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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
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
Teaching, practice and research
Faculty
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Applications and Admissions
Year 2026–2027
Tuition Fee
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Scholarships
Undergraduate 2025–2026
Calendar
Atividades letivas
● 2.º semestre · 09.02 — 23.06.2026
School closures
● Sr. Matosinhos · 25 — 26.05.2026
Assessments
Publication
● 2.º semestre · 25.06 — 02.07.2026
Exams
● 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
Enriching lives, opening minds
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Administrative Services
Contacts
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