Ques­tions about Bachelor Applications

You are curious, can think analy­ti­cally and under­stand complex issues? Your main inte­rest is in design that focuses on people? You can reco­gnize design problems, whether in indus­tri­ally manu­fac­tured objects, in visual commu­ni­ca­tion or in dealing with inter­ac­tive appli­ca­tions? You want to visua­lize and realize solu­tions profes­sio­nally? Then you are exactly right for us!

Yes, the Univer­sity of Applied Sciences a state accre­dited univer­sity. All courses of study are accredited. 

We are a state-run univer­sity, so you only have to pay the admi­nis­tra­tion fee of 168 euros per semester. For the winter semester 2017 – 2018, Baden-Würt­tem­berg has intro­duced tuition fees of 1,500 euros per semester for students who come from outside the EU for the purpose of studying. These fees are in addi­tion to the admi­nis­tra­tion fee. If the Master’s programme is completed as a second degree course, tuition fees of 650 euros per semester will be charged in addi­tion to the admi­nis­tra­tive costs contribution.

We do not require know­ledge of drawing, so that a tree or portrait can be repro­duced reali­sti­cally. You should have a feeling for spatial rela­ti­onships and be able to sketch your ideas. Your crea­ti­vity is needed when you are looking for and finding crea­tive solu­tions for current and future problems.

We do not require programming know­ledge. In the first semes­ters you learn the neces­sary programming languages. Further­more, the HfG offers free tuto­rials in which you can expand your basic knowledge.

You must be able to show that you have an advanced tech­nical college entrance quali­fi­ca­tion, a general or subject-specific higher educa­tion entrance quali­fi­ca­tion, an equi­va­lent univer­sity entrance quali­fi­ca­tion or a special talent.

No. For example, know­ledge of craft­sman­ship is an advan­tage for studying product design, but is not a prere­qui­site for admis­sion. The HfG’s work­shop mana­gers offer intro­duc­tory courses for all areas such as wood, metal or plas­tics proces­sing and will advise you on your project work. In the mate­rial library, you will also get a compre­hen­sive over­view of mate­rials from which you can make your proto­types and products.

Unfort­u­na­tely, the online appli­ca­tion portal is curr­ently unavailable due to tech­nical issues at the Baden-Würt­tem­berg Higher Educa­tion Service Center (HSZ).

If you would like to apply, please use the appli­ca­tion form. Send it along with the other required docu­ments via email to

bewerbungseingang@hfg-gmuend.de

Regis­tra­tion and appli­ca­tions must be received via email by May 15 or November 15. For the winter semester, the entrance exam takes place in June, and for the summer semester, it takes place in late November/​early December. If your appli­ca­tion was complete, you will receive an invi­ta­tion letter after the appli­ca­tion dead­line.

For this appoint­ment, prepare your solu­tion to the home­work assign­ment we have provided (which will be published on our website appro­xi­m­ately 6 to 8 weeks before the apti­tude test) and bring it with you on the day of the apti­tude test. For admis­sion to the Product Design program, you must bring 12 to 15 samples of your own work in addi­tion to the assign­ment on the day of the apti­tude test.

Application Form

Classic port­fo­lios are no longer a requi­re­ment for any degree program. 

For admis­sion to the Product Design and Commu­ni­ca­tion Design courses, in addi­tion to comple­ting the home­work assign­ment, it is also compul­sory to prepare 12 to 15 self-made work samples, e.g. two-dimen­sional works, films, models and anima­tions, with a legible name and date of crea­tion, and, if appli­cable, to store them digi­tally. Please have these work samples prepared as digital files (Power­Point, pdf or similar) for the online apti­tude test on the respec­tive device, just like the homework.

In the courses of study Inter­ac­tion Design and Digital Product Design and Deve­lo­p­ment, work samples are optional.

Using the screen sharing func­tion, you have the oppor­tu­nity to present your solu­tion and work samples digi­tally during the inter­view (approx. 5 minutes).

You will receive a Zoom link and your test time slot of appro­xi­m­ately one hour appro­xi­m­ately one week before the apti­tude test. On the day of the test, the link will take you to the digital waiting room for the quali­fying test (Please wait for the host to start this meeting). The exami­ners will bring you into the virtual meeting room for a 15 minute conver­sa­tion. During this time, you will also explain your solu­tion to the given task and present your work samples via screen-sharing in the Commu­ni­ca­tion Design and Product Design courses. In the courses of study Inter­ac­tion Design and Digital Product Design and Deve­lo­p­ment, the presen­ta­tion of your own work samples is optional. Unfort­u­na­tely, there may be waiting times of up to one hour for the exam, so please plan accordingly.

On the day of the entrance exam, please bring your home­work and, for Product Design, your port­folio samples as well. For Inter­ac­tion Design and Commu­ni­ca­tion Design, brin­ging port­folio samples is optional.

You will also need

• Pencil
• Eraser
• Ruler
• Scis­sors & utility knife
• Glue for cardboard/​paper
• Clear tape

Since many appli­cants are trave­ling from far away, we offer over­night accom­mo­da­tions with univer­sity students from the day before the apti­tude test through the day of the test. You will receive more detailed infor­ma­tion about the process and the rele­vant contact infor­ma­tion along with your invi­ta­tion to the apti­tude test.

Here, you will complete your Bache­lor’s degree in commu­ni­ca­tion design, product design, inter­ac­tion design or the Digital Product Design and Deve­lo­p­ment with the Bachelor of Arts. The Master of Stra­tegic Design is awarded a degree in Master of Arts.

You can only apply for one degree program per semester.