POSTGRADUATE programmes in double degree with the Nantes School of Design – State-approved Master’s degree

CAD offers two 2-year POSTGRADUATE programmes in the INTERIOR ARCHITECTURE & DESIGN and DIGITAL DESIGN & ART DIRECTION sections in partnership with the École de Design de Nantes.

These POSTGRADUATE programmes deliver the Master’s degree of the Nantes School of Design (approved by the State) and the CAD diploma. This study cycle allows students to prepare for their professional integration through internships, management courses in addition to design courses and a study period abroad.

During this 2nd CYCLE, the student must carry out three 3-month internships, at least one of which must be abroad (outside Belgium and outside his or her country of origin).

They have the possibility of studying for a semester (4 to 4 1/2 months) in one of the 4 studios organised by the Nantes School of Design and hosted in prestigious universities in Sao Paulo (Brazil), Shanghai (China), Pune (India) or directly in Nantes (France).

In fact, we find that our students do their internships abroad and then move to Hong Kong, Tokyo, Berlin, Rio de Janeiro, Stockholm, Shanghai, Barcelona, New York, Montreal, London, Milan, Sydney… in order to start their professional career.

During these two years, students will work on more transversal and transcultural themes, in line with the IMW (International Multidisciplinary Workshops) already organised in the 2nd and 3rd years at the CAD.

These two years are divided into 4 semesters in total:

  • Semester 1: cross-cultural project in Brussels,
  • Semester 2: equivalent of an Erasmus, i.e. 4 to 4 1/2 months in one of the 4 studios of the Nantes School of Design hosted in prestigious universities in São Paulo (Brazil), Shanghai (China), Pune (India) or Nantes (France),
  • Semester 3: Final project.  During this period, the student also takes 160 hours of business management courses including accounting, taxation, entrepreneurship, law, professional ethics, etc. in order to become familiar with the management of a company,
  • Semester 4: 2 x 3 months of internships, at least one of which must be abroad (outside Belgium or the student’s country of origin).

Finally, the student presents his or her entire course to a final jury composed of professionals authorised to award the CAD and Nantes School of Design diplomas. The latter diploma has the Grade de Master approved by the State.