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Choose your future skill set

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During the full-time program, you will:

Design your own learning experience

Students are individuals—not statistics. Your learning needs are individual. You decide what you want to learn.

Choose the skills you want to bring to your new career

What do you want to do? From product designer to frontend developer, choose the point or part of the spectrum where your interests lie.

Work with real clients and projects

Throughout this journey, you’ll have the opportunity to build a strong portfolio with real client work or launch a personal project in a supportive environment, with expert guidance.

During our innovative 12-month digital design program, you’ll take ownership of your learning journey. With the help of acclaimed industry professionals, staff facilitators, and your peers, you’ll define your goals and work towards them. You’ll learn by doing, in a studio-like environment.

How you'll put this into practice

Masterclasses

Two-to-five-day deep dives on a subject with a leading industry expert. A time to learn, network and be inspired. Past guests include Vitaly Friedman (co-founder and editor-in-chief at Smashing Magazine), Chris Murphy (The Belfast School of Art), Trine Falbe (UX consultant), and Jeremy Keith (co-founder and technical lead at Clearleft), among others.
Projects

Real design briefs from real clients. TNDS will suggest some, but you’re more than welcome to develop your own. This is your opportunity to build a strong portfolio or launch a personal project in a supportive environment, with expert guidance.
Mentoring

Staff facilitators will guide you on your learning journey and projects.
Workshops

Short, action-driven learning sessions focused on working together on a project or problem, to get feedback and boost your progress.
Webinar

Online sessions will to provide students with exposure to to as many industry professionals and companies as possible, regardless of their location.
Culture

At TNDS, you’ll find a positive, open and transparent culture, based on trust. You’ll build bonds with your colleagues that will go way beyond work. Students and staff will regularly share feedback to improve your experience.

Masterclasses
Projects
Mentoring
Workshops
Webinars
Culture

Two-to-five-day deep dives on a subject with a leading industry expert. A time to learn, network and be inspired. Past guests include Vitaly Friedman (co-founder and editor-in-chief at Smashing Magazine), Chris Murphy (The Belfast School of Art), Trine Falbe (UX consultant), and Jeremy Keith (co-founder and technical lead at Clearleft), among others.

Real design briefs from real clients. TNDS will suggest some, but you’re more than welcome to develop your own. This is your opportunity to build a strong portfolio or launch a personal project in a supportive environment, with expert guidance.

Staff facilitators will guide you on your learning journey and projects.

Short, action-driven learning sessions focused on working together on a project or problem, to get feedback and boost your progress.

Online sessions will to provide students with exposure to to as many industry professionals and companies as possible, regardless of their location.

At TNDS, you’ll find a positive, open and transparent culture, based on trust. You’ll build bonds with your colleagues that will go way beyond work. Students and staff will regularly share feedback to improve your experience.

Who our 2017 students are working with

Webinar

Laïla von Alvensleben

Kickstarting Remote Design Teams

Jeremy Keith

Progressive Enhancement

Idea Generation

Responsive Web Design

UX Research

Design Management

Product Design

Data Driven UX

The logistic details

2018 Program Details*

*This is how we are running our program in 2018. We're working on the details for 2019. If you have any questions, please get in touch.

Dates
January 15th - December 14 th, 2018
Language
English
Location
Porto, Portugal

Skills learned

Design Thinking, User Experience (UX) Design, User Interface (UI) Design, HTML/CSS, project/client/team management, plus whatever you want to add to the list.

Expected student availability

This is a full-time program with a flexible schedule. Often, you’ll be able to manage your own time.

Tuition fee & scholarships

The tuition fee is 6000€, to be paid in 12 monthly instalments or upfront (at a 5% discount) at the start of the program. Scholarships for 2018 are no longer available.

YOU CAN READ MORE HERE

To join TNDS...

You need:

a passion for design

to be a self-starter and a
knowledge-seeker

You don’t need to:

You don’t need:

an academic degree

a background in design (or any other discipline)

"So, where do I start?"

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