Design

Why design study?

You want to change your society, influence people and shape your environment? Design is based on people, their social context and their needs. The profession of designer works in all areas of human life. Through his trained perception and design skills, the designer can empathize with almost every aspect of society and make his own creative contribution to initiating change. The professional field of the designer is diverse and varied: Whether as a graphic designer, photo designer, filmmaker, object and room 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 ​​the Layout. Designers create the syntax that the world uses. The Department of Design at the University of Applied Sciences Dortmund has set itself the goal of educating students for the constantly changing occupational fields in design in a sound and forward-looking way.

Why at the Fachhochschule Dortmund?

The design study at the FH Dortmund is a project study. The projects range from experimental design, be it with the computer, the brush, the camera or the microphone, to professional collaborations with partners from culture, business and science.

The close networking of design, technology, science and key competences results in practical, multi-layered student work. Film shoots in the professionally furnished 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 implementation of book projects or the complete setting of movie soundtracks in the surround sound studio are just as possible Collaboration in the organization of scientific symposia or in the realization of large international exhibition projects. Our landmark 24-hour listed building houses state-of-the-art computer workstations, a well-stocked library and a video archive of over 35,000 films.

Studying at the Department of Design is internationally oriented. We promote international cooperation and mobility of our students through lively exchanges with partner universities in Australia, Denmark, France, Great Britain, Holland, India, Israel, Italy, Cuba, Czech Republic, Norway, Austria, Poland, Portugal, Sweden, Switzerland, Spain, Hungary and the USA and international excursions.