The purpose of this study is to investigate the editorial design of the advertising brochure in relation to the promotion of entering college freshmen. The role and function of the brochure promoting universities have been explained in terms of the editorial design. The special regard is paid to the Grid-system that must be handled with the greatest possible care in editorial design of brochures. In this study, it has not only divided into the three categories (Single Grid-system, Multiple Grid-system and Non-Grid-system) according to the Grid-system, and but also analyzed each case of the modeled college brochure. In the analyses, it is found that the using Grid-system brochures are much more effective than that of the lesser using Grid-system, especia1ly in the communication and design. Therefore, the Grid-system is shown to be crucial tool in the current design process of the college brochures. The suggestion of the using criterion of the Grid-system has also been made for the unity as well as diversity of layout in the editorial design. The study then extends this core object principle with the possible development of the Grid-system that includes the balance of the expression of the contents and the artistic structure of design. Additionally, the relationship between the Grid-system and the visual materials for the creative application to the brochure promoting the universities is presented as the final result of this study.