Information days on 12 and 13 February

The most northerly art academy in Germany invites you to its Study Information Days on Wednesday 12 and Thursday 13 February 2025.

On Wednesday, 12 February, from 2 p.m., all those interested can get to know the courses of study online in direct exchange with students and professors, while on Thursday, 13 February, the Muthesius University of Fine Arts and Design will open its doors to high school students and all those interested. The varied programme allows visitors to get to know the courses in Fine Art, Art Education at Grammar Schools, Spatial Strategies, Industrial Design and Communication Design on this day from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Questions about the application and admission process as well as everyday life at the art academy will be answered, (...)

Get to know the art academy digitally

If you are interested in studying art or design, you can find out everything you need to know with just one click on Wednesday, 23 October at 1 p.m.: How does the application process work at the Muthesius University of Fine Arts and Design? Which artistic works should be included in the application portfolio? And what does it look like at the art academy?
These and many other questions will be answered by the team of the student department in the ‘digital study info’. Via Zoom, prospective students will be able to gain insights into the art academy and clarify individual questions for the application process. Because: From November 1 to 15, (...)

Annual exhibition Einblick / Ausblick from 18 to 21 July

How do art and design students work and research? The Muthesius Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Kiel is opening its doors from Thursday 18 to Sunday 21 July for its annual exhibition “Einblick Ausblick “. During these days, studios, workshops, lecture theatres, studios and workspaces will be transformed into an exhibition covering around 10,000 square metres: guests can gain unique insights for four days with free admission: More than 600 students from the Fine Arts, Art for Teaching at Grammar Schools, Communication and Industrial Design and Spatial Strategies degree programmes will be showing the projects they have created during the academic year. Visitors to the art academy can find out about the artistic and creative work in art and design – (...)

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Anyone wishing to study at the Muthesius University of Fine Arts and Design from the winter semester 2024/25 can apply from 1 to 15 May. (...)

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Industrial Design

At Muthesius Kunsthochschule we want to convey new qualities. For us, design is a comprehensive examination of technical, social and cultural developments as well as societal changes in equal measure. We are interested in translating these developments into new and interesting relationships, processes and interactions. In our studies, we see it as our duty to point out ways to design intelligent and responsible products and user experiences. For this task, we must open our eyes and minds and acquire far-reaching skills for action: networked thinking and acting, exploring, testing, conceptualizing, detailing, visualizing and communicating. And above all: creative decision-making.
Since we in Kiel are anything but a mass university, we can closely coordinate the content to be taught. The result is holistic, practice-oriented and individual teaching. Studying at Muthesius should motivate students to discover personal inclinations and develop them with commitment; our goal is to train them to become responsible, critical and professional designers.

Bachelor

The bachelor’s degree program in industrial design prepares students for the multifaceted and demanding requirements as designers in a way that enables them to work in a variety of professional contexts that point the way ahead.

Master

What kind of future do we want? What qualities should technologies, our coexistence and the way we deal with ourselves have? Who shapes and is responsible for change?

The four-semester Master’s program “Industrial Design”, with a focus on Interface Design or Medical Design, addresses central current and future issues.
It qualifies students for professional, interdisciplinary design work in a broad range of activities in the research, industrial or service sectors with a focus on design, development or strategy. The program is aimed at bachelor’s graduates in industrial design as well as other disciplines. The focus of the academic background is less important than the conviction of being able to create valuable synergies with one’s profession. In particular, the course of study as academic further education is aimed at interested parties who have already gained professional experience. Exploring and researching what will characterize individual and communal human life in the future – that is your study content as a master’s student of industrial design at Muthesius Kunsthochschule.

Students work in the area of conflict between interface design and medical design: These two synergetic focal points impart competencies for future-oriented design work that focuses on people as agents of social change, but also as objects of knowledge in themselves. In the future, designers will play a much stronger role in providing impulses and direction for the individual and collective organization of life and will also make this experience possible – this is the guiding principle of the program.

Teaching staff

PROF. MARTIN POSTLER
Industrial Design

PROF.IN DR. BETTINA MÖLLRING
Design basics

PROF. FRANK JACOB
Interface-Design

PROF. DETLEF RHEIN
Medical Design

PROF. DR. MED. DIETER SIEBRECHT
Industrial Design (MA) Medical Design

PROF.IN DR. ANNIKA FRYE
Design science and research

Degrees

Bachelor of Arts (B. A.) (8 Semesters)

Master of Arts (M. A.) (4 Semesters)
Industrial Design/Medical Design
Industrial Design/Interface Design

PhD