Research in Design, Art and Media — Designing the Future (Master of Arts)
University of Stuttgart · Stuttgart, Germany
Duration
18 mo
Tuition
€3,570/yr
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Winter semester
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About this programme
The transdisciplinary Master of Arts programme "Research in Design, Art and Media – Designing the Future" offers you considerable freedom in the structuring of your studies and the media you choose to create your individual project. Under close individual supervision, you will develop a long-term project over the course of the entire study programme, benefiting from synergies within a diverse group of students while acquiring and deepening your practical skills at the Merz Akademie’s numerous labs (virtual reality, sound studio, green box/video and media lab, screen printing, photo studio, print/scan lab, bookbinding, etc.). The programme offers specialisations in: Photography / Film / Graphic Design / Illustration / Games / Media Art / Artistic Research. From application to graduation, the programme focuses predominantly on the individual project and its intellectual and artistic background, enabling you both to further develop and sharpen your knowledge and skills while at the same time realising a major project that will serve as a springboard for your future career. The study programme works between the notion of “experimental world building” on the one hand and of “experimental documentary practice” on the other hand. This distinction is to be understood both in practical and in philosophical terms, thinking about the media, tools, and processes that underline students’ practice, while at the same time posing theoretical questions about our relationship to the world. While the division is used to group students and professors according to their specialisations and practice, negotiating the fluidity of distinctions between “world building” and “documentary practice” becomes an integral part of the study programme. PDF Download
Intakes & deadlines
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Entry requirements
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English
E.G. IELTS Academic: 5.5
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Prerequisites
Applicants need a Bachelor’s degree or equivalent (e.g. Diplom) with 210 or 180 ECTS credits from an artistic/design, humanities / cultural studies or natural sciences (e.g. computer science) programme. Applicants whose Bachelor’s degree has 180 ECTS credits must complete 30 credits in the form of additional study-relevant coursework as part of a preliminary semester in order to complete the Master’s degree with 300 ECTS credits. In this case, the duration of the study programme is four semesters. A complete application includes: Curriculum vitae Proof of a first university degree (certified copies of certificates including transcript of records) Passport photo Exposé outlining a project you would like to work on as part of the Master’s degree programme Letter of motivation Portfolio of one to three current textual and/or artistic/design works relevant to the Master’s programme Proof of English language proficiency (level B2) Application materials will be reviewed. If the formal and qualitative requirements are met, applicants will be invited to an admission interview with the programme directors to present their project proposals and portfolios and explain their motivation in the Master of Arts programme at Merz Akademie. Admission will then be decided upon.
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Tuition is €3,570/yr. Taken from the university's published fees page, not re-checked since — confirm it before you budget. We confirm the current fee and the scholarships you qualify for — free.
The main intake is Winter semester. Most universities admit on a rolling basis — we confirm the exact deadline for your profile, free.
Applicants need a Bachelor’s degree or equivalent (e.g. Diplom) with 210 or 180 ECTS credits from an artistic/design, humanities / cultural studies or natural sciences (e.g. computer science) programme. Applicants whose Bachelor’s degree has 180 ECTS credits must complete 30 credits in the form of additional study-relevant coursework as part of a preliminary semester in order to complete the Master’s degree with 300 ECTS credits. In this case, the duration of the study programme is four semesters. A complete application includes: Curriculum vitae Proof of a first university degree (certified copies of certificates including transcript of records) Passport photo Exposé outlining a project you would like to work on as part of the Master’s degree programme Letter of motivation Portfolio of one to three current textual and/or artistic/design works relevant to the Master’s programme Proof of English language proficiency (level B2) Application materials will be reviewed. If the formal and qualitative requirements are met, applicants will be invited to an admission interview with the programme directors to present their project proposals and portfolios and explain their motivation in the Master of Arts programme at Merz Akademie. Admission will then be decided upon. English: E.G. IELTS Academic: 5.5.
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