Course General Description

The master’s program in Design is aimed at interior designers, product designers and architects with a good bachelor degree who wish to complete their academic training. This program offers two areas of specialization:

Integrated Design Processes Interior Architecture & Architectural Design In this program students are given more support, and they gain more practical experience and prospects for the beginning of their career. They focus on a project that they select and carry out intensively over three semesters – closely supervised by a personal mentor. In addition to this individual coaching, they attend numerous courses with a wide range of content.

The Coburg Design program is known for its close cooperation with the field and its multidisciplinary orientation. When students develop new products or facilities, they intensively explore the technical, economic, environmental, and social and psychological factors that determine and influence their own master project. This interdisciplinary process results in completely new design solutions. The numerous prizes that Coburg graduates have received in recent years confirm the training concept.

School General Description

Coburg University in Germany is a public university financed by Bavarian State Ministry of Science and the Arts. As its English translation “University of Applied Sciences and Arts” suggests, a Hochschule is characterized by practice-related teaching and research as well as a strong practical bias. Its educational philosophy is designed to enable its students to apply their theoretical knowledge and methodological know-how to solving concrete problems in their professional careers. During their studies the students at Coburg University are systematically trained to develop those skills. To make sure that students never lose sight of the practical relevance of what they are learning, both full-time and part-time faculty are required to have gained ample experience in leading positions of business and administration. With the exception of art-related programs, the standard length of bachelor’s degree programs is seven semesters, one of which is, as a rule, in an internship. The practice-oriented approach to teaching is demonstrated by a required internship the small size of classes allowing individual attention to be given to students lab and field work, simulation games, project-centered education, and field trips the faculty’s wide range of practical experience