Summer Courses
Our Summer Courses are a fantastic opportunity to learn and to explore the city of Barcelona.
These intensive courses will allow students to build on their knowledge and develop new creative skills under the guidance of professionals in their sector.
Our courses are divided into different formats and levels to ensure that the learning experience is adapted to all kinds of professional profiles:
Introductory
Advanced
Professional
Junior
Each course has a duration of 50 to 100 hours that are spread out over 2, 3 or 4 weeks. Lectures will be in the morning or afternoon depending on the course level and format.
The timetable for all courses is from Monday to Friday, either in the mornings (10.00 am to 3.00 pm).
IED Barcelona's Summer Courses take place during the month of July and combine academic experience with Barcelona's cultural and artistic heritage.
We are located in the neighbourhood of Barrio de Gracia, in the multicultural and cosmopolitan heart of Barcelona. Not far from us lie the city's beaches and sights that attract tourists from all over the world.
ACCOMMODATION (OPTIONAL)
Students on the IED Barcelona Summer Courses are entitled to apply for accommodation when signing up.
The accommodation option allows students to book an individual room with a shared kitchen in one of the best halls of residence in Barcelona.
ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS
The advisors from our Information and Guidance Service assess candidates based on their CV or professional portfolio. Candidates will be admitted on their chosen course according to the academic qualifications and professional experience each level requires. The syllabus contains a description of each course's specific criteria.
COMPLEMENTARY ACTIVITIES
During the Summer Courses, an Art&Design Tour is organised especially for newcomers and also residents wishing to learn more about Barcelona. It is intended to be an introduction to the city's art and design history, which is a recognised international benchmark with outstanding artistic activity. The ultimate goal is for students to gain an overall knowledge of the city as an ever-changing place while they learn how to get around and discover the resources it has to offer.
For more information: contact@bcn.ied.es
Summer - Professional
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Summer Course in Fashion Product Management
- Barcelona - 2 weeks
The summer course in Fashion product management is focused on giving a strategic overview of the fashion product functioning, taking into consideration positioning and brand values. It shows how to optimize the collections from the initial idea to the final… More Info
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Summer Course in Sustainable Fashion
- Barcelona - 2 weeks
The concept of sustainability is gaining ground in our society. For a great many reasons, which include consumers growing more responsible, laws getting stricter and waning resources becoming more expensive, sustainable development is rising as one of the key factors… More Info
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Summer Course in Future Materials in Fashion: Lifestyle, trends and design
- Barcelona - 1 week
The intersection of fashion, science and technology are undeniably having a profound effect on the fashion industry. We presently live in a high challenging moment in society with rapid changes in a very short time. A new positive system is… More Info
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Summer Course in Design Thinking and Co-creation
- Barcelona - 2 weeks
The summer course in Design thinking and co-creation presents the basic concepts and methodologies of Design Thinking and Co-creation through developing a real industry project, including presentations, lectures, and workshops by lead professionals in the design thinking and co-creation practice.… More Info
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Summer Course in Service Design for Innovation
- Barcelona - 2 weeks
Everyday we are active users of different kinds of services from the very second we wake up to the second we fall asleep: when we go to the office, to school, to the supermarket or even to a hospital. Very… More Info
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Summer Course in Design Thinking for Business Transformation
- Barcelona - 1 week
Innovation. Problem-solving. Creativity. Co-Creation. Customer value. These concepts have tremendous impact in today’s business strategy. They are the ingredients that spur new growth opportunities, optimize business processes and create strong connections with customers. They are obvious, yet diffuse.We see these words everywhere we look… More Info
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Summer Course in Innovation and Future Thinking
- Barcelona - 2 weeks
As the pace of social, technological, economic and environmental change increases, designers, strategists and innovators find it harder and harder to anticipate, understand, plan for and create around this uncertainty. Social cultures evolve and change like bacteria, new processes, materials… More Info
Summer - Advanced
Fashion
Summer Course in Fashion Trends Investigation
- Barcelona - 4 weeks
The Summer Course in Fashion Trends Investigation from Coolhunting to Forecasting will give students a holistic knowledge of how to research trends that will inspire and inform using the best practices and study and applied tools. The teaching staff, which is made… More Info
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Summer Course in Sports Product Design
- Barcelona - 4 weeks
The Summer Course in Sports Product Design responds to a need to train design professionals who wish to know more about the urban sports industry, including its scenarios, products, accessories, applied graphics and the strategies for its future development and… More Info
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Summer Course in Beachwear Design
- Barcelona - 4 weeks
The swimwear industry is expanding rapidly all over the world, and Spain with Barcelona as one of the hubs, is in a leading position thanks to outstanding companies in this field. The Summer Course in Beachwear Design and Pattern Making… More Info
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Summer Course in Fashion Printing
- Barcelona - 4 weeks
The fashion world needs the figure of a graphic designer who focuses on fashion. These specialists work with textiles in a very specific way and have a special sensibility towards the world of fashion and trends, allowing them to convey… More Info
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Summer Course in Packaging Design
- Barcelona - 4 weeks
Packaging is the name used to refer to the wrappers, containers and labels of commercial products. In increasingly competitive markets, packaging is a concept that is gaining in importance and innovation in this area is becoming a very important factor… More Info
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Summer Course in Furniture Design
- Barcelona - 4 weeks
The Summer Course in Furniture Design deals with the three main areas of design: editing, design and manufacture. Using professionals and experts in the field, the course looks at the details of each of these areas and how they are… More Info
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Summer Course in Interior Design for Commercial Spaces: Gastronomy and retail
