Bachelor of Arts (BA) Design at Hochschule für Gestaltung Offenbach am Main

Programme overview

The BA Design teaches product and process design with design projects at its centre, complemented by lectures, seminars and workshop and software courses. Students apply for the design degree as a whole rather than a specific area and specialise as they progress.

Faculty: Department of Design (Fachbereich Design) | Study mode: Full-time; German-taught (German C1 required, or B2 German plus C1 English for the Master's) | Intake: Wintersemester | Location: Offenbach am Main, Hessen, Germany

What you will study

Modules cover foundation projects (12 modules, 60 CP), an orientation project (20 CP), elective projects (30 CP), foundation practice (16 CP), prototyping (32 CP), an elective area (31 CP), a compulsory internship (15 CP), and the bachelor thesis in design (13 CP) and theory (7 CP).

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Application information

Entry requirements

Admission is by portfolio (landscape format, at least 20 pages) or, for applicants with a general entrance qualification, an assignment on design aptitude. Required: certificate of university entrance qualification, at least 6 weeks of technical or digital-technical internship (proof by the start of the second semester), CV, letter of motivation and German proof (DSH-2, TestDaF 4, telc Deutsch C1 Hochschule or Goethe-Zertifikat C1 by 15 September; with German B2 only, English C1 is needed as compensation). Application period 1-15 April for the winter semester.

Intake: Wintersemester

Apply through the official page: https://hfg-jetzt.de/en/design/

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