About the Department

Design education at the Yarmouk University goes back to the year 1980 when it was a new field in Jordan, where the major of the design was subsidiary of the Department of Fine Arts. Since its inception as the first Department of Fine Arts in Jordan, design disciplines attracted students from all over the Kingdom, with faculty members from Jordan and the Arab and foreign countries. On the 17th of September 2001, design specialty became independent as its department, after its promotion to the level of a stand-alone academic department in the Faculty of Fine Arts named "the Department of Design and Applied Arts" and in 2011, the name was changed to become "the Department of Design" and a new plan of study was adopted to include four specialties including interior design, graphic design, industrial design, and fashion and textiles design. The Department of Design grants a bachelor's degree in each of the four fields of design. Currently, the Department of Design includes (13) faculty members of various academic ranks joined by around (380) students. The department aims to become recognized as a center of design in the region in teaching and research, and an effort continuously rises to the level of creativity and consulting compared to centers and institutes in the area of design and human creativity worldwide.

Learning Outcomes:

Upon graduation, the design student can:

1. Use design principles to solve life and functional design problems.

2. Use the technology, equipment, materials, and facilities for design production.

3. Link scientific and applied knowledge in design innovation and production

4. Apply functional, economic, and environmental considerations in solving design problems.

5. Linking the function to design and production characteristics and understanding the chemical and physical properties of the materials used in the design.

6. Studying the scientific framework for cost accounting, production economics, feasibility studies, information processing, and data analysis.

7. Finding solutions to design problems and methods of planning and implementation.

8. Understand the global concepts, terminology, and design theories and study the methods of international designers.

9. Apply information and skills in the field of design using mechanical and digital systems.

10. Take the individual and collective responsibility during design production processes. 

Vision

To be a leading academic specialization and research center in Art and Design (Interior Design - Graphic Design - Fashion Design and Industrial Design) and a source of innovation and creativity, according to international quality standards.  

Mission

Preparing a distinguished graduate capable of innovation and operating and managing design and development to meet the needs of the market in accordance to the standards of local, regional and enrich the design science through research and studies that contribute to the development of the community and develop the various related sectors to the world. 

Goals

Objectives:

1. Qualifying graduates specializing in a design capable of taking responsibility for carrying the burden and spreading the design message.

2. Meet the local market's needs such as design, education, publishing, communication, and multimedia.

3. Enabling graduates to become professional, self-reliant, and engaging in the labor market.

4. Creative development thought among design students to promote human and cultural development and behavior and beauty.

5. Teaching design as a curriculum that takes into consideration human and functional needs.

6. Teaching design students higher thinking skills and problem solving.

7. Interest in knowledge production by adopting the philosophy and theories of the economy based on knowledge.