Media Art and Design, MFA

Four-semester MFA programme with artistic and design-oriented focus on interconnection of auditory, visual, interactive, event-based and conceptual media challenges, offering project-based interdisciplinary studies combining media art, design, media studies and computer science.

Academic requirements

Artistic aptitude test based on an artistic portfolio.

Minimum GPA

No fixed minimum GPA is published on the current official programme page.

English requirements

Most courses taught in English.

German requirements

Proof of level A2 proficiency of German (CEFR).

Accepted bachelor fields

First degree in media art, design, media studies, or related artistic/design fields. Programme taught mostly in English with significant non-German-speaking teaching staff.

APS Certificate

Yes

Thesis required

Yes

Tuition fee

None

Semester contribution

Approximately 280 EUR per semester plus one-time 20 EUR Thoska student ID fee

ECTS credits

120

Funding info

Tuition: None Semester contribution: Approximately 280 EUR per semester plus one-time 20 EUR Thoska student ID fee

Graduates work as professional artists and designers shaping media aesthetics, production and consumption conditions in daily life, with competences in audio-visual design, project planning and artistic research.

• 1

  Bachelor of Arts Animation and Game

  Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences

  Dieburg · Bachelor of Arts · English

• 2

  Design & Future Making

  Pforzheim University

  Pforzheim · Master of Arts · German, English

• 3

  Integrated Design (Bachelor of Arts)

  Technische Hochschule Köln (University of Applied Sciences)

  Köln · Bachelor of Arts · German, English

• 4

  Design Thinking Unleashed: Ignite Creativity, Solve Problems

  Bauhaus-Universität Weimar

  Weimar · Certificate · English

• 5

  Integrated Design

  Technische Hochschule Köln (University of Applied Sciences)

  Köln · Master of Arts · English