Bachelor Mediendesign (B.A.)*

Good news: The IU is dispensing completely with a numerus clausus (NC). You don't have to go through an exhausting selection process or get credit for waiting semesters, because none of our degree programmes have a NC. We prefer to talk to you personally and together we can find out where your talents and strengths are. And most importantly, the goals you are pursuing with your studies. Please note that you have to take a creative aptitude test as an admission requirement for the study programme Media Design according to § 68 (2) ThürHG. You can get more information about this from your student advisory service. 

You can study Media Design in the following cities: Aachen, Augsburg, Berlin, Bielefeld, Bochum, Bonn, Braunschweig, Bremen, Chemnitz, Dortmund, Dresden, Duisburg, Düsseldorf, Erfurt, Essen, Frankfurt, Fulda, Freiburg, Hamburg, Hannover, Karlsruhe, Kassel, Kiel, Köln, Leipzig, Lübeck, Magdeburg, Mainz, Mannheim, Mönchengladbach, München, Münster, Nürnberg, Potsdam, Ravensburg, Regensburg, Rostock, Saarbrücken, Schwerin, Stuttgart, Trier, Ulm, Würzburg, Wuppertal. And of course, at the Virtual Campus, which enables you to study anywhere in Germany. 

Yes, we also make that possible at the IU. Alongside the entrance qualification in the form of an Abitur or Fachabitur, prospective students without an Abitur also have the opportunity to enter our bachelor’s programme. You can study Media Design without an Abitur if you are a state-certified technician/business economist, have a master craftsman's certificate or have completed at least two years of vocational training and have at least three years of professional experience. 

The Media Design bachelor's programme lasts for 36, 48 or 72 months, depending on which time model you choose. In the myStudium study format, the standard duration is 36 months. The dual studies programme usually lasts 7 semesters. However, if you need more time and semesters for your studies, this is absolutely no problem. 

Media Design deals with everything related to digital media. Audio-visual media, apps, web design and photography play a major role in the field of Media Design. Depending on the study programme, the focus varies, e.g. on digital topics. People working in Media Design have artistic as well as technical skills and can manage both design and production processes. In times of digitalisation, Media Design nowadays focuses largely on web design and other digital products. The difference between Media Design and Graphic or Communication Design is the focus on craft skills. Here, the focus is more on print, corporate design or packaging design, while media design deals with motion, 3D, programming or interactive design.