Basque country University
Promoted by the science and Technology faculty of the Basque Countryand with the support of other faculties and institutions, the Master's Degree in Scientific Illustration, a discipline that unites Art and Science and is a fundamental tool in Scientific Communication, is born to grow year after year and give scientific illustration the place it deserves in this country by providing formal academic training in the field of science visualisation.
- A pioneering degree in Spain.
- The result of the union between science, art, graphic design and communication.
- Students will learn the concepts and tools necessary to create effective illustrations, essential for transmitting scientific knowledge.
Top-level lecturers from different scientific and artistic disciplines.
Technical specs
- Duration: one and a half years
- Postgraduate academic certification: Master's Degree awarded by the UPV/EHU
- 60 credits:46 teaching credits + 14 credits of final project
- Price: Enrolment fee 3960 Є (66 Є/credit)
- Aimed at Professionals and Graduates
- Areas of knowledge related to Science and Technology,Art and Design, Health Sciences and Communication and Information Visualisation
- Limited places: 16 students
- Calendar:
- Pre-registration: 1st March.
- Registration: July 2023
- Start date: 08/09/2023
- Ending: 31/12/2024
- Schedule: afternoons, from 15:00 onwards
- Language: Spanish
- Face-to-face classes
- Attractive master's degree final projects
Subjects studied
The master's degree has a total of 11 subjects that are taken from September to June:
1) Methodology, basic concepts of illustration and professionalization.
2) Scientific Communication and Graphic Design
3) Basic concepts of science for Scientific Illustration (botany, zoology, astronomy, visualisation of molecules, data graphics, technology and geosciences).
3) Traditional Drawing (graphite, watercolour, Indian ink and gouache)
4) Digital Matrix and Vector Drawing
5) 3D drawing and animation
6) Computer graphics
8) Paleoart
9) Medical illustration
10) Archaeological illustration
Final thesis
The Master's thesis consists of 14 credits and is carried out from July to December. This work is performed in partner institutions of the master's degree: museums, laboratories, research centres, companies related to scientific communication, botanical gardens, aquariums, etc.
Requirements
All student and professional profiles are welcome. It is required to have basic notions of drawing, to have high curiosity and high motivation. In addition to the diploma, curriculum vitae, CV and identity card, a letter of motivation and a portfolio must be submitted with the pre-registration.
All student and professional profiles are welcome. It is required to have basic notions of drawing, to have high curiosity and high motivation. In addition to the diploma, curriculum vitae, CV and identity card, a letter of motivation and a portfolio must be submitted with the pre-registration.
Further information
Supervisor: Maren Ortiz-Zarragoitia
Email: ilustracioncientifica.fct@ehu.es
Address: Facultad de Ciencia y Tecnología. UPV/EHU. Barrio Sarriena s/n. 48940 Leioa, Bizkaia (Spain)
Twitter: @IlustraCienti
Phone:0034 946 013 548
Website : www.ehu.eus/ilustracion-cientifica