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Aptitude Test Bachelor Design and Teacher Training at Vocational Colleges

Brief overview

DegreeEignungsfeststellung
DepartmentMünster School of Design
IntakeWinter semester & summer semester
CharacteristicsPassing the aptitude test is a prerequisite for applying to study at MSD | Münster School of Design. The aptitude test will take place on November 18 and 26, 2024.

Requirements and registration

Entrance requirements

There are no particular prerequisites for registering for the aptitude test. You only need to provide evidence of your higher education entrance qualification when applying for a place on the degree programme.

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Detailed description of the aptitude test

The aim of the aptitude test is to determine applicants’ creative aptitude. After all, only candidates with an aptitude for the specific degree programme have the basis for completing the degree with success.

Registration for the aptitude test takes place online. For this purpose, our Applicants’ Portal (myFH) is accessible from 20 January to 15 March and from 1 August to 1 October. If you wish to embark on your degree programme in the winter semester, please register for the aptitude test in spring. If you wish to embark on your degree programme in the summer semester, please register for the aptitude test in summer.

Any time during the registration period, you can activate the “Direkt anmelden” (Register directly) button at the top of the page, which will direct you to the process for registering to the Applicants’ Portal, and then to the aptitude test. Once the registration phase has come to a close, you will receive an email from us containing an invitation to the aptitude test, stating the exact test dates. The portfolio theme will also be announced then.

After the last day of the registration period, we will announce the theme for the application portfolio on our website. We will also send an email to all candidates who have registered for the aptitude test.

Once the theme has been announced, you will have at least six weeks to prepare your portfolio. All candidates will be notified by Münster School of Design by email of the date by which the portfolio with your work samples shall be submitted. Several days before the date of the aptitude test you have the opportunity to upload your portfolio in the myFH portal.

The portfolio should comprise a minimum of 5 to a maximum of 10 work samples on the specified topic. If there are at least 5, but less than 10 topic-related works, the missing number up to 10 must be supplemented by free, topic-independent works. The presentation of the work should preferably be in landscape format as a PDF file (16:9).

A wide variety of associations and concepts related to the given topic can be used across all media. What is expected is a subjective interpretation of the task and the resulting visual realisation - as versatile, imaginative and experimental as possible.

Your work should clearly demonstrate that you can think conceptually and develop your own ideas. You should therefore also show us your development process and your sketches in your portfolio.

The portfolio to be submitted for the aptitude test must contain the following:

  • 5-10 numbered work samples on the specified topic
  • if there are at least 5 but less than 10 topic-related works, please add free works so that a total of 10 works are submitted
  • a numbered table of contents with brief descriptions of the work samples
  • a signed declaration that all work was completed independently and without outside help (see invitation to the aptitude test)
  • the completed questionnaire (see invitation to the aptitude test)
  • optionally, up to ten additional free works can be submitted

The aptitude test consists of two parts, taken on two consecutive days:

Day 1: Review of applicants’ portfolios

Admission to the practical part of the test on the second day is dependent on the creative quality of the work samples you submitted in your portfolio, which will be assessed by professors who teach at Münster School of Design, taking into account the following aspects: imaginativeness, design skills, and the creative and experimental exploration of the theme.

If your portfolio is assessed as positive in terms of the criteria, you will be invited to an practical test and an interview with the Commission on the following day.

Day 2: Practical test/ interview

In the morning, the exam topic is presented and explained to the admitted applicants. The exam consists of a creative task which can be completed within four hours. The creative means for processing are freely selectable. The results of the practical test will be reviewed in a subsequent presentation and discussion with each applicant.

Please provide favourite materials, such as sketch pad, markers, paper, scissors, glue, pens, magazines/newspapers for collages, coloured papers, etc. - also materials for three-dimensional design.

The upcoming aptitude test in November 2024 will take place in hybrid form:

The portfolio review on the first day of the exam, 18 November 2024, will continue to take place digitally.

Selected applicants will then be invited to a practical examination, the "written exam", on 26 November 2024 and to a personal interview with the examination board.

On the day after taking the exam, you will be notified whether you have passed the aptitude test. If you have passed, you can apply for a study place with the notification of suitability.

Once the aptitude test has been passed, it is generally valid for the four application periods following the date on which aptitude was determined.

For example: If you passed the aptitude test in autumn 2024, in theory, you can apply to start studying at MSA for the following intakes:

  • Summer semester 2025
  • Winter semester 2025/26
  • Summer semester 2026
  • Winter semester 2026/27

If you fail the aptitude test, you have one more chance to take it again. To take the test a second time, simply register for the aptitude test again within the deadlines above. You can only apply for a place at MSA once you have passed the aptitude test.




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