Raindro
Official Selection at the International Festival of Video, Performance and Technologies 2018
Alessandra Hofmann
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Undergraduate in Digital Arts and Multimedia
Digital Arts and Multimedia
Here, you are challenged to explore new languages and forms of digital expression through projects that articulate image, sound, movement and interactivity. Lecturers with solid professional experience and access to laboratories equipped with advanced technology provide students with demanding, innovative training that is aligned with the contemporary challenges of multidimensional creation and its social, cultural and ethical implications.
Profile
Critical, practice-based and contextual learning
Objectives
- To develop critical thinking and artistic literacy in its multiple dimensions and to provide notions of project management, production and presentation.
- To promote the creation and production of solid and technologically consistent multidimensional narratives, linking the fields of image, sound, movement and interaction through writing, drawing, photography, 2d and 3d animation, cinematography, soundscape, video games and interactive installations.
- To provide experiences in professional contexts, promoting collaborative work with other specialists in the field, with respect for diversity and the principles of professional ethics.
- Encourage participation in competitions and festivals in the field and collaboration with other national and international institutions, as well as participation in R&D activities.
- Encourage the realisation of autonomous work as a personal research practice and a way of deepening communication, procedural, technical and creative skills.
Professional Future
Screenwriter — Art Director — Producer — Production Coordinator — 2D/3D Modeller — 2D / 3D Animator — Lighting Artist — Video Editor — Motion Designer — Sound Designer — Music Composer — Voice Director — Animation Director — Game Designer — Virtual Reality Specialist, Augmented Reality and XR — Illustrator — Photographer — Digital Art Curator — Designer of Immersive Experiences (VR/AR) — Educator in Digital Media and Visual Arts — Researcher in Art, Technology and Media Arts — Cultural Mediator / Coordinator of Creative workshops
Structure, content and learning progression
Curriculum
Semester — 1
Multimedia Studio I 75 HC 6 ECTS
Artistic Laboratory I 75 HC 6 ECTS
Image Laboratory 60 HC 4 ECTS
Drawing I 60 HC 4 ECTS
Geometry and Projection 30 HC 4 ECTS
Themes of Contemporary Culture 30 HC 3 ECTS
Theory of Perception 30 HC 3 ECTS
Semester — 2
Semester — 3
Semester — 4
Semester — 5
Semester — 6
Elective
HC — Contact Hours · ECTS — European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System
Ecossistema
Ecosystem
With a network of partnerships, we want to explore new project possibilities, combining critical thinking, practice and technology in a responsible way. The Degree in Digital Arts and Multimedia is committed to exposing students to the real and professional context, through meetings, collaborations and partnerships with influential organisations in digital culture and immersive environments.
- Faculty of Arts and Humanities
- University of S. José (Macau, China)
- Produtora Bando à Parte
- Mecha Studio
- Canal 180
- Cinanima
- Batalha Centro de Cinema
- International Animated Film Festival
- Casa da Animação
- FEST – Festival Novos Realizadores | Novo Cinema
- Porto Post Doc
- Ginger&Jagger Design Studio
- Associação de Investigadores da Imagem em Movimento (AIM)
- Avanca | Cinema - International Conference Cinema – Art, Technology, Communication
- Journal Arts | Culture | Design - Planetário do Porto
- Instituto Português do Oriente (IPOR, Macau, China)
- CEiiA – Centre for Engineering and Development
- Munna Design Studio
- Associazione Socio-Culturale Italiana del Portogallo Dante Alighieri (ASCIP Dante Alighieri)
- Companhia de Dança de Matosinhos (CDM)
Creative processes and tangible outcomes
Projects
Echoes of Solitude
Winner of the Sophia Student Awards
Christoph Wanderer, André Peneda, Diogo Cervantes, Pedro Carvalho
Meta-Podia
1st Place - Desinagorà - Utopia Studio - Documentary Film Cycle dedicated to Design and Architecture
Gonçalo Torres, Edgar Lopes, Bianca Oliveira, Ana Ferreira
Teaching, practice and research
Faculty
Take the next step
Applications and Admissions
Evaluate the possibilities
Scholarships
Turn your design dreams into reality with scholarship opportunities
Undergraduate 2025–2026
Calendar
Atividades letivas
● 1.º semestre · 22.09.2025 — 21.01.2026
● 2.º semestre · 09.02 — 23.06.2026
School closures
● Natal e Ano Novo · 22.12.2025 — 02.01.2026
● Carnaval · 16 — 18.02.2026
● Páscoa · 30.03 — 06.04.2026
● Queima das Fitas · 04 — 08.05.2026
● Sr. Matosinhos · 25 — 26.05.2026
Assessments
Publication
● 1.º semestre · 22 — 26.01.2026
● 2.º semestre · 25.06 — 02.07.2026
Exams
● Época de recurso — 1.º semestre — Inscrição · 27 — 28.01.2026
● Época de recurso — 1.º semestre · 30.01 — 06.02.2026
● Época de recurso — 2.º semestre — Inscrição · 03 — 06.07.2026
● Época de recurso — 2.º semestre · 06 — 18.07.2026
● Época especial — Inscrição · 03 — 04.09.2026
● Época especial · 08 — 18.09.2026
Statutes
● Pedidos estatutos especiais — 1.º semestre · 22.09 — 31.10.2025
● Apresentação do pedidos de mudança de turma — 1.º semestre · 22.09 — 09.10.2025
● Apresentação do pedido de cancelamento da inscrição — 1.º semestre · 22.09 — 09.10.2025
● Entrega dos pedidos de estatuto de estudantes com necessidades educativas especiais · 22.09 — 22.10.2025
● Pedidos estatutos especiais — 2.º semestre · 09 — 27.02.2026
● Apresentação do pedidos de mudança de turma — 2.º semestre · 09 — 20.02.2026
● Apresentação do pedido de cancelamento da inscrição — 2.º semestre · 09 — 20.02.2026
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Undergraduate
The change that generates changes is taught and learned.
By studying at ESAD, you will have the opportunity to learn from experienced professionals and make use of the school’s laboratories. You will explore and master a range of processes, tools, and technologies, both analogue and digital. The undergraduate programmes develop creative and technical skills, fostering critical thinking, collaboration, and autonomy. They prepare you to act with flexibility, responsibility, and innovation, positioning you at the centre of change.