Why study design?
Do you want to change society and help shape our environment? Design(Opens in a new tab) is geared towards people, their cultural context and their needs. As a designer, you can make your contribution to a world that is worth living in and designed in a sophisticated way. The profession of designer has an impact on all areas of human life. Thanks to their trained perception and creative skills, designers(Opens in a new tab) can think their way into almost all areas of society and make their own creative contribution to initiating change.
The professional field is diverse and varied: whether as a graphic designer, photo designer, filmmaker, object and spatial designer, scenographer or sound designer - the exciting combination of curiosity, creativity and applied knowledge on the one hand and the use of state-of-the-art technology on the other can be found in every area of design(Opens in a new tab) .
Designers create the syntax by which the world is oriented. The Faculty of Design at Dortmund University of Applied Sciences and Arts has set itself the goal of providing students with a sound and future-oriented education for the constantly changing professional fields in design(Opens in a new tab) .
Why study design at Fachhochschule Dortmund?
The design course at Fachhochschule Dortmund(Opens in a new tab) is a project-based course. The projects range from experimental design, be it with the computer, the brush, the camera or the microphone, to professional cooperation with partners from culture, Business Studies and science.
The close networking of design, technology, science and key skills results in practical, multi-layered student work. Film shoots in the professionally equipped film studio, model and prototype construction in our workshops, work in one of the best-equipped photo studios at German universities, the professional design and realization of book projects or the complete soundtrack for films in the surround sound studio are just as possible as collaboration in the organization of scientific symposia or in the realization of large international exhibition projects. Our listed building, which is open around the clock, has state-of-the-art computer workstations, a well-stocked library and a video archive with over 35,000 films.
Studying at the Faculty of Design(Opens in a new tab) is internationally oriented. We promote international cooperation and the mobility of our students through lively exchanges with partner universities in Australia, Denmark, France, Great Britain, the Netherlands, India, Israel, Italy, Cuba, the Czech Republic, Norway, Austria, Poland, Portugal, Sweden, Switzerland, Spain, Hungary and the USA, as well as international excursions.