Campus for Design and Art Intermedia Design (M.A.)

About this program

Intermedia designers develop contemporary, creative solutions in interactive digital media. Their latest possibilities are applied innovatively in conception, design and technology. These skills are increasingly in demand in promising professional fields, be it as game designer, web designer, motion designer, interface / interaction designer, user experience designer, conceptioner and some more. The design of apps and web applications as well as other interactive media systems, the development of games or gamification applications, storytelling and staging in videos and animation up to networked products and applications are the main focus of the three- or four-semester master's program. During your master's studies, you will deepen your knowledge of design within the framework of your master's project and acquire analytical and conceptual skills in accompanying courses. In this way, the degree program lays a practical, project-oriented and academic foundation for a career in digital media as well as for a further academic career. The master of arts degree is the prerequisite for employment in higher or civil service and enables you to be admitted to a subsequent doctoral program. Furthermore, a scientific orientation enables you to work as a design author in the publishing sector as well as in publishing, education or research. The Master's degree qualifies you for positions such as Art or Creative Director. As an intermediate designer you will work in agencies, publishing houses, design offices, cultural institutions as well as in design departments of industry and media. The master's degree also qualifies you for positions where a high degree of personal and professional competence is required. This includes team leadership, strategic planning and the ability to argue scientifically sound arguments in design projects. In the exchange with other students and the discussion with lecturers you will learn to reflect on contents and methods and to develop your creative work further. Our master students learn to solve challenging and far-reaching tasks in small groups. As you will be working in your studies of intermedial design in modern fields with high innovation potential, you will also have the option of working as a freelancer or entrepreneur later. The basic building blocks of teaching - design, concept, technology, theory - are taught in application-oriented and project-based lessons. In order to train students to become the creative personalities of tomorrow, teaching takes place in small groups. This offers plenty of time for intensive and individually tailored support by the lecturers. The course of study thus lays a practical, project-oriented and academic foundation for a career in digital media as well as for a further academic career. Within the 4-semester program, an internship semester must be completed at home or abroad and/or a semester abroad With the IMD degree course, you enter a modern media and design laboratory as a nucleus for the latest business and action fields. You are educating yourself for a versatile professional future, in which you can explore new design territory and help to shape the media space with your ideas. This is where design tasks are worked on which react to the rapid development of information and communication media with good ideas, creative concepts and innovative uses. From the very beginning you will be encouraged to help shape a positive media future and to network design tasks in a versatile and innovative way.

Required documents

General requirements for Master programs in Germany. Program-specific requirements are shown once you start a journey for this program.

• Certified copy of Bachelor's degree certificate
• Certified translation of Bachelor's degree certificate
• Certified transcript of records (all semesters)
• Valid passport (photo page copy)
• Tabular curriculum vitae (CV)

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