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Overview

This Graphic Design Course brings together typography, brand identity, and visual communication with UX, UI, and interaction design in one integrated program. Each trimester builds your ability to design across print and digital platforms, equipping you to shape how audiences see, read, and engage with the world.

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Admission criteriaTuition and financial aid

About the Graphic Design Course

The Graphic Design Course builds the skills to design with intention across every platform where ideas need to land: print, branding, packaging, digital, web, app interfaces, and beyond. Visual storytelling today is more powerful and more complex than ever, and this program prepares you to shape it with precision.

The Graphic Design Course starts with graphic design fundamentals, covering typography, colour, layout, image-making, and brand storytelling, then expands into UX research, UI design, interaction design, and service innovation. This progression builds a dual foundation in visual communication and human-centred design. You learn not only how things look but how they work and feel for the people who use them.

The Design Laboratory is the central studio environment where you apply research, technical skill, and creative thinking to real briefs within your specialisation. Each trimester opens with a combined theoretical lecture shared across all 4 disciplines, then moves into discipline-specific studio practice guided by academic mentors through lectures, tutorials, technical demonstrations, and self-directed studio time.

6 trimesters, Exploration, Foundation, Issues, Global, Industry, and Capstone, take you from industry briefs and real digital prototyping to global collaborative projects. A professional placement and dedicated business and communication units ensure you graduate as a well-rounded, work-ready designer.

Start date	Schedule	Location
Jun 1, 2026	Full-time - Daytime	On campus, Collingwood	Apply now
Sep 14, 2026	Full-time - Daytime	On campus, Collingwood	Apply now
Feb 8, 2027	Full-time - Daytime	On campus, Collingwood	Apply now
May 31, 2027	Full-time - Daytime	On campus, Collingwood	Apply now

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Domestic Applicants
Applicants must meet the following requirements:
- Successful completion of Year 12 or an equivalent qualification*
- An Admissions Consultation
- Must be 18 years of age or older at the commencement of the degree
ATAR scores are not considered as part of the admissions process. Applicants who have completed an unscored VCE (or equivalent) are eligible for entry.
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International Applicants
Applicants must meet the following requirements:
- Successful completion of Year 12 or an equivalent qualification*
- Participation in an Admissions Consultation
- Proof of English language proficiency
- Must be 18 years of age or older at the commencement of the degree
English language proficiency is assessed against an IELTS Academic benchmark. Applicants must achieve:
- An overall IELTS score of 6.0, with no band lower than 5.5
Equivalent English language test results may be accepted in place of IELTS, including:
- TOEFL
- Pearson Test of English (PTE Academic)
- Cambridge English Advanced (CAE)
*Please contact us to discuss Year 12 equivalency options.

List of Units

Design Laboratories (Major in Graphic & Digital Design)

The core of the degree — studio-based labs progressing through Exploration, Foundation, Issues, Global, Industry, and Capstone themes, culminating in a capstone exhibition of advanced work.

Design Laboratory: Exploration (LABG101)
Design Laboratory: Foundation (LABG102)
Design Laboratory: Issues (LABG103)
Design Sub Major or Entrepreneurship Fundamentals (ENT01)
Design Laboratory: Global (LABG204)
Design Laboratory: Industry (LABG205)
Design Laboratory: Capstone (LABG206)

Exploration Units

Foundation workshop-based study expanding core design and art knowledge across all disciplines.

Future Forward Design (ACC111)
Elective: Brand Strategy (ELE001)
Elective: Design & Wellbeing (ELE002)
Elective: Project Management (BUS08)
Elective: Design Thinking for Business (BUS01)

Contextual Units

Exploring the historical, cultural, and contemporary forces shaping design, communication, and digital practice.

Design, History & Culture (AXC111)
Social Trend Forecasting (AXC121)
Global Design Culture (AXE241)

Professional Practice Units

Real insight from practising creatives, combined with business and communication skills for a sustainable career.

Design Fundamentals (COM111)
Digital Communication (COM222)
Business Principles (ACC241)
Professional Practice & Systems (BPC351)
Professional Placement (APE241)
Professional Communication (BCC351)
Personal & Professional Practice (BPC361)

Tuition & Aid

LCI Melbourne is an Australian–Government accredited Institute Of Higher Education providing Australian Domestic students with access to FEE-HELP.

FEE-HELP is a loan scheme that assists eligible students to pay tuition fees.

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