Colleges and Universities Offering Certificate in Graphic Design in South Africa

Institutions Offering Certificate in Graphic Design

•  Stellenbosch Academy of Design and Photography , Stellenbosch  
  Course name: Graphic design for marketers
  
  
  Course content
  
  (i) Freebie websites for professionalism
  
  (ii) Designing for different media
  
  (iii) Introduction to indesign and print basics
  
  (iv) Introduction to graphic design
  
  (v) Elements and principles of design
  
  (vi) Introduction to Photoshop
  
  (vii) Introduction to Illustrator and Typography
  
  (viii) Online and free design platforms
  
  (ix) The art of logo design
  
  (x) Applying logo design to CI
  
  
  Fees: R7150
  
  
  The institution also offers short course in Mobile Marketing
  
  Course hours: 12 hours
  
  
  
  Fees: R9000 plus 2500 exam fee
  
  
•  Creative Arts College, Durban  
  Duration: 1 year
  
  Minimum entry requirements:
  -Matric (NQF Level 4) or RPL (Computer Knowledge is advantageous)
  
  Course Outline:
  -Elements of Design,
  -Principles of Design,
  -Label Design & Packaging,
  -Typographic Design,
  -Corporate & Product Identity,
  -Layout Design,
  -Publishing Industry,
  -Illustration,
  -Advertising,
  -Style & Design,
  -Formats & Structuring,
  -Visual Communication,
  -Composition,
  -Vector Tracing,
  Branding
•  College SA, Cape Town   
  The following are the modules under this program:
  
  (i) Adobe InDesign CC (Part 1)
  
  (ii) Adobe Photoshop CC (Part 1)
  
  (iii) Adobe Illustrator CC (Part 1)
  
  (iv) Adobe Illustrator CC (Part 2)
  
  
  Entry requirements
  
  (i) Grade 10
  
  (ii) Learners must be at least 16 years of age
  
  (iii) The ability to read and write English
  
  (iv) Creative Cloud Software Membership
  
  
  
  Fees: R9,320
  
  
  Course duration: 8 months
•  Revolution Media Academy, Johannesburg  
  Duration: 10 weeks
  
  Minimum entry requirement:
  -A minimum of Grade 10
  -Passion for Music
  -English Language (Spoken & Written)
  
  Module Overview:
  -History of Graphic Design
  -The design process & Principles
  -Introduction to Adobe illustrator
  -Digital images & the Graphic Designer
  -Visual Communication
  -Layout design & Composition
  -Idea generation & Research
  -Typography
  -Designing for Print & website
  -Graphic Design Business
•  Academic Institute of Excellence, Johannesburg  
  1. FET Certificate
  Duration: 12 months
  
  Minimum entry requirement:
  -NQF3 or Grade 11 (Competency in the English language & mathematical literacy)
  
  Tuition fees: R 2,229.62p/m
  
  2. National Certificate
  Duration: 12 months
  
  Minimum entry requirement:
  -Grade 12 (Background or experience in arts or design HIGHLY RECOMMENDED) OR
  -FET Certificate: Design Foundation
  
  Tuition fees: R 2,775.62p/m
•  Rand Training College, Johannesburg  
  Course Structure:
  -End user computing
  -Introduction to the WWW
  -HTML. 4.01 Programming and Cascading Style Sheets
  -Script Programming
  -Adobe Photoshop
  -Corel Draw
  -Dreamweaver
  -Flash
  -Business Communication
  -Active Server Pages
  -Database management
  -JavaScript Programming
  -Principles of effective web design and maintenance
  -Customer Care
•  Getpix Creative College, Benoni  
  Required equipment
  
  (i) Art supplies
  
  (ii) Laptop
  
  (iii) Software package
  
  (iv) Internet access
  
  (v) Adobe creative suite
  
  
  
  Mode of study
  
  (i) Full time
  
  (ii) Part time
  
  
  Course duration: 1 year
  
  
  
  Fees: R67 000
•  CTU Training Solutions, Johannesburg  
  
  Requirements:
  -Laptop and a minimum of 20 GB data per month (uncapped recommended)
  -Compulsory Adobe CC student yearly subscription for an estimated R2800.
  -In Graphic Design 2, student are required to have a domain registered.
  
  Mode of study:Full time and part time
•  Oakfields College, Pretoria  
  Students will learn the following concepts:
  
  (i) Fundamentals of Graphic Design
  
  (ii) Adobe Photoshop
  
  (iii) Adobe Illustrator
  
  (iv) Adobe InDesign
  
  
  Program duration: Twelve weeks, three hours per week
•  Cityvarsity School of Media and Creative Arts, Cape Town   
  Modules covered
  
  (i) Adobe illustrator
  
  (ii) Adobe photoshop
  
  (iii) Indesign
  
  (iv) Post production sound
  
  
  Fees: R 9 995,00
  
  
  Course duration: 8 weeks
•  iStudent Academy, Durban  
  Course entry requirements
  -Matric Pass
  -No Specific Subjects
  
  Course duration: 2 Years
  
  Mode of study: Full time
•  INTEC College, Cape Town  
  Duration: 12 months
  
  Minimum entry requirement:
  Grade 10 (Std. 8) or equivalent, or relevant working experience.
•  Sandton Technical College, Pretoria  
  Graphic Design (Photoshop,ILLustrator,InDesign)
  
  Course duration: 3 months
•  Brooklyn City College, Pretoria  
  Duration: 6 months
  
  Tuition fees: R5,100.00
  
•  Kland International College, Johannesburg  
  Duration: 6 Months
  
  
•  Jeppe College of Commerce and Computer Studies, Johannesburg  
  Duration: 12 months
•  Pixel Craft Institute of Media Design, Durban  
  Course duration: 4 months
•  Taal-Net Varsity, Gauteng  
  Duration: 3 months
•  Rock of Springs College, Brits  
  
•  South African Business and Technology Institute, Johannesburg  
  
•  Hermanus Varsity Trust, Hermanus  
  
•  Shalom Technical College, Johannesburg  
  
•  Rhodes Technical College, Johannesburg  
  
•  Cyber College of Business and Technology , East London  
  
•  Africa school of Technology, Durban  
  
•  Sanamik Training Institute( Business and Computer College), Johannesburg  
  
•  Overcomers Training College, Pretoria  
  
•  Johannesburg City College, Johannesburg  
  
•  Delcom Training Institute, Johannesburg  
  
•  Esayidi TVET College, Port Shepstone  
  
•  Academy of Business and Computer Studies, Pretoria  
  

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