Visual Arts is recognised for its academic and creative excellence. It strives to be inclusive, enabling, socially responsible, and value-driven, always acknowledging its mandate to be relevant to the wider community.

Moreover, the division aims to be a leading visual arts department, acknowledged as the department of choice by its students, graduates, employers, and peers. It seeks to function as a model multidisciplinary department that fosters a creative, intellectual, professional, critical, and reflective climate for its staff and students.

University of Pretoria Graphic Design Courses

Undergraduate Courses

  • BA Fine Arts  
  • BA Information Design   
  • BA (Visual Studies) 

Postgraduate Courses

  • Masters and Doctoral degrees in Information Design
  • Masters and Doctoral degrees in Fine Arts
  • Honours, Masters and Doctoral degrees in Visual Studies

University of Pretoria Graphic Design Requirements 

  • National Senior Certificate or equivalent qualification
  • An Admission Point Score (APS), minimum 30
  • A minimum of 60% for English language (home or first additional)
  • Art as a school subject is NOT a requirement

Contact Details For University of Pretoria Graphic Design

Coordinator Undergraduate:
Avi Sooful
Call 012 420 6783
E-mail
[email protected]


Coordinator Postgraduate:
Dr Johan Thom
Call 012 420 6414
E-mail [email protected]

Information Design

Coordinator Undergraduate:
Fatima Cassim
Call 012 420 5188
E-mail [email protected]


Suzette Snyman
Call 012 420 3194
E-mail [email protected]

Coordinator Postgraduate:
Dr Duncan Reyburn
Call 012 420 5189
E-mail
[email protected]

Visual Studies

Coordinator Undergraduate:
Dr Jenni Lauwrens
Call 012 420 4164
E-mail [email protected]

Coordinator Postgraduate:
Prof Amanda du Preez
Call 012 420 3755
E-mail [email protected]

Faculty Contacts

Emergency numbers for students
Call 012 420 2310
Call
012 420 2760
Call
0800 006 428

Faculty Client Services
Call 012 420 3111
E-mail [email protected]