Contents of studies Design and Creative Leadership
Inspiring: Researching Design
During your studies, you will acquire an innovative skillset that combines design-specific skills with strategic, entrepreneurial and research skills. You will hone your individual profile by working on a research question of your choice in one of the defined fields of application (biodesign, socio-spatial design, information experience and computational design, cross-platform content and media strategy).
The following areas are available for specialization:
- Systemic Design
- Experience Design
- Strategic Communication
In dialogue with experts from practice and science, you learn to apply design knowledge unerringly and scientifically to develop solutions to complex problems. You will also acquire the key competence of working in interdisciplinary teams in international settings and linking different areas of knowledge.
Study programme structure
| Course unit | ECTS | SHW |
| Transdisciplinary Perspectives 1 Human – Design and Society | 3 | 2 |
| Intensive Project 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Design Challenge | 8 | 3 |
| Research Lab 1 Design Perspectives, Methods and Frameworks | 10 | 4 |
| Design Talk Open Idea MA 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Orientation, Self-competence and Collaboration Strategies | 3 | 2 |
| Global Mindedness 1 Advanced Digital Skills, Knowledge Communities and Intercultural Sensitivity | 3 | 2 |
| Total | 30 | 16 |
| Course unit | ECTS | SHW |
| Transdisciplinary Perspectives 2 Human – Design and Technology | 3 | 2 |
| Protoyping Studios | 2 | 1 |
| Intensive Project 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Research Lab 2 Data Collection and Analysis, Interpretation | 3 | 2 |
| Strategy 1 Foresight, Speculative Design and Design Futuring | 3 | 2 |
| Design Talk Open Idea MA 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Global Mindedness 2 Platform Economy, Artificial Intelligence and Ethical Design Practice | 2 | 1 |
| K1 Contextual Studies Choice of 1 or 2 modules *K | 6 | 4 |
| Project Work MA 1 | 4 | 2 |
| Specialization 1 | 4 | 2 |
| Total | 30 | 19 |
| Course unit | ECTS | SHW |
| Transdisciplinary Perspectives 3 Human – Design and Environment | 3 | 2 |
| Intensive Project 3 | 2 | 2 |
| Research Lab 3 Evaluation, Synthesis and Model Development | 3 | 2 |
| Strategy 2 | 3 | 2 |
| Design Talk Open Idea MA 3 | 1 | 1 |
| Global Mindedness 3 Sustainability Discourse and Competence | 2 | 1 |
| Contextual Studies Choice of 1 or 2 modules *K | 6 | 4 |
| Project Work MA 2 | 4 | 1 |
| Specialization 2 | 6 | 4 |
| Total | 30 | 19 |
| Course unit | ECTS | SHW |
| Creative Leadership | 3 | 2 |
| Design Talk Open Idea | 1 | 1 |
| Global Mindedness 4 Policy Design, Democracy Development and Competence | 2 | 1 |
| Leadership Storytelling, Consulting and Presenting | 2 | 2 |
| Project Work MA 3 Master Thesis | 18 | 1 |
| Master Seminar | 2 | 1 |
| Master Exam | 2 | 0 |
| Total | 30 | 8 |
*E | Courses in English
*F | Research Seminar
*K | Contextual Studies Selection of 1 or 2 modules totalling 6 ECTS
ECTS: Performance points according to the "European Credit Transfer System". According to international standards, 120 ECTS points must be earned over 4 semesters.
SWS: One semester hour per week (SWS) corresponds to 15 educational components of 45 minutes each.
Learning content in detail
Study and career: yes, it's possible!
Studying part-time is challenging and at the same time very rewarding. The mix of courses in presence, e-learning units, self-organized learning as well as group and project work allows you to combine study and work well. But of course this requires a high level of discipline, consistent time management and a corresponding agreement with your employer. A reduction of the professional activity has proven itself.
These measures enable you to combine your studies, work and private life well:
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Courses are held in blocks mainly on Thursdays and Fridays (occasionally on Saturdays). There are approximately six additional days of attendance per semester - these take place as two blocks during the week.
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Optimized schedules with little idle time. Certain weekends are free of classes (Easter, Pentecost, Christmas).
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Preview of contact hours and exam dates already several months in advance.
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Presentation and examination times are only changed in exceptional cases (e.g. illness of a lecturer).
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Team-building events throughout the study
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Small group sizes create space for individual supervision when working on practice examples, case studies and projects.
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The availability of electronic media (scripts, eBooks, essays in specialized databases) is very high and is constantly being expanded.
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Infrastructure opening hours also outside contact hours.