- Barcelona - 4 weeks
The Summer Course in Retail Interior Design: Gastronomy and Retail is intended for architects, interior designers, product designers, retail, branding and visual merchandising company managers who wish to be challenged and to specialise effectively in an increasingly competitive and changing… More Info
Summer - Introductory
Fashion
Summer Course in Fashion Styling
- Barcelona - 4 weeks
The summer course in Fashion Styling offers a wide and specialized perspective of all the necessary elements that are needed to finish a style project. Fashion industry is one of the cultural and economic engines of our european societies. From… More Info
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Summer Course in Experimental Jewellery Design
- Barcelona - 4 weeks
The jewellery object is currently evolving and now no longer has to represent a material value or solely an ornamental value. Can a piece of jewellery have other functions? It is something that has to adapt itself to the body;… More Info
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Summer Course in Graphic Design in Branding
- Barcelona - 4 weeks
The field of visual identity design for businesses, products, events and services has changed significantly. Today, brands are more dynamic, shifting, adaptive and evolving than ever. They are no longer a static element, and more and more devices and platforms… More Info
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Summer Course in Fashion Design Research
- Barcelona - 4 weeks
Fashion Design Research is a one month intensive Summer Course that leads students through a creative methodology to open a different perspective and vision of creating a collection. It is a course to have a vibrating brushstroke of how to… More Info
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Summer course in Visual Merchandising
- Barcelona - 4 weeks
The summer course in Fashion and Visual merchandising shows how to encourage customers to buy, but mainly, promote the desire of coming back through persuasive communication. Fashion visual merchandising has a language and code itself, and the course is committed… More Info
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Summer Course in Fashion Marketing
- Barcelona - 4 weeks
The summer course in Fashion Marketing shows how all those who work in a fashion marketing and communication department need to be capable of responding to relevant subjects such as defining new business models, consolidating the “brand” value or looking… More Info
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Summer Course in Jewelry Design
- Barcelona - 4 weeks
The ability to work with and shape metal has provided mankind with exceptional power and emotions since ancient history. This power, together with the structure of following a specific design methodology, confers the designer with a very complete and gratifying experience. Emotions are… More Info
Fashion
Summer Course in Image Consultant and Personal Shopper
- Barcelona - 4 weeks
Ever since the figure of the personal advisor and shopper took shape in the eighties, the world of fashion is alive with professionals who lend advice on anything, from choosing a bunch of flowers to deciding on an outfit for an interview… More Info
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Summer Course in Fashion Photography
- Barcelona - 4 weeks
The Summer Course in Fashion Photography presents a broad, creative vision of all the components needed to be able to produce and obtain a competitive fashion image for the publishing world, fashion house campaigns and commercial, product and street style… More Info
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Summer Course in Social Media Management
- Barcelona - 4 weeks
Today, not many people is not on Facebook, Twitter or Linkedin. However, a few know how to leverage social media to get the most out of their business or personal marketing strategy. Keep in mind that one of the essential… More Info
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Summer Course in Creative Illustration
- Barcelona - 4 weeks
What has not changed over the years is that personal struggle each illustrator endures in trying to express content in his or her work. Developing a personal style is based on two demanding processes: being able to take creative risks and learning… More Info
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Summer Course in Graphic Design
- Barcelona - 4 weeks
Books, magazines, posters, advertisements, flyers, packaging, labels, brochures, product and company logos, web pages, online and outdoor advertising, etc... Everything that surrounds us in everyday life needs graphic design both for practical purposes and to communicate. The aim of the… More Info
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Summer Course in Global Design
- Barcelona - 4 weeks
The world of creation is constantly changing. Its disciplines merge and grow and the way they are implemented becomes more and more liberal. The multidisciplinary approach to design is part of a process where the fields in which creativity can be applied… More Info
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Summer Course in Interior Decoration and Styling
- Barcelona - 4 weeks
This course gives students the opportunity to study the principal research and reflection tools (both theoretical and practical) currently used in interior design and styling. In this task it is essential to consider the many deep-rooted relationships between the individual… More Info
Summer - Junior
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Summer Course in Global Design - Junior
- Barcelona - 2 weeks
Now that the official year has ended, the nerves brought on by exams and the last-minute handing in of papers, the personal drive to get good grades and the uncertainty of what to study next year have all been left… More Info
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Summer Course in Global Design (English) - Junior
- Barcelona - 2 weeks
Now that the official year has ended, the nerves brought on by exams and the last-minute handing in of papers, the personal drive to get good grades and the uncertainty of what to study next year have all been left… More Info
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Summer Course in Fashion Design - Junior
- Barcelona - 2 weeks
The world of fashion is a constantly expanding sector that offers many career opportunities. Many young people are quite convinced that they would like to go into fashion design but others cannot decide between the different options available in this… More Info
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Summer Course in Fashion Design (English) - Junior
- Barcelona - 2 weeks
The world of fashion is a growing industry, which offers a vast array of possibilities for professionals with different profiles. Therefore, it is not only an interesting and attractive field but also an actual opportunity to find employment. Many young… More Info
Visual
Summer Course in Creative Illustration and Animation - Junior
- Barcelona - 2 weeks
In a global society, the power of images is undeniable. Today, young people have the possibility of accessing this form of non-verbal communication on many platforms and of receiving constant input. Visual communication and images tend to be presented in… More Info
