We offer you up-to-date, future-oriented training, enabling you to develop the methodological, technical and creative skills required to help shape our environment independently, critically and responsibly. After completing your degree, you will be able to shed light on issues in a holistic and critical manner, and to anticipate and avert any potential problems, taking account of cultural differences, where needed. By combining theory with practice, you will discover new perspectives and methods, enabling you to develop your own creative stance and approach.

Designers set trends. They influence the ‘face’ of a product and the image of a company, or help to make objects more ergonomic. Designers are also in high demand in the fields of market research, marketing and product management. The many practical projects involved in the Bachelor programme will prepare you well for employment in the different occupational fields, e.g. as a product designer in industry, an illustrator for a publisher, or a self-employed media or communication designer with your own agency.

In the Bachelor programme in Design, you can choose one of four specialisations: Communication Design, Illustration, Media Design, and Product Design. Unlike at other universities, however, we let you decide on your chosen specialisation at a later stage, usually between the second and third semesters. The advantage is that you will have more time to discover where your strengths lie.

You will start your degree programme in Design by taking Design Theory, which involves learning the principles of perception and design by experimentation and using different methods. We are convinced that the only way for you to identify your creative strengths is to do practical, creative work. This is why we give you the freedom to experiment in numerous exercise classes and in our studios and workshops – without having to limit yourself to one particular focal theme. Since all four disciplines are closely dovetailed, you will keep an open mind about the different working practices applied in each area. Depending on your personal preferences and interests, you can choose which skills and specialisations to focus on at a later stage.

Your programme concludes with a Bachelor project, which will be presented to the general public in the exhibition of graduates’ work, called ‘Parcours’.

• Integrated study model

In many courses, you will team up with students from other specialisations to find integrative solutions for a specific project assignment. For example, media designers collaborate with communication and product designers to create various elements of an exhibition: not only a poster and catalogue, but also an interactive information point, a website and the exhibition architecture.

• Close supervision

Our teaching staff will be there to advise you throughout your degree programme. There are fewer than 20 students to each member of staff. We also offer field trips and study tours lasting several days, where you will discover new aspects about the subject and exchange ideas with your professors and other students.

• Industry contacts

We cooperate with industrial partners, giving you the chance to tackle real assignments and establish contacts with key players in the industry.

• International outlook

We have international contacts at teaching level and an extensive network of partner universities in Europe, Egypt, Korea, Israel, Turkey and Canada.

• Creative environment

Münster School of Design is located on the Leonardo Campus, a stone’s throw from the Academy of Fine Arts and Münster School of Architecture. This creative environment and the new, modern building offer excellent conditions for developing your creativity.