The history of human cultures coincides with the history of clothing: since ancient times, the way of dressing has marked civilizations, characterizing their crucial moments of transformation. In the global acceleration of our present, there is a need for an all-round reflection on the meaning of fashion in the contemporary world in order to be fully aware of the immediate and future impact it has on the environment, understood as the natural, cultural and social habitat where everything is interconnected. Fashion companies today are required to reduce their unsustainability in order to move the fashion industry towards an effective ecological transition. This is the opportunity that presents itself today to the young fashion designer: to learn to formulate a thought that is creative but aware of the impact of their fashion making. The new three-year RUFA course is the first course in Italy that takes a transdisciplinary approach to integral ecology in the creative design of the entire fashion supply chain and aims to provide solid technical skills while stimulating a critical reflection on the cultural and business models of the fashion system, with a view to sustainability, inclusion, and circularity. The sustainable fashion designer must have a complete education, in which the creativity cultivated and enabled by digital knowledge, technical skills, and cultural in-depth analysis are confronted with the themes and opportunities of sustainable development.

The Interior Designer interprets the urban changes by identifying roles, services, lifestyles, and aesthetics of the interior space. This professional restyles the public image of cities, working for hotels, restaurants, cafes, shops, malls, merging urban with the intimacy and rest place for excellence: home. Interior Designers - space artisans - embody the primary professional roles of contemporary times, when market and politics influence the transformation of existing spaces as well as city expansions.

Throughout the history of cinema, Rome has enticed filmmakers, featuring as the backdrop – and sometimes the starring character – of countless iconic productions, from epic dramas to romantic comedies to documentaries. AUR’s Film program is unique in being the only degree program of its kind to be taught in English and based in Italy, with the added bonus of having its seat in a city so important to the subject.

Today’s spaces, furniture, and products are waiting to be renewed by the talent, intuition, and skills of tomorrow’s designers, RUFA graduates. The designer is the main actor of the contemporary lifestyle. Thanks to his studies in specific subjects, RUFA Designer is a professional able to lend his authorial work to interior architecture, product design, multimedia, and interactive works.

Bachelor of Arts in Comics and Illustration is the curriculum of the Bachelor of Arts in Graphic Design that prepares professionals to enter the world of comics and illustration and enables them to tell stories by giving shape to their own style and technique. Students acquire art skills such as composition, visual communication, inking, anatomy, and perspective.

The curriculum for AUR’s Interdisciplinary Studies degree leaves ample room for personal variation so that students, in conjunction with their academic advisor can tailor their studies to their own particular interests. This program is recommended for students whose interests do not fall under a single conventional academic heading.

The Graphic Designer plays a key role in all projects that involve visual communication. From publishing to packaging, corporate identity to exhibits, signage to advertising. Graphic Design is a multidisciplinary profession that combines various elements of communication (signs, fonts, colours and images) to define forms of expression that must always be original and contemporary.