What career prospects do I have with further training as a qualified communication designer HF (formerly designer HF communication design, specializing in visual design)? What further training is possible?

Career prospects

The degree in communication design HF (formerly designer HF communication design, specializing in visual design) enables you to work at a lower to middle management level in an agency, cultural institution or company. There you will usually be part of an interdisciplinary team that creates concepts and marketable communication products according to the wishes and needs of clients. You may also take on the role of project or team leader. You also have the opportunity to become self-employed.

Your career prospects with an HF degree in communication design are promising. Particularly in times of information overload, which is accompanied by an increasingly shrinking attention span, short, concise, easy-to-understand and appealing content and messages are needed to reach target groups. The demand for specialists such as communication designers HF, visual design with the corresponding conceptual, strategic and creative skills and abilities is therefore likely to continue to increase in the future.

Due to the rapid pace of technical and digital change and the equally rapid changes in customer needs and trends, continuous further training is not only necessary, but is also increasingly demanded by employers.

Further training

The HF degree in communication design is part of tertiary education. It is at the "higher vocational education and training" level and offers good opportunities for further education - even without a vocational baccalaureate.

With a diploma from a university of applied sciences (HF), you can attend various further education courses. The doors are also open to you to study at a university of applied sciences (Bachelor FH) and to postgraduate courses at universities of applied sciences (NDS HF) and universities of applied sciences (CAS, DAS, MAS). This allows you to deepen your professional qualifications or expand them in related areas.

Courses:

Courses tailored to current needs:

  • Schools for design: You can find a list of training providers herehere.

University of Applied Sciences

Bachelor's degree programs in the field of design

Postgraduate courses (HF and FH)

Postgraduate courses offered by higher technical colleges (NDS HF) and universities of applied sciences (CAS, DAS, MAS) in a related field, for example:

The admission criteria depend on the degree program and the school. Find out directly from the provider of your choice.

Provider of training courses to become a communication designer HF (formerly designer HF communication design, specializing in visual design)