- Degree
- Master of Science (MSc)
The Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism awards a "Master of Science" in Digital Technologies in Architecture and Design in cooperation with the Faculty of Media and the Faculty of Art and Design.
- Course location
- Weimar
- In cooperation with
- Partner universities (upon Learning Agreement for the third semester):
• Finland: Aalto-yliopisto / Espoo (one place)
• Sweden: Blekinge tekniska högskola | Karlskrona (Software Engineering / Computer Science) (two places)
• The State University of New York (SUNY), Buffalo, USA (one place)
- Teaching language
- • English
- Languages
- Courses are held in English.
Additionally, courses in German can be taken with student instructors who have very good German language knowledge (minimum B2) or are German native speakers.
The Master's thesis can be written in either English or German.
- Full-time / part-time
- • full-time
- Mode of study
- Fully on-site with voluntary online elements
- Programme duration
- 4 semesters
- Beginