Escuela de Arte y Superior de Diseño "Mateo Inurria"
Higher education centre in Cordoba, Spain
The Escuela de Arte y Superior de Diseño Mateo Inurria is a public art and design school in Córdoba. Its origins go back to 1866, when the Escuela Provincial de Bellas Artes was created, and it is housed in the historic Palacio del Duque de Hornachuelos. It teaches the Bachillerato de Artes, higher vocational art and design courses (ciclos formativos de grado superior) and higher arts education in design.
At higher education level the school offers the Grado en Diseño Gráfico, an official higher arts education degree in graphic design, equivalent to a university bachelor's degree, taught in Córdoba since 2012-13. The programme has 240 ECTS credits over four years, covers fields such as branding, editorial design and packaging, ends with a final project and external work placements, and is taught in the afternoon. Students can spend a mobility period abroad through Erasmus+; the school holds the Erasmus Charter for Higher Education 2021-2027.
The two-year higher vocational courses (120 ECTS) cover animation, photography, illustration, advertising graphics, ephemeral architecture, interior decoration projects, furniture, and leather and wood sculpture. Admission to both the vocational courses and the design degree requires an entrance exam, unless the applicant is exempt through certain academic qualifications.
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Programmes
Grado en Diseño Gráfico (higher arts education degree in graphic design, equivalent to a university degree): 4 years, 240 ECTS, taught in the afternoon. Subjects include:
- Visual language and typography
- Visual identity design
- Editorial design and layout
- Web design and development
- Packaging design
- Interactive design
- Final project (Trabajo fin de grado) and external work placements
The school also offers two-year higher vocational courses in art and design (120 ECTS each).
Admission
Admission to the Grado en Diseño Gráfico requires an entrance exam (prueba de acceso), unless the applicant is exempt through certain academic qualifications. Applicants who take the exam pay the fee using form modelo 169 and submit the receipt with their application. Examples of previous entrance exams are published on the school's website. Enrolment is only possible after passing the admission process.