Design

If you decide to study the master's programme in design at our university, you will take an in-depth and reflective look at the subject spectrum of design and acquire special skills in the areas of:

• project development
• design management
• strategy
• design research
• design

The focus in the master's programme is on integrative design, team-oriented leadership, strategic thinking and design-oriented research. 

Courses

The following courses flank intensive project work and design research: design management, design science and futurology, media theory, communication science and strategies, cultural history, social sciences, design marketing, design philosophy, team and strategy, design thinking.

Nine fields of competence

The design programme at HAWK in Hildesheim is interdisciplinary. Our students have the opportunity to obtain an in-depth Diploma Supplement within our nine fields of competence:

1. Advertising Design
2. Branding Design
3. Digital Environments
4. Colour Design
5. Graphic Design
6. Interior Architecture
7. Lighting Design
8. Metal Design
9. Product Design

Individual courses of study that link different design disciplines are possible under the degree designation "Integrated Design."

With your interdisciplinary education you will be in demand as a designer in many areas. The future-oriented courses on offer qualify you to act as an interface for design in business, culture and research. You can lead teams independently, as a freelance designer or employed with a company.

The distinctions between design disci¬plines and positions are increasingly  dissolving. Professional fields are be¬coming more interconnected, the organi¬zation of design processes is becoming more complex and work teams are fol¬lowing flatter structures. In the Master’s program at the Faculty of Design, the  focus is therefore on strategic thinking, integrative design, team oriented lead¬ership and design oriented research. 

Strategic thinking teaches the targeted use of design methods and working  methods. Integrative design means for¬mulating questions and developing solu¬tions in a networked manner - and there - by deepening and expanding one’s own design skills. It is experimental, varied, criti cal and reflective. Team oriented lead¬ership means working respectfully with others, guiding them and leading groups safely. Design oriented research means generating new knowledge through de¬sign, consolidating designs argumenta¬tively, as well as focusing on people in re¬sponsible relation to the designed world.