History
The University of Arts and Design is a state-accredited, private university that was founded in 2006 in Berlin. The university offers practical, contemporary, and international-centered bachelor’s and master’s degree programs.
Education
- Your studies at University of Arts and Design offer everything you could need for a successful start in the creative industries:
- From real life, for real life: Most of our professors also actually work in the creative industries.
- Small groups: You’ll learn intensively and personally thanks to small classes and seminar groups.
- Career: You’ll make a good impression on future employers. After all, thanks to the experiences you’ve gained during your internship semester, you know the procedures within the working world.
- Collaborations: We lead frequent competitions with renowned companies and institutions to give you real-life conditions for testing whether your idea, budget, and time management are on-target.
Research
Science and research are an essential element of modern cultures. They analyze, assess, and form the basis for our individual being and the conditions of our social order.
University of Arts and Design is reacting to these changes by also supporting research projects, in addition to offering courses. These projects can be theoretical and conceptual or artistic and design-based. Their approaches encompass both historical and contemporary sets of problems in equal measure. Since 2014, this work has been coordinated by the Institute for Design Research (IF) at University of Arts and Design.
Career
University of Arts and Design's Career Center supports you during your studies and afterwards, too, helping you find the best job and to master your first year as a professional designer with grandeur. After all, the program is just the first step along your path to career success, for which – in addition to competence in your field – a good network is essential. Thanks to the Career Center, you can profit from the continuously growing University of Arts and Design network within the creative industry, which is constantly on the lookout for new talent.
Distance Learning Courses
Student services
Facilities:
- Media Library
- Equipment Library
- International Office
Housing services
University of Arts and Design recommends rooms at the following student dorms:
- Studentendorf Schlachtensee, a private student dorm with direct connections to University of Arts and Design’s Berlin campus
- THE FIZZ, a newly built dorm in Kreuzberg at the river Spree, in Berlin
Library services
A special library dedicated to design, the main focus of the collection lies on photography, graphic design, and typography, with web and interface design, media art, and illustration being further core areas of interest. These are complemented by publications from a number of neighbouring subject areas such as marketing, film studies, media studies, exhibition design, street art etc.
ICT services
As a private University of Applied Sciences, University of Arts and Design provides the latest and comprehensive media technology for modern and successful studies in Design:
- Macs and photographic equipment can be borrowed
- Mac pools
- Animation, green screen, and photo studios
- Motion design lab
- Print/scan studio
- 3D laboratory
- BLiZ lab
- Dark room
- Editing room
- Sound lab
Campus life
Capital, world metropolis, creative center of Germany, and more: Berlin is an international magnet for producers of culture. Loads of museums of international prestige shape the metropolis – and their audience. To be in Berlin means to be where the action is – always able to benefit from the best and be inspired to design something new.
In the center of this creative metropolis is where you’ll find University of Arts and Design’s Berlin campus. Historic and contemporary buildings lie in close proximity to one another. On the one hand, the characteristic main building is an impressive example of 19th century architecture.
The University of Arts and Design is accredited by Berlin’s senate and received its institutional accreditation in 2009 from the German Council of Science and Humanities. Furthermore, all University of Arts and Design degree programs are accredited by Germany’s Central Evaluation and Accreditation Agency (ZEvA).