Welcome to CGD at Waikato
Career Opportunities
Career opportunities are enhanced by the unique skills students will gain from this programme and can lead to work in a variety of areas including:
- Brand Identity
- Web Design
- Animation
- Interactive media
- Advertising Systems design
- Computer games
- Time-based media
- Computer illustration
- Web media
- Digital graphic effects
- 3D modelling
- Digital typography
- Typographic Design
Nau mai, haere mai!
Welcome to Computer Graphic Design at The University of Waikato.
What is CGD at Waikato?
Computer Graphic Design is a creative process that combines art and technology to communicate ideas. It begins with a message that, in the hands of a talented designer, is transformed into communication that transcends mere words.
The University of Waikato Bachelor of Computer Graphic Design (BCGD) degree is a specialist three-year design degree which will enable you to combine skills in visual art, creativity and lateral thinking with an ability to problem solve and a focus on new technology.
This professional degree is unique in New Zealand and in line with new international developments in design education.
The BCGD is offered in partnership with the Whanganui School of Design (a school of UCOL - Universal College of Learning).
BCGD (Hons)
Students who complete the three-year Bachelor of Computer Graphic Design may also be invited to enrol in a Bachelor of Computer Graphic Design with Honours (BCGD (Hons)) degree.
CGD Research
Computer Graphic Design creates a large field of research. Find out what the CGD Research Group are up to.
A University of Waikato lecturer in computer graphic design has walked away with an award for excellent artwork at the recent Shanghai Science and Art Exhibition