Design and Interaction, M.A.
Whenever complex content is to be conveyed, interactive systems and scenarios designed, or multi-layered digital stories told, ideas must be developed that go beyond established forms of communication and interaction. Furthermore, interfaces are becoming increasingly present in everyday life. Through them, people communicate with each other and with the objects and spaces around them. This requires new scenarios and solutions that must be conceived and designed.
Our English-taught master's program is precisely geared to these challenges, placing a strong emphasis on technologically supported forms of interaction and future communication scenarios. Through a clear focus on interface and translation skills in design, as well as the design of (user) interfaces, we train our students to become responsible, conceptually strong, and content-oriented designers.
Programme facts
| Degree | Master of Arts (M.A.) |
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| Duration | 3 semesters, 90 ECTS |
| Language of instruction | English |
| Required English | B2 |
| Study mode | Full-Time |
| Start | Winter semester, summer semester |
| Application | Via uni-assist, winter semester until 05.07, summer semester until 05.01 |
| Admission | No admission restriction: every eligible applicant is admitted |
| Tuition fee | €0 per semester for international students |
| Semester contribution | €365.10 per semester |
| Campus | Campus Kamp-Lintfort |
What the tuition fee consists of
Will I get in
Every applicant who meets the formal requirements is admitted — but places can run out before the deadline, so apply at the start of the window.
How the selection works and how strong the competition is — we go through it against your certificate when we select programmes for you.
Programme selection →What you study
Our master's program consists of three semesters. It begins with a series of intensive workshops in which you observe and reflect on your individual level within the context of the program and gain an understanding of the spectrum of course content.
The full curriculum and the programme's parameters are part of programme selection: we compare them with your profile.
Pick programmesCareer
Our professional field is subject to constant change, and the boundaries between disciplines are becoming increasingly blurred. Hardly any other field is so strongly influenced by new media, tools, and scenarios, and after your studies, you will work on completely new products, services, and forms of interaction. To enable you to meet these requirements, we train you to become a competent and versatile individual who can confidently and successfully navigate the job market – regardless of whether you are self-employed or employed, in business or research, on the agency or client side.
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The methodological, conceptual, design, and technological skills you acquire during your studies will excellently qualify you for tasks that require these special skills when working at the intersection of technology, computer science, and design.
Cost of study
| Tuition fee of the federal state (North Rhine-Westphalia), international students | €0 |
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| Semester contribution | €365.10 |
Requirements and application
| Previous education | Proof of a first professionally qualifying university degree (B.Sc., B.A., Diploma, or equivalent) in a relevant, subject-related program comprising at least 210 ECTS credits or seven standard full-time semesters in a design-related field, or a university degree in computer science or a related subject, provided the program also included design content. |
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| Language | English B2 — confirmed by a certificate when you apply |
| Application | Via uni-assist, winter semester until 05.07, summer semester until 05.01 |
The procedure and the set of documents depend on your certificate. We check the university's requirements against your documents and give you a list: what to submit, how to certify and translate it, where and when to apply.
Check the requirementsHow to get into this programme
- 1Check your certificate and its recognitionDirect admission, a year at a university at home, or Studienkolleg first — this decides the whole plan.
- 2Documents and translationsCertified translations of the certificate and transcript, an APS if required. 3–4 weeks.
- 3Application via uni-assist until 05.01uni-assist checks documents for 4–6 weeks — send them well before the deadline.
- 4Admission, visa, movingPlan 2–3 months for the visa and the blocked account in parallel.
How to apply
You can submit the application yourself or with our help — the university decides on admission in both cases.
Applications go through the university's portal or uni-assist. Typical mistakes:
- ×incorrectly made certified copies and translations
- ×a wrong set of documents
- ×the application submitted the wrong way
- ×errors or gaps in the application form
- ×the application submitted at the wrong time — too early or too late
An incomplete or incorrectly prepared application is excluded from the selection — it can no longer be corrected after the deadline.
StudyInFocus does not represent the university and does not influence the admission decision. We do not sell study places and do not guarantee admission — this is a service for preparing and submitting documents on the applicant's side.
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Don't postpone the application
The deadline is 05.01.2027 (83 days left). Language, translations and the document check take months, not weeks. In 30 minutes we will build a plan backwards from the deadline and tell you honestly whether you can make it.