Appli­ca­tion Questions

We accept appli­cants for each winter and summer semester. Appli­ca­tion dead­line is May 15^th and November 15^th.

We require a successfully completed univer­sity degree (bachelor, diploma or equi­va­lent) in commu­ni­ca­tion, product or inter­ac­tion design or another design rele­vant discipline.

You need 210 ECTS. If you only have 180 ECTS points, you can still apply for a place. If you get a place at our univer­sity, you have to make up the missing 30 ECTS points within one bridge semester. You will attend courses of your own choice from the Bache­lor’s programmes at the HfG. This extends your study time from three to four semesters.

To be admitted to the quali­fying exami­na­tion, you must have obtained your first univer­sity degree with a final grade of at least 2.5. In addi­tion, we look at the overall picture that is presented to us through your appli­ca­tion and the selec­tion inter­view. Your submitted appli­ca­tion counts once, the selec­tion inter­view counts three times. Your total score will then be used to decide whether you will be offered a place at univer­sity, be placed on the waiting list or be rejected. This decision also depends on the quality of your competitors. 

Yes, that is possible. This does not have much influence on the actual appli­ca­tion process and the apti­tude test. If you pass the admis­sion proce­dure, you will be admitted to the program. However, we can only admit you condi­tio­nally, as your Bache­lor’s degree certi­fi­cate is still outstan­ding. But that doesn’t matter, you can hand in your univer­sity degree certi­fi­cate as well as your exma­tri­cu­la­tion certi­fi­cate as soon as you have received them. It must be submitted to us by the begin­ning of the respec­tive admi­nis­tra­tive semester at the latest. The admi­nis­tra­tive semester begins in summer on March 1^st and in winter on September 1^st.

Please note that a decla­ra­tion of accep­tance and form for imma­tri­cu­la­tion will be available via the online portal once you have received your accep­tance letter. Please fill out, sign and return these docu­ments by the given dead­line, even if you are waiting for your bachelor diploma and exma­tri­cu­la­tion form.

Besides the regis­tra­tion and appli­ca­tion in the online portal, you will also need to submit project sket­ches and a PDF with your work results.

With this link, you can register yourself in the univer­sity portal and then apply for the master study program.

Online Application Portal

A project outline is compa­rable to an exposé. In it, you describe in a well-founded way how you would solve a rele­vant problem with crea­tive means. Your project outline should not be about a project that you have already realized.

Every semester you have the oppor­tu­nity to attend our infor­ma­tion day for the Master’s program. This usually takes place at the begin­ning of each semester.

Dates

You can gain an insight into the projects and contents of the Master’s program at the Master’s infor­ma­tion day or at the semester exhi­bi­tion, which always takes place at the end of the semester in all buil­dings of the university.

Portfolio Strategic Design

If your appli­ca­tion docu­ments are complete and formally suitable, you will normally receive an invi­ta­tion to a selec­tion inter­view within three weeks of the appli­ca­tion deadline.

If you have been granted a study place or if you are on the waiting list, you will usually be informed within three weeks after the selec­tion interviews.

Yes, at the closing date for appli­ca­tions, you must have passed the DaF (TDN 4) or DSH‑2 tests.

Yes, you need to have your univer­sity entrance quali­fi­ca­tion reco­g­nised by the Studi­en­kolleg (orgna­niza­tion which tests/​qualifies foreign students for study in Germany) in Konstanz. Appli­cants from China must also enclose a certi­fi­cate from the Academic Evalua­tion Centre (APS) of the Cultural Depart­ment of the German Embassy in Beijing confir­ming the authen­ti­city of the appli­ca­tion documents.

We are a state-run univer­sity, ther­e­fore only the admi­nis­tra­tion fee of curr­ently 136 Euro per semester is charged.

For the winter semester 2017/18, Baden-Würt­tem­berg has intro­duced tuition fees of 1,500 euros per semester for students coming 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.

The enroll­ment must be applied for in writing within the period stipu­lated in the admis­sion decision. Admis­sion is only valid for the semester speci­fied in the admis­sion decision.