Overview

The Visual Arts and Visual Communications Design programme from Sabanci University offers two main tracks, Visual Arts and Visual Communication Design. This structure allows students to pursue careers as artists, designers, or hybrids of the two. Our unique curriculum encourages collaboration and exchange among these two disciplines.

Key facts

As VAVCD Program Members, we are continuously reconsidering our teaching methods and seeking more innovative and engaging ways of teaching how to think while at the same time addressing current concerns in art and design in a rapidly changing world.

Over the past century, and acceleratedly so during recent decades, visuality has become pervasive in all aspects of life due to the proliferation of media based communication devices which can be observed to have a strong basis in visuality. Thus the mission of the VACD program is to provide the student with an in-depth understanding of visuality and its applications to the domains of Visual Art and Visual Communication Design. However, our efforts go beyond a sole understanding / application of the visual fields themselves in that we also seek to bring about their integration with other creative output such as sound design, new media output and temporally based works implemented through the diversified building blocks of our curriculum.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Spaces of Migration

Myths of Gender

Gender & Sexuality Study

Classical Mythology in Art

Literature and Psychoanalysis

Culture and Cognition

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 48 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-09-23 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-08-29 00:00:00 , International

Language

English

TOEFL^® IBT

85

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Credits

240 ECTS

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Istanbul, Turkey

Disciplines

Design Visual Arts Art History View 15 other Bachelors in Design in Turkey

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Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

TOEFL^® IBT

85

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Other requirements

General requirements

1. Original Test Score/Diploma or its Notarized Copy (SAT, GCE, ACT, etc.). High school diploma should be submitted together with the Original Test Score. SAT must be sent to the University via Collegeboard with the institution code 7100

2. The original of high school diploma or its notarized copy (if in another language other than Turkish or English, notarized translation should also be submitted)

3. High School Diploma Equivalency Certificate from the Turkish Ministry of Education or the Education Attache at the Turkish Embassy

4. Original Transcript or its notarized copy (if in another language other than Turkish or English, notarized translation should also be submitted)

5. Applicant’s passport page which contains the photo (Those who can bring their passport to the SR office during university enrollment dates may upload the photocopies. Otherwise attested by the notary or consulate as “true copy” is needed.

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Tuition Fees

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Non-residents

36500 USD / year

≈ 36500 USD / year

Living costs

Istanbul

Turkey

2000 - 3240 TRY / month

The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.

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