2026-2027

Don't fade into the crowd. Come take up space.

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Step in. Or stay outside.

Here

Arts and Design aren’t confined to the classroom. They go into the city. They cross paths with research, culture, and actual practice.

You

Learn from those who do. Think. Try. Fail. Do it again. In studios, workshops, and real-world settings.

Choose

But you’re choosing more than a degree. You are stepping into a creative, educational, and cultural ecosystem.

You walk in and that’s it.

Create
  • Photography, Sound and Video Studios
  • Prototyping Labs
  • 3D Printing
  • Fashion Workshops
  • Screen Printing and Typography
  • Creative Coding
  • Digital Storytelling
  • Projects with Real Partners
Build
  • Critical thinking
  • Technical and technological skills
  • Manual and digital practice
  • Creative autonomy
  • Collaborative networks
  • Practice and discipline
And then?

The possibilities multiply:

  • Creative Direction
  • Illustration, Graphic & Digital Design
  • Styling, Fashion Design & Production
  • Product & Industrial Design
  • Interior & Set Design
  • Art Direction & Motion Design
  • Multimedia, Photography & Animation
  • Artistic & Technological Research
  • Creative & Cultural Industries

Decide

Undergraduate Degree in Digital Arts and Multimedia

Creating moving images, digital worlds and interactive narratives.
From animation to audiovisual, from interactive to motion design, tell stories through movement.

Undergraduate Degree in Design — Communication Design

Turning ideas into visual communication that people recognise and remember.
Shape images and text, visual identity, graphic, editorial and digital design to create brands, services and campaigns.

Undergraduate Degree in Design — Interior Design

Thinking and designing spaces that shape the way we live and experience the world.
From home to public space, develop interior, set design and exhibition projects.

Undergraduate Degree in Design — Fashion Design

Fashion as creation, research and practice.
Explore materials, techniques and identity to develop collections and work in the industry or in independent design.

Undergraduate Degree in Design — Product Design

From concept to prototype, imagining and designing the objects we use every day.
Explore materials, technology and production to develop products, furniture and equipment that redefine function, form and innovation.

Higher Professional Technical Course — Interface and Multimedia Design

Designing how people use technology.
Learn to explore interfaces, digital platforms, websites and apps that make the digital world clearer and more intuitive.

Graduate Degree in Design — Communication Design

Investigating how images, brands and visual systems shape contemporary culture.
Explore visual identity, narrative, graphic design, editorial design and critical communication to develop original thinking and creative direction.

Graduate Degree in Design — Interior Design

Exploring space as a cultural, social and experiential territory.
Investigate and design environments, scenography and spatial contexts that transform the way we inhabit, communicate and experience the world.

Graduate Degree in Design — Product Design

Exploring the object as a system of innovation, materials, technology and production.
From concept to experimentation, it carries out research and design work on products, furniture and new ways of creating, manufacturing and using them.

Book an online session with our admissions advisers

We help you make decisions with more information and greater confidence.

Apply

What do you need to apply?

How much do you invest?

We have scholarships to give your talent a chance.

These are the deadlines for applying

● Graduate applications (1st phase) · 16.03 — 30.04.2026

● Undergraduate applications | International Students (1st phase) · 16.03 — 24.04.2026

● Entrance exam registration | Undergraduate | Over 23 (1st phase) · 13 — 30.04.2026

● Graduate applications (2nd phase) · 25.05 — 10.07.2026

● Undergraduate applications | International Students (2nd phase) · 01 — 26.06.2026

● Entrance exam registration | Undergraduate | Dual Certification · 22.06 — 03.07.2026

● Scholarship applications | Coelho dos Santos Award · 29.06 — 28.08.2026

● Undergraduate applications | General Admission (1st phase) · 13.07 — 12.08.2026

● Undergraduate applications | Special Admission · 13 — 24.07.2026

● CTESP applications (1st phase) · 13 — 24.07.2026

● Undergraduate applications | Special Admission (Extraordinary phase) · 05 — 28.08.2026

● Graduate applications (3rd phase) · 10 — 28.08.2026

● Entrance exam registration | Undergraduate | Dual Certification (Extraordinary phase) · 10 — 28.08.2026

● CTESP applications (2nd phase) · 17 — 28.08.2026

● Undergraduate applications | General Admission (2nd phase) · 24.08 — 02.09.2026

● Graduate applications (extraordinary phase) · 09 — 22.09.2026

● Undergraduate applications | General Admission (3rd phase) · 14 — 16.09.2026

Learn by doing

Av. Calouste Gulbenkian, 907 4460-268 Senhora da Hora Portugal

esad—arte&design

With its many facilities, ESAD — College of Arts and Design is located in a newly built and recently extended building, 180 meters from the Metro Station, 4 km from the Cruise Terminal, and 9 km from Francisco Sá Carneiro International Airport.

Av. Calouste Gulbenkian, 907
4460-268 Senhora da Hora
Matosinhos, Portugal