M.A. cenographic Design and Communication german

Bachelor's degree (or equivalent) in:

• design, architecture/interior design, urban planning/land use planning, or in a comparable study program at an institution of higher education with a curriculum including design studies focussing on the design of rooms, environment and public spaces (design subjects), or
• art theory, media studies, cultural studies, the arts or economics at an institution of higher education with a curriculum including a particular field of the practical application of scenographic design or the design of rooms, environment and public spaces and/or communication design or of academic analysis (academic subjects).

Required ECTS credits: 210.

Applicants who completed a program of only 180 ECTS have two options: to make up for the missing 30 ECTS. They can complete a 20-week internship or they can take special courses. They have to earn the 30 ECTS until the first module examination.

Foreign graduate degrees must include a final thesis with comparable qualitative minimum requirements.

Degree requirements 

A. A diploma or bachelor's degree in design, architecture/interior design, urban planning/spatial planning, or a comparable degree at a university with curricular components of a space-oriented design degree.

B. Or an academic diploma or bachelor's degree in art, media, cultural studies, humanities or economics context, in a degree program with designated curricular components that relate to the scenographic design fields in practice or academic analysis.

Language

The bilingual Scenographic Design and Communication program is offered alternatively with a "predominantly German-language focus" and a "predominantly English-language focus."

The applicants for the program have to opt for a prevailing program language by the time they apply and prove they have the following language skills with regard to their favoured prevailing program language:

_a) German as the prevailing program language_

For the study program with German as the prevailing program language, proof of sufficient German skills has to be provided. The proof for applicants to the program who did not obtain their university entrance qualification or their graduate degree at a German-speaking institution, is provided e.g. by the “DSH-2” language examination (taken at an institution of higher education, not at a private language institute), the test “German as a Foreign Language” (“Deutsch als Fremdsprache”, TestDaF) with at least 16 points in all four parts of the examination (even if level 3 is included as an individual result) or the examination “telc Deutsch C1 Hochschule”

_b) English as the prevailing program language_

For the study program with English as the prevailing program language, proof of sufficient English skills has to be provided by the applicants. In exceptional cases, the proof can be provided by an equivalent certificate or document proving the corresponding minimum re-quirements (in accordance with C1 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages – CEFR). The respective committee will decide whether there is equivalence

1. online application form

2. BA or diploma transcript (or grade transcript of the final semester or penultimate semester as a scan, if the degree is not yet available)

3. short biography/ CV (PDF)

4. portfolio or scientific compendium (PDF)

a)For applicants from design subjects: a portfolio with at least three independent work samples (presentations with commentary and description) from at least one of these contextes:

• scenographic design (context stage/theater, museum/exhibition, trade show/event, set design/media production, or virtual spaces).
• object-, space- and architecture-related design
• temporary communication design in the context of corporate communication/campaigns or
• advertising/brand staging
• temporary media design (context performance/installation)

b) For applicants* from scientific subjects:

a compendium of scientific research or other academic output that demonstrates an engagement with scenographic issues.

5. list of submitted documents to be accompanied by a written statement that the applicant has carried out the work independently.

The portfolio work samples or demonstrated scholarly research or academic results of applicants who meet the degree requirements (A1a or A1b) will be evaluated by an elected committee according to the following aspects:

a) conceptual competence,,

b) artistic/ design creativity,

c) design solution competence and

d) organizational and moderating competence or scientific consistency.

According to the aspects mentioned in paragraph 1, the commission decides on admission to the aptitude procedure's second level. Notification of admission to level 2 of the aptitude examination will be sent by mail on 01/07/2025 (please be sure to check your mail inbox and spam folder regularly).