Degree: Bachelor of Arts (BA)
Duration: 6 semesters
Structure: full-time course
Course load: 157 hours per semester, 180 ECTS credits
Course Director: Univ.-Prof. Hans Stefan Moritsch
Degree: Bachelor of Arts (BA)
Duration: 6 semesters
Structure: full-time course
Course load: 157 hours per semester, 180 ECTS credits
Course Director: Univ.-Prof. Hans Stefan Moritsch
Want to get your hands dirty? Yes! Want to get your mind spinning in the heat of the creative process? Oh, yes! Want to connect the hand with the brain - like in Fritz Lang's »Metropolis« - preferably with your own heart and soul? That too? Then this course is perfect for you - no matter whether you have A-levels or whether you have completed an apprenticeship. There's nothing to stop you from embarking on a career as a craftsperson-plus-designer! Science fiction or tradition? Both are possible: design the present!
Have you finished an apprenticeship and want to rechannel your practical skills, taking them one step further? Or do you come from a grammar-school and want to make your abstract knowledge tangible? In both cases, this is the right place for you. For the first time, a university training programme combines these aspects in a unique, extraordinary course of studies: the bachelor's course in »Manual & Material Culture« unites manual trade and product design in an innovative, forward-looking way with a business-oriented outlook.
The course caters for your current situation: if you have already completed training in a manual trade, you will learn the tools for professional product design. If you are a grammar-school graduate, you will acquire sound woodworking or metalworking skills in an additional course. In any case you will learn practical manual skills along with business management expertise. You will also study methods of design research, design development, and design presentation. The core of the curriculum is the »Craft Studio«, in which you can explore the latest developments in design and use of a wide range of different materials in hands-on project work. Also, you will engage in extensive study of technical design and design theory, but also future-driven topics such as »new materials and sustainability« - or the role of manual trade against the background of the latest developments in technology such as »3D printing«.
To channel your career more effectively, in the second year of study you can choose between the subjects business management and cultural studies, thus preparing either for future management tasks in medium-sized companies or for a postgraduate master's course.
Study at the NDU is founded on practice: numerous cooperations between the University and the business world allow you to experience current standards in industrial productions hands-on. At the same time, you will benefit particularly - above all with regard to your creative development - from the stimulating environment of an innovative private university: you will deal with tomorrow's graphic and information designers, interior designers, event engineers, and numerous other »creative workers« on the daily, carrying out joint projects and exchanging views and experience beyond the boundaries of your own disciplines.
Whatever specialisation you opt for, and whatever educational setting you come from: your particular creative development, tailored to your needs, is always guaranteed.
The door to a career in the production industry is wide open: above all, the unique combination of a bachelor's course with manual skills will make you a highly valued candidate for managerial positions in medium-sized companies. Design firms also appreciate this dual expertise, combining, as it does, top-notch design and technical skills. Another avenue to explore is to embark on a self-employed career, in which free reign can be given to your creativity as a freelance designer of craftsperson. Last but not least, building on your basic academic training you can refine your expertise in a related master's course or take a master craftsman's diploma.
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Do you have questions about a particular course? Would you like to get to know our staff - or find out what our students have to say about studying at the NDU? No problem! Our team will gladly answer your questions - either per mail, by phone or Skype, or in an individual appointment here at our university.
Who's teaching at the NDU? Who are the "creative heads" in charge of guiding and running the University? What are the research subjects and areas of expertise of our professors and assistants? Here you'll find not only contact details but also short bios and portraits of the NDU Team.
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