Graphic Design
| Study location | Canada, Ontario, Toronto |
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| Type | Advanced Diploma, College |
| Nominal duration | 3 years, includes 1 field placement |
| Study language | English |
| Course code | 6420 |
| Tuition fee | CA$18,322 per year The fee is for the 2024–2025 academic year and includes tuition (CA$16,649), health insurance and ancillary charges. The fees displayed are estimates only for two semesters and are subject to change. |
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| Registration fee | CA$400 one-time The registration fee includes the non-refundable application fee (CA$100) and the refundable deposit fee (CA$300). |
| Accommodation fee | CA$1,800 per month The above fee is an estimated amount for living expenses for one month.
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| Entry qualification | High School / Secondary Education (or higher) To be eligible for admission, you must possess a high school diploma including these required courses (or equivalents):
The entry qualification documents are accepted in the following languages: English. |
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| Language requirements | English If you did not complete two or more consecutive full years at a recognized secondary or post-secondary education institution in a school where English is the primary language of instruction and communication, you must provide one of the English language proficiency tests below:
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| Other requirements | A relevant portfolio is required. Applicants are required to attend a mandatory Graphic Design program admission session, where you will submit a portfolio of work.
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Overview
Centennial College’s Graphic Design program, with a graduate employment rate exceeding 80 percent, will prepare you for a multidisciplinary design career. Facilitated at the Story Arts Centre, the courses in this advanced diploma program will take a hands-on approach in an intimate studio environment rather than having you sit passively in large lecture halls. With small class sizes, you’ll have many opportunities to work one-on-one with your professors.
In this college graphic design program, you’ll:
- Master industry-standard Adobe software including Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign;
- Learn creative problem solving and design thinking;
- Design for print, including advertisements, magazines, books and packaging;
- Design responsive websites and mobile apps and create exciting motion graphics
- Explore drawing, photography, illustration and type design;
- Learn professional practice skills to land a great job or start your own design business;
- Contribute something unique and innovative to the design community in a thesis course;
- Learn on the job and get course credits through an industry field placement in your final semester;
- Interact with industry professionals;
- Become a student member of the Association of Registered Graphic Designers of Ontario (RGD Ontario);
- Learn from professors who are up-to-date and professionally active in the design industry.
Career opportunities
- Graphic/web designer
- Interactive designer
- Motion graphics designer
- Art director
- Editorial designer
- Illustrator
- Type designer
- Print production artist
- Digital imaging professional