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    Study model

    • Major
    • Design interdisciplinary 
    • Mobility
    • Regulations

    Over the course of four semesters, students work on their individual Masterโ€™s project in one of six majors. In addition to major-specific tuition, theoretical and practical modules with other majors are offered.

    Major

    Students choose one of six majors for their design specialization and research-oriented qualification as part of their four semesters of full-time study.

    - Game Design: In the Masterโ€™s Major in Game Design, you will focus on practical, future-oriented scientific topics and the technology of computer-controlled games and analyse (game) cultures.

    - Industrial Design: The Masterโ€™s Major in Industrial Design offers an experimental and practice-oriented design space that enables students to explore the role of design and technology in a social context.

    - Interaction Design: Inspired by the connections between people, objects and the environment, you will explore practical and scientific research methods and processes in the Masterโ€™s Major in Interaction Design, and then use them to implement innovative projects with a wide range of technologies.

    - Knowledge Visualization: In the Masterโ€™s Major in Knowledge Visualization, you will learn how to create images in scientific knowledge processes. Moreover, you will explore visualization and communication concepts, 3D technologies and imaging processes.

    - Trends & Identity: Diagnose specific change processes and new trends in the Masterโ€™s Major in Trends & Identity: Systematically explore visions of the future with innovative approaches and methods, investigate current issues of identity, daily life and living environments, and develop future-oriented design projects.

    - Visual Communication: In the Masterโ€™s Major in Visual Communication, you will design in an exploratory, future-driven manner, and develop new insights, methods and/or aesthetics.

    Design interdisciplinary 

    In the interdisciplinary module area, students gain an overview of various methods that are relevant for contemporary design research. In addition, basic skills can be acquired.

    Mobility

    A maximum of one semester can be completed at another foreign university that is deemed compatible with the Masterโ€™s programme of the ZHdK.
     

    Regulations

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