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University of Texas at Austin, BFA, Design

University of Texas at Austin
 United States

 

Study mode Start date Duration Fee international Fee study period Year of study
Study modeFull-time Start date Aug Durationyears: 4 Fee international$35460 Fee study periodAcademic year Year of study2017
The Design program embraces the university’s motto that “What Starts Here Changes the World.” The program strives to produce thoughtful, ethical designers who can work across the fields of graphic, interactive, industrial and systems/service design to improve the cultural, socio-economic, material and environmental circumstances of the world’s citizens. Students in the Design program also benefit from Austin’s vibrant cultural scene and thriving creative and tech industries. Austin is home to South by Southwest, Austin City Limits, sizeable film and music industries, and a multitude of digital media and interaction design companies including: Google, Dell, IBM, Apple, Samsung, Frog, Pentagram, EA Games, and many others. Design students have many internship and job opportunities in Austin, a city that is routinely included in top-ten lists of best US cities for new college grads, for young professionals, for future job growth, and for pretty much everything else.

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With sunshine more than 300 days per year, Austin offers College Living Experience (CLE) students access to the Texas Hill Country, a destination for people who love fishing, water sports, bike trails, ball fields and picnic areas.  

 

Downtown Austin, known as the Live Music Capital of the World, is host to a variety of music events throughout the year. Favorites include the South by Southwest entertainment conferences and the Austin City Limits Music Festival. The Texas capital is renowned for its cultural and civic attractions including the Long Center for the Performing Arts, the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum, and the Bob Bullock Texas History Museum. Austin features a multitude of deluxe shopping areas, including the Sixth Street entertainment district and the Guadalupe Street shopping district.  

 

The Domain, a new upscale outdoor mall boasting a variety of shops and restaurants, is located less than two miles from CLE. More recreation options are available within a 90-minute drive to San Antonio, such as Six Flags Over Texas amusement park, the San Antonio Spurs NBA basketball team, and the world-famous Texas landmark, the Alamo. 


The institution has the seventh-largest single-campus enrollment in the nation. The university's campus includes 3 large residence hall communities, apartments for families and graduate students, buffets and dining rooms. The university's seven museums and seventeen libraries hold over nine million volumes, making it the seventh-largest academic library in the country. The newest museum, the 14,400 m2 Blanton Museum of Art, is the largest university art museum in the United States and hosts approximately 17,000 works from Europe, the United States, and Latin America

 

One of the University's most visible features is the Beaux-Arts Main Building, including a 307-foot (94 m) tower designed by Paul Philippe Cret. Completed in 1937, the Main Building is in the middle of campus. The tower usually appears illuminated in white light in the evening but is lit orange for various special occasions, including athletic victories and academic accomplishments; it is conversely darkened for solemn occasions. At the top of the tower is a carillon of 56 bells, the largest in Texas.