Overview

Graduates are instantly employed at global design powerhouses (Pentagram, Wolff Olins, Sagmeister & Walsh, Landor, MetaDesign), top Turkish studios (ATOLYE, Big Joy, Hello Monday Istanbul, 2fresh, SHERPA, Userspots), in-house teams of Trendyol, Getir, Hepsiburada, Koç, SabancÄ±, DoÄŸuÅŸ, international advertising networks, publishing giants (DoÄŸan Burda, Turkuvaz), cultural institutions (Istanbul Biennial, Arter, Pera Museum), and technology companies worldwide.

Many open their own award-winning studios within five years or relocate to London, Amsterdam, Berlin, New York, and Dubai where Turkish-trained visual designers are highly prized for their technical excellence and cultural versatility.

Salaries rank among the highest in creative disciplines: top graduates in Istanbul and global offices quickly reach six-figure dollar equivalents, while successful studio founders and creative directors regularly exceed earnings of most architects and senior engineers.

Key facts

The profession enjoys immense prestige as the invisible force that shapes how the world sees everything from a bottle of water to a billion-dollarbrand. Inn short, the Visual Communication Design programme from BahçeÅŸehir University (BAU) offers one of the most visually exciting, intellectually rigorous, and financially rewarding creative careers available today, combining artistic genius with strategic thinking, immediate international recognition, and the daily privilege of turning ideas into iconic images that billions of people see, remember, and desire.

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Programme Structure

Courses include:

Typography

Digital Illustration

Graphic Design Studio

Brand Design

User Interface Design

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Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 48 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-09-01 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-08-01 00:00:00
Starting 2027-02-01 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-11-01 00:00:00

Language

English

TOEFL^® IBT

72

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PTE Academic

55

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Credits

240 ECTS

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Istanbul, Turkey

Disciplines

Design Visual Arts Communication Studies View 9 other Bachelors in Visual Arts 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

72

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PTE Academic

55

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Other requirements

General requirements

The first step is to create an application through the application portal. After you have completed all the required information that we need, your application will be evaluated based on the country and programme requirements.

Passport

High School Diploma (original copy)

High School Transcript (original copy and must contain all the years)

Translation of the high school documents in case they are not neither in English or Turkish

1 Passport size photograph

Language Proficiency Result (if any)

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Tuition Fees

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6800 USD / year

≈ 6800 USD / year
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Citizens or residents

6800 USD / year

≈ 6800 USD / year

Living costs

Istanbul

Turkey

2000 - 3240 TRY / month

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Funding

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Key information

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Credits

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Living costs

Istanbul

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