Call for Applications HKB?MA Communication Design

13 January 2017

Call for Applications:

HKB / MA Communication Design
(Deadline: March 15, 2017)

The Bern University of the Arts welcomes applications for the Master in Arts in Communication Design for the autumn semester 2017. It offers students an individual course for design and design-research projects with a high degree of social relevance in the fields of Design Entrepreneurship and Design Research, as a full-time student (over three semesters) or as a part-time student (over five semesters):https://www.hkb.bfh.ch/en/studies/master/macommdesign/

The MA Communication Design is focussed exclusively on your project. This affords you sufficient time to develop a socially relevant design question or research question, and to develop an innovative solution that will increase your chances of achieving an attractive career.

On the “Design Entrepreneurship” track you will conclude your studies with aconcept for a design-based product or service that you can make into the basis of a subsequent entrepreneurial career. With your final project you will apply  for design support (Federal Office of Culture, Pro Helvetia, Swiss Design Prize etc.) or start-up support (KTI, Creative Hub/Engagement Migros etc.) and found your own company.

On the “Design Research” track you will conclude your studies with a plan for a research project that you will carry out in your subsequent academic career. With your final project you will apply for research support (SNSF, KTI etc.) or for admission to a doctoral programme, in particular at the Graduate School of the Arts of the University of Bern and the HKB – an institution that is unique in all of Switzerland.

To apply for the HKB / MA Communication Design until March 15, 2017, please follow the link: https://www.hkb.bfh.ch/en/studies/master/macommdesign/application/application/