The One Academy | Malaysia's Leading Art & Design College

Ranked as the World’s No. 1 Best Art School

In 1991, The One Academy of Communication Design was established as a private art and design college and soon proved its worth in producing industry-standard graduates. We practise the "Masters Train Masters" teaching philosophy where we believe each educator must possess relevant industry knowledge to produce excellent graduates. Today, as a world-class creative education institution, we have a total population of 2,500 students from 42 countries pursuing internationally recognised courses at Bachelor's Degrees and Diploma Levels.

As a testament to our excellence, we were ranked World's No. 1 Best Production Excellence in Game Design & Development (Immersive Media), World's No. 2 Best Product Design School, World's No. 3 Best Creative Media and Entertainment School & World's No. 3 Best Concept Art & Illustration School by The Rookies. We were also named Creative School of the Year for 2018, 2019 & 2022 by the nation's most renowned advertising awards, the Kancil Awards.

Degree Programmes

Explores the digital domain which includes multimedia platforms, mobile devices, augmented & virtual realities through subjects such as web-based content, social media systems and interactive installations; establishing a rich, hybrid area of study for the 21st century.

Aims to create designers that are skilled in graphic arts, able to incorporate their work in the digital and technological age, adapt to entrepreneurial and start-up cultures and bring their skills beyond the boundaries of conventional graphic design.

Focuses on the creative improvement of existing and new buildings and spaces through an understanding of how the objects and spaces that make up our everyday landscapes provide pleasure, give meaning to and enhance the quality of people’s lives.

Diploma Programmes

Aims to nurture talents to keep up with digital trends and contribute to the rapidly evolving economy of today’s technology-driven world.

A discipline that utilises artistic, innovative and strategic thinking to create creative work aimed to build brands, market businesses, sell products or promote social welfare.

Cultivate ideas, creativity, artistry and technological mastery; a strong grasp of art, imagination and effective storytelling skills to keep audiences engaged and entertained.

Visual representation of an idea or storytelling which offers designers the opportunity to transform their thoughts, feelings and emotions into inspiring visuals.

Planning, designing and organizing the detail elements of an interior space while learning to identify, research and creatively provide quality and functional solutions.

Emphasizing on imagination, creativity and intelligence to create and recreate the fashion culture and lifestyle in the vastly dynamic fashion industry.

Nurture sophisticated talents rooted in the global art movement, centralising on concrete fine arts fundamentals to help transfer ideas and emotions into works of art.

The integration of live-action footage and generated imagery to create environments which look realistic, but would be impossible to capture on film in reality.

DigiPen The One Academy

Combining theory and practice of game design and user experience, and applying the knowledge and skills into creating a game from start to finish in a real-world production environment.

Establishes a solid foundation in game design theory, supplemented with computer science, mathematics and physics while mastering designing, producing prototypes and working on projects.