Diploma in Design & Media

Program Overview

Diploma in Design & Media

Course Details

• Full Time
• Duration: 2+ years
• Intake Date: 29 May 2025, 03 July 2025, 25 September 2025
• Awarding Body: APU, Diploma

Why choose APU?

• Malaysia’s Premier Digital Tech University
• 5-Star Excellence Rating (SETARA)
• 100% Employability Rate
• Ranked No.16 for International Students in the World
• More than 80,000 Graduates & Alumni

Admission Requirements

• General Requirements:
  • SPM: 3 Credits in at least 3 subjects at SPM level, with a minimum of a pass in Bahasa Malaysia and Sejarah (History)
  • IGCSE/O-LEVELS: 3 Credits (Grade C & above) in at least 3 subjects at IGCSE/O-Levels
  • UEC: 3 Credits (Grade B & above) in at least 3 subjects in UEC
  • CERTIFICATE: Pass relevant Certificate Programme or its equivalent
• English Requirements:
  • IELTS: 4.5
  • TOEFL IBT: 33
  • Pearson (PTE): 43
  • MUET: Band 3
• Portfolio or Interview Required

Programme Outline

• Provide a programme that covers the academic aspect as well as the vocational aspects of Design and Media
• Prepare students for careers in the Design and Media environment
• Provide students with academic and professional skills to develop solutions requiring a holistic outlook in Design Studies
• Provide students with critical, independent and cooperative learning skills so as to facilitate their response to continuous future international change
• Develop students’ intellectual skills, communications ability and team working capability
• Provide students with opportunities for progression into Degree Programmes of Design and Media standard in relevant areas

Common Modules

• Semester 1:
  • Academic Research Skills
  • Imaging/Production Skills for Design
  • Trends and Visual Thinking
  • Introduction Graphic Design
• Semester 2:
  • Informing the Masses: Advertising and the Media in the 21st Century
  • Visual Art Theory and Practice
  • Drawing & Presentation Techniques
  • Professional Communication
  • Introduction to Creative Project
• Semester 3:
  • Introduction to Project Management
  • Illustration for Concept Art
  • 3D Pipeline
  • Animation Principles
• Semester 4:
  • Motion Graphics
  • Fundamentals of Entrepreneurship
  • Digital Illustration Techniques
  • Cinema Film Analysis
  • Major Project Preparation
• Semester 5:
  • Applied Movement
  • New Media Studies
  • Major Project

Elective Modules

• ROUTE A: LEADING TO DIGITAL ADVERTISING PATHWAY
  • Design History and Context OR Introduction to Public Relations
  • Client Brief Concept
  • Marketing Fundamentals, Consumer Behaviour and Creative Practice
• ROUTE B: LEADING TO ANIMATION PATHWAY
  • Design History and Context OR Introduction to Public Relations
  • Digital 2D Animation
  • Advance 3D Pipeline
• ROUTE C: LEADING TO VISUAL EFFECTS PATHWAY
  • Design History and Context OR Introduction to Public Relations
  • Digital Compositing for Film
  • Advance 3D Pipeline
• ROUTE D: LEADING TO INDUSTRIAL DESIGN PATHWAY
  • Design History and Context
  • Design Style and Substance
  • C.A.D. Project or Surface Modeling
• ROUTE E: LEADING TO MEDIA AND COMMUNICATION PATHWAY
  • Introduction to Public Relations
  • Communication Theories
  • Marketing Fundamentals, Consumer Behaviour and Creative Practice

Further Studies

• Upon successful completion of this programme, you will be eligible to progress into Level 2 of the following degree programmes offered at APU
• Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Industrial Design
• Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Animation
• Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Visual Effects
• Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Digital Advertising
• Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Media and Communication Studies

Fees & Certification

• Malaysian: RM49,200
• International: RM52,600 (USD12,235)
• MQA Cert: Programme code : (R2/0211/4/0096)(12/29)(MQA/FA4392)