University of Arts and Design

The University of Arts and Design is a state-accredited, private university that was founded in 2006 in Berlin. The university offers practical, contemporary, and international-centered bachelor’s and master’s degree programs.

• Your studies at University of Arts and Design offer everything you could need for a successful start in the creative industries:
• From real life, for real life: Most of our professors also actually work in the creative industries.
• Small groups: You’ll learn intensively and personally thanks to small classes and seminar groups.
• Career: You’ll make a good impression on future employers. After all, thanks to the experiences you’ve gained during your internship semester, you know the procedures within the working world.
• Collaborations: We lead frequent competitions with renowned companies and institutions to give you real-life conditions for testing whether your idea, budget, and time management are on-target.

Science and research are an essential element of modern cultures. They analyze, assess, and form the basis for our individual being and the conditions of our social order.

University of Arts and Design is reacting to these changes by also supporting research projects, in addition to offering courses. These projects can be theoretical and conceptual or artistic and design-based. Their approaches encompass both historical and contemporary sets of problems in equal measure. Since 2014, this work has been coordinated by the Institute for Design Research (IF) at University of Arts and Design.

University of Arts and Design's Career Center supports you during your studies and afterwards, too, helping you find the best job and to master your first year as a professional designer with grandeur. After all, the program is just the first step along your path to career success, for which – in addition to competence in your field – a good network is essential. Thanks to the Career Center, you can profit from the continuously growing University of Arts and Design network within the creative industry, which is constantly on the lookout for new talent.