LCI Barcelona is the most international School of Design and Visual Arts in the Catalan capital, thanks to the 23 campuses that the Canadian network LCI Education, to which it belongs, has spread across the 5 continents.
Its educational offer in fashion, graphic, interior and product design, animation, video games and photography is very wide and includes bachelor’s degrees, official and private masters, online programs and different types of courses. LCI Barcelona, which is 100 percent connected to the business world, promotes a ‘learning by doing’ methodology and synergises between all the areas offered to train professionals with values and skills that respond to the future challenges of the new economy and the creative industries.
In the creative multiverse of LCI Barcelona, students are guided to develop their careers in their own way, enhancing all their talents and opening the door to a world of opportunities. The school’s main goal is for them to become the best professionals while remaining themselves.
LCI Barcelona has a commitment to quality across every area of the school, including not only the level of teaching provided but also the pathways that this education provides into the working world. Of the students who have recently completed their studies at LCI Barcelona, 82 percent of them are in employment.
Through its Business Service, which organizes events such as the LCI Job Fair, LCI Barcelona works to provide its students job and internship opportunities. The Portfolio web portal is also a very useful tool in which students and graduates of all the LCI Education network can exhibit their achievements, know-how and creativity.
LCI students and alumni are professionally trained to meet any challenge within the working world. Its objective is to get as close as possible to companies within the design and visual arts sectors, to consider their issues, always adapt to their needs and provide them with the best professionals.
The school’s Business Service connects its students and recent graduates with the professional world by organizing events employability days, recruiting sessions and a job fair which is designed to bring them into contact with companies in their respective sectors and give them first-hand knowledge of the professional opportunities available to them. All those people who chose to gain their qualification at LCI Barcelona have exciting opportunities waiting for them.
LCI Barcelona was born in 2013 following the partnership between LCI Education and the Felicidad Duce Fashion School, which was founded in 1928. Therefore, 2023 will be a significant year for LCI Barcelona with the celebration of its 10th anniversary and the 95th anniversary of its fashion area.
2024 will be a turning point in LCI Barcelona's history with the inauguration of its new campus. These spectacular facilities located in the 22@ district, the heart of the most creative and innovative side of Barcelona, will be a great boost for the school and will reinforce its educational project at national and international level as the European flagship of the prestigious LCI Education network.
This sustainable building (BREEAM® certified) will be equipped with the latest technology and surrounded by a large green public space. All the facilities have been designed to make the most of natural light and avoid direct solar radiation.
LCI Barcelona will be 400 meters away from the Disseny Hub, a reference institution in the design and creativity sector, and next to more than 1,500 companies, institutions, universities, technology centres, SMEs, start-ups and other entities.
10,44,398 Undergraduate Fees are for indicative purposes, check with institution for details
10,30,835 Living costs Source: Study in Spain
4,22,100 To live on campus Source: Study in Spain
Studying at LCI Barcelona costs EUR 9,360 (bachelor’s degrees per year), EUR 7,500 (university diplomas per year), EUR 9,600 (private masters total) and EUR 10,680 (official masters total), among other programs.
LCI Barcelona provides its future students with all possible resources to have the opportunity to study there. The school has agreements with different banks that allow students to apply for loans under special conditions to pay for their studies, if required.
The Student Services Department of LCI Barcelona will accompany and guide all the students through the entire process of applying for and receiving the scholarships and grants that are available to them, which include the Continuing Education Scholarships, Topfolio Scholarships, Scholarships for Excellence, Ministry Scholarships and others.
Students are accepted to LCI Barcelona from all over the world. The institution is open to receive applications from a range of applicants. Students can show evidence of their education received from their country’s equivalent system.
Students may also need to complete a test relevant to their course – this could be an individual project or a portfolio of work that they have already completed. All the students are required to undergo an interview, either in-person or online, with an advisor from the Admissions Department and, if necessary, also with the program director or the person responsible for the area in question.
Students must also demonstrate proof of their language skills. Courses are taught in Spanish (some of them in English), so relevant qualifications providing their capabilities with the language are required in certain cases.
LCI Barcelona comprises a group of professionals committed to consolidating a creation and experimentation center in continuous development, fostering the spirit of collaboration and sustainability in design and society.
Its faculty are working professionals who bring practical real-world experience to the role by sharing with the students everything that is happening in their respective areas. They work to ensure that students develop the skills and aptitudes that will enable them to reach their full creative potential.
The school’s training methodology is based on experience and professional practice. It offers a dynamic and constantly updated education platform, closely linked to social, cultural and economic context to integrate and transmit to the students the evolution of techniques and the needs of people, companies and institutions.
All LCI Barcelona professionals work hard to foster the creative and human potential of each student in the community, through a methodology that combines the academic rigor and the dynamism of the creative industries.
There are just 2.5 students to every member of teaching staff at the school, so class sizes can be kept smaller while each student is afforded more time by his/her tutor.
LCI Barcelona belongs to different clusters related to its creative multiverse and has partnerships with more than 250 design and visual arts companies and institutions, as well as innovation and technology centres.
LCI Barcelona’s creative multiverse is made up of six areas within design and visual arts. Students will find a selection of courses in each area. The six main departments of LCI Barcelona are:
Its academic offer is very wide and includes a diverse selection of qualifications, depending on students’ prior education level and suitability. These are:
The school is oriented in BA and MA in Design and Visual Arts, in which the education is based on a holistic contextualization of the professional practice (cultural, social, technological, management) in an innovation frame.
Each of these programmes are designed to promote a pedagogical model based on learning by doing, as well as the professional and personal development of the students. The school also promotes synergies and collaborations among all its areas and programs. LCI Barcelona defends that future generations must understand design and visual arts as a means to express oneself and find innovative solutions to people's problems and needs.
Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
