Vic. More than 10 years of experience working in image post-production and CGI. Works with the CGI Laboratory at the Image Processing and Multimedia Technology Center (CITM). Areas of training:
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| Mónica Martín Mínguez | monica.martin.minguez@citm.upc.edu | Profesorado CITM-UPC | |
| Neus Soler Labajos | neus.soler@citm.upc.edu | Collaborating professor | Mes info |
Projects and Professional Experience: Consultora especializada en marketing digital (2013-actualidad). Miembro del grupo de investigación interdisciplinaria sobre las TIC, i2TIC, y autora de diversas publicaciones sobre marketing (2013-actualidad). Formadora y docente universitaria y empresarial: UOC, IQS, CITM-UPC, ENTI-UB, CETT-UB (2006-actualidad). Directora Comercial y de Marketing en Glame, SA, agencia comercial en España de varios fabricantes europeos de productos de moda íntima, complementos de vestir, ropa y prendas de bebé, y productos textiles para el hogar (1994-2013). Responsable de Relaciones Internacionales en Camins Technologies, S.A., actualmente InterCath BioMedical Software & Technologies, centro de investigación e implementación de tecnologías y soluciones biomédicas (1991-1993). Adjunta a la Dirección Técnica en la empresa de servicios de telemarketing Promofon, S.A. (1987-1991). Áreas de expertise: Emprendimiento Marketing Investigación de mercados Comportamiento del consumidor |
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| Noemí Blanch de la Cueva | noemi.blanch@citm.upc.edu | Collaborating professor | Mes info |
Projects and Professional Experience: Consultoría de proyectos de gamificación y serious games en diferentes ámbitos: participación ciudadana, reciclaje, liderazgo, emprendimiento y educación, entre otros. Áreas de expertise: El poder del juego Gamificación Serious games Género y habilidades Areas of training:
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| Núria Riba Roqué | nuria.riba@citm.upc.edu | Collaborating professor | |
| Oriol Boira Ricart | oriol.boira@citm.upc.edu | Collaborating professor | Mes info |
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Projects and Professional Experience: A game designer, and the producer and developer of more than 200 published video games. Co-director of R+D+I projects on multimedia topics. Technological broadcaster at RAC1 and Catalunya Ràdio. Member of the Catalan Media Corporation. Author of books on video games and gamification. Areas of training:
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| Pedro Omedas Morera | pedro.omedas@citm.upc.edu | Collaborating professor | |
| Salvador Bolarin Molina | salvador.bolarin@citm.upc.edu | Collaborating professor | Mes info |
Projects and Professional Experience: Director of The Velocity dot Art, a post-production studio specialising in advanced retouching, CGI and special effects. Areas of training:
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| Xavier Manzanares Gonzalez | xavier.manzanares@citm.upc.edu | Collaborating professor | |
