Overview
The Usability Engineering programme offered by Rhine-Waal University of Applied Sciences is taught in English and provides you with a skillset that is highly prized in industry and for academic research as it focuses not only on strategic and methodical knowledge, but also equips you with the practical skills to realize your ideas in a broad range of application domains. A very important part of your study is therefore based on interdisciplinary approaches.
Career path
Complementing the individual skills you have gained in your bachelor´s degree, our master´s degree will strengthen your employability in all areas in which interactive systems are designed and developed. Your employment will be beneficial wherever products are required for the use by people.
Programme Structure
Courses include:
- Human Factors Design
- Human Factors in System-Design
- Project in Design for Human Factors
- Psychology of Perception and Psychology of Learning
- Analysis Methods
- Strategic Usability Engineering
- Applied Research Project
Key information
Duration
- Full-time
- 18 months
Start dates & application deadlines
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Credits
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Disciplines
Design Informatics & Information Technology User Experience Design View 63 other Masters in Informatics & Information Technology in GermanyAcademic requirements
We are not aware of any academic requirements for this programme.
English requirements
Other requirements
General requirements
- a bachelor´s degree (or diploma) in psychology or a discipline closely related to computer science or design.
- an overall mark of at least 2.5 in your bachelor’s degree
- a minimum of 210 credit points or ideally 7 semesters of full-time study. Applicants who have got less than 210 credit points when starting their master’s degree programme, have to achieve the missing credit points by passing suitable examinations in modules of other degree programmes.
- at least a C1 (or equivalent) level in an approved test in English.
Tuition Fee
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EU/EEA
FreeTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 0 EUR per year during 18 months.
Rhine-Waal University of Applied Sciences does not charge any tuition. Students are obliged to pay an enrolment fee for each new semester: €321.32
Living costs for Kamp-Lintfort
The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.
Funding
Studyportals Tip: Students can search online for independent or external scholarships that can help fund their studies. Check the scholarships to see whether you are eligible to apply. Many scholarships are either merit-based or needs-based.