Having already established three schools to accommodate its IIE design, including brand and business portfolios, Vega will combine the DSSA’s IIE academic offerings into its own. With this, Vega aims to strengthen its position as South Africa’s private higher education institution in design disciplines and hopefully gain a stronger brand presence in the market.

"Both schools acknowledged an overlap between the IIE offerings, and what was delivered at DSSA was a natural fit with Vega’s core portfolios," says Shevon Lurie, managing director at Vega. "We now have one of the broadest higher education design IIE portfolios in South Africa, including everything from photography, graphic design, copywriting, gaming, interior, and fashion design."

Following the expansion of the degree portfolio at the school, in addition to the existing range of business, branding, and design degrees – the following is now available:

  • Bachelor of arts: honours in graphic design – a one-year postgraduate qualification aimed at students who want to engage with graphic design on an intellectual and professional level; 
  • Bachelor of arts in graphic design – a three-year degree for those who enjoy telling stories through both traditional and digital imagery;
  • Bachelor of arts in fashion design – a three-year degree aimed at students who want to enter the fashion industry; 
  • Bachelor of arts in interior design – a three-year degree specifically designed to meet the requirements of the fields of interior design, including corporate, retail, hospitality, exhibition, and residential design;
  • Bachelor of arts in multimedia design – a three-year degree that equips students with the skills to stand out in both the interactive (web design, ux design, and application design) and motion (3D and 2D animation, motion graphics, SFX, and video editing) fields; and
  • Bachelor of arts in creative brand communications – a three-year degree, which provides students with strategic thinking and planning skills that are in demand across a broad range of the brand communication industry, including copywriting, advertising, and more.

"This expansion ensures students get ‘the best of both worlds’ from their studies, and allows us to further develop our facilities and the resources available to students, providing them with an all-encompassing learning experience recognised on an international scale."

Prospective students and their parents can find out more about Vega at the upcoming open day, taking place on Saturday, 5 August at Vega campuses countrywide. Applications for 2018 are now open. 

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