Faculty of Design of Pontevedra

Design Faculty of Pontevedra

Facultad de Diseño de Pontevedra
Faculty façade
Type	Public Faculty
Established	2022
Parent institution	University of Vigo
Affiliation	Pontevedra Campus
Students	260[1]
Location	Pontevedra , Spain 42°25′47.6″N 8°38′20.8″W
Campus	A Xunqueira campus
Website	[1]

The Faculty of Design of Pontevedra is a university faculty founded in 2022 in the Spanish city of Pontevedra, located in the city centre, in Benito Corbal Street.

The faculty belongs to the Pontevedra Campus, integrated in the Galician University System and dependent on the University of Vigo. It offers undergraduate and graduate design studies. It is the only faculty of its kind in the northwest of Spain.[2]

History

The process of creating the design faculty in the city of Pontevedra was launched in October 2020.[3][4]

The Faculty of Design of Pontevedra was created in 2022 by Decree 133/2022, of 7 July, in its article 1.[5][6] According to the aforementioned decree, the faculty is able to accommodate, in addition to the design degree, other future degrees, both bachelor and master, related to the field of design. Although it was initially planned that classes would start at the Faculty in 2022 with the launch of the Bachelor of Design degree, this was finally postponed due to delays in the administrative procedures and will finally start in September 2023.[7]

The initial provisional headquarters of the Faculty of Design will be located on the floors of the Xunta de Galicia building given over for university purposes in the centre of the city of Pontevedra, at Benito Corbal Street 47.[8][9] It is planned to construct a specific building that will house the definitive headquarters of the faculty in the Tafisa area, on the left bank of the Lérez river, on the opposite bank to where the A Xunqueira campus is located.[10] Until the construction of the new building in the Tafisa neighbourhood, teaching will take place in the building on Benito Corbal Street and in some of the shared spaces of the Faculty of Fine Arts such as the textile workshops.[11]

Programmes

The Faculty of Design in Pontevedra offers Bachelor's and master's degree courses in the fields of design and creation.

• Bachelor of Design (4 years).[12] This is a unique degree in the Galician university system. Two orientations are proposed, one in graphic and digital design and the other in fashion design, offering a transversal training based on areas of knowledge related to fine arts and the fields of audiovisual communication, computer science, art history, design, sociology or special didactics.[13]
• Master in Fashion Design and Creative Management. The Master is currently offered at the Faculty of Fine Arts of Pontevedra and will be attached to the Faculty of Design from the academic year 2023-2024.[14]

Activities

In the city, design-related activities are also organised in other faculties of the Pontevedra University Campus, such as those related to the National Design Meeting in October 2022.[15]

References

1. "Luz verde a la creación en Pontevedra de las nuevas facultades de Diseño y de Dirección y Gestión Pública". Pontevedra Viva (in Spanish). 8 February 2022.
2. ""Ahora la titulación es un proyecto de campus y no de Belas Artes"". La Voz de Galicia (in Spanish). 21 July 2019.
3. "Luz verde a las facultades de Deseño y de Xestión Pública en el campus de Pontevedra". Diario de Pontevedra (in Spanish). 8 February 2022.
4. "Ratifican la creación de las nuevas facultades de Diseño y de Dirección y Gestión Pública en el campus de Pontevedra". Pontevedra Viva (in Spanish). 8 July 2022.
5. "Visto bueno a la creación de las facultades de Deseño y Xestión Pública en Pontevedra". La Voz de Galicia (in Spanish). 8 July 2022.
6. "DECRETO 133/2022, de 7 de julio, por el que se aprueba la creación de la Facultad de Diseño, de la Facultad de Dirección y Gestión Pública, y de la Facultad de Relaciones Internacionales de la Universidad de Vigo" (PDF). Diario Oficial de Galicia (in Spanish). 2 August 2022.
7. "Peligra la implantación del Grao en Deseño en el campus el próximo curso". Diario de Pontevedra (in Spanish). 30 March 2022.
8. "El grado en Diseño y Creación tendrá espacios propios en el edificio administrativo de Benito Corbal". Pontevedra Viva (in Spanish). 29 May 2020.
9. "Luz verde a la creación en Pontevedra de las nuevas facultades de Diseño y de Dirección y Gestión Pública". Pontevedra Viva (in Spanish). 8 February 2022.
10. "Un edificio modular albergará las facultades de Deseño y Dirección e Xestión Pública en Pontevedra". La Voz de Galicia (in Spanish). 29 April 2022.
11. "Ratifican la creación de las nuevas facultades de Diseño y de Dirección y Gestión Pública en el campus de Pontevedra". Pontevedra Viva (in Spanish). 8 July 2022.
12. "Ratifican la creación de las nuevas facultades de Diseño y de Dirección y Gestión Pública en el campus de Pontevedra". Pontevedra Viva (in Spanish). 8 July 2022.
13. "Diseño y Creación tendrá facultad propia en Pontevedra dentro de Bellas Artes". Pontevedra Viva (in Spanish). 18 July 2019.
14. "Ratifican la creación de las nuevas facultades de Diseño y de Dirección y Gestión Pública en el campus de Pontevedra". Pontevedra Viva (in Spanish). 8 July 2022.
15. "Pontevedra, capital española del diseño". La Voz de Galicia (in Spanish). 21 October 2022.

See also

Related articles

• Faculty of Fine Arts of Pontevedra
• Faculty of Communication of Pontevedra

External links

• Faculty of Design of Pontevedra website^[permanent dead link‍]
• Master in Fashion design in Pontevedra Archived 1 April 2023 at the Wayback Machine
• Report for the request for verification of official diplomas : Bachelor of Design