Design Futures

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University Folkwang University of the Arts
Degree Master of Arts

Degree Master of Arts, M.A.
Study Type Second cycle
Mode of admission selection procedure / qualifying examination
Standard period of study (amount) 4 semesters
Study Mode (elucidation) full time; part time
Location (main / branches campus) Essen
Admission semester winter semester
Subject

Das Design gehört zum Studienbereiche Design der Fächergruppe Art, Music, Design.
Weitere Informationen zur Fächergruppe Art, Music, Design.
Design

Das Industrial Design, Product Design gehört zum Studienbereiche Design der Fächergruppe Art, Music, Design.
Weitere Informationen zur Fächergruppe Art, Music, Design.
Industrial Design, Product Design
Areas of Concentration Computational Experience, Experimental Design, Experimental Sustainability, Studies for the Future, Form and Contexts, Interaction and Inquiry, Social Design, Society in Motion

Field of study
- Target group "Design Futures" is aimed at graduates (BA or Diploma degree) in creative and artistic study programmes, such as industrial design, communications design, art and other related fields as well as subjects related to design, such as engineering, natural sciences, social sciences and humanities.
- kind of Master course according to the KMK consecutive
- Main instruction language German
- Further language(s) English
- Annotation of the Higher Education Institution http://id.folkwang-uni.de/
- Course Website
- Link to the programme in the Accreditation Council database
Access and Admission Requirements
- Mode of admission selection procedure / qualifying examination
- Admission semester winter semester
- Proof of course-specific suitability after passing the aptitude test
  more information regarding admission requirements
- Completion of first university degree
  Bachelor/Bakkalaureus, Diplom, Diplom (FH)
  (and other qualifications, provided that they are recognised as being equivalent)
  
  For this degree programme, you should have gained your first university qualification in one of the following subjects groups or areas of study:
  - Subject group: Art, Music, Design
  - Area of study: Art and Design Sciences, Art Pedagogy, Design, Fine Arts
- Further admission requirements Nachweis der künstlerischen Eignung durch bestandene Eignungsprüfung
Programme Dates and Deadlines
- Wintersemester 2026/2027
- - Lecture period
  - 12.10.2026 — 05.02.2027
    Übersicht über die kommenden Semester- und Vorlesungzeiten: http://www.folkwang-uni.de/home/hochschule/studium/fristen-termine/
  - - Application Deadline for Aptitude Test 15.03.2026
Tuition Fee
- Tuition fee more information regarding tuition fees
Contact / contact person
- International Students and applicants are kindly requested to contact the International Office:
- International Office
- Street address Klemensborn 39, 45239 Essen
- Phone 0201 4903-307
- Fax 0201 4903-309
- international(at)folkwang-uni.de
- Internetpage of the institution
- Contact / contact person for this program
- Contact Description Fachbereich 4 | Industrial Design Campus Welterbe Zollverein Quartier Nord
- Contact person Prof. Christian Schreckenberger, Prof. Johanna Schmeer
- Street address Martin-Kremmer-Straße 21, 45327 Essen
- Phone 0201 / 6505-1405
- christian.schreckenberger(at)folkwang-uni.de; johanna.schmeer@folkwang-uni.de
- Zentrale Studienberatung
- Street address Klemensborn 39, 45239 Essen
- Phone 0201 4903-0
- Fax 0201 4903-288
- studienberatung(at)folkwang-uni.de
- Internetpage of the institution
- Studienberaterin
- Frau Nora Naujoks
- Responsibility Zentrale Studienberatung
- Phone 0201 4903-315
- nora.naujoks(at)folkwang-uni.de
- Internet page
- Studienberaterin
- Frau Annemarie Döpper
- Responsibility Zentrale Studienberatung
- Phone 0201 4903-384
- doepper(at)folkwang-uni.de
- Internet page

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