Creative Direction Pforzheim University of Applied Sciences - Design, Technology, Economics and Law
Overview and admission
Study Type
graduate
Admission semester
Winter Semester only
Area of study
Industrial Design, Product Design
Focus
Creative competence, Creative market competence, Creative Leadership
Target group
The Master of Arts course in Creative Direction is aimed at graduate designers with a Bachelor's or Diplom degree.
Annotation
Design is more than the enrichment of the commodity world with constantly new covers and products; it is the socially responsible and sustainable design of cultural worlds that are constantly renewed. To analyse the given, to question the existing, to open up new possibilities and to develop creative forecasts – this is what designers do nowadays. In this context, Creative Direction also stands for the skills that make up leadership qualities, for decisive and continuous innovation potential – or in short: for Creative Leadership. As a designer and manager in one, a creative manager combines creative skills with critical ability and analytical observation skills. In addition to creative competence, you also need leadership skills and comprehensive methodological knowledge. Prof. Thomas Gerlach: "MACD graduates are creative experts in innovation, art direction, design thinking and innovative empathic market development. The focus is on developing their creative competence and leadership personality. Psychology, behavioural research, philosophy, ethics and other cognitive sciences form the basis for this. The MACD teams are international, come from all areas of design and make diverse learning experiences with specific tasks from business/society and interdisciplinary issues."
Admission modus
Local admission restriction
Admission requirements
Above-average degree from a recognised academy of design, very good knowledge of German (equivalent to a score of 4.5 in a German as a foreign language test), a letter of recommendation/reference from an academic institution and/or a non-academic company/institution, submission of the applicant's own design work and successful completion of the university's aptitude test
Application deadlines
Winter semester (2024/2025)
Deadlines for International Students from the European Union
see application deadlines for new studentsDeadlines for international students from countries that are not members of the European Union
see application deadlines for new studentsApplication deadline for Germans and inhabitants
Not applicableEnrollment deadline for Germans and foreign students
See application deadlines
Tuition fee
Fees
Languages of instruction
Main language
German