MA Design Futures at Folkwang University of the Arts

Programme overview

Consecutive artistic master with a research-oriented profile that treats design as open, artistic-research practice used to design, question and make possible futures tangible between society, technology and culture. Experiment takes priority over the expected.

Faculty: Design | Duration: 4 semesters (2 years), 120 ECTS | Study mode: full-time (part-time possible); German- or English-language requirement (B2) | Intake: Winter semester (October) | Location: Essen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany

What you will study

Teaching areas: Material and Design, Design for Interaction and Inquiry, Experimental Design, Design by Technology, Society in Motion, and Form and Context. Students develop personal questions and choose their means freely.

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Application information

Entry requirements

First professional degree on which the master builds, for example in industrial design or a design-related field of engineering, social sciences or humanities; applicants with a bachelor of fewer than 240 ECTS must meet additional admission conditions. Pass the aptitude test. Applicants without a German school qualification need B2 in German or English at enrolment. Application deadline 15 March for the following winter semester.

Intake: Winter semester (October)

Duration: 4 semesters (2 years), 120 ECTS

Apply through the official page: https://www.folkwang-uni.de/home/gestaltung/studiengaenge/design-futures-ma/basisinfos-bewerbung

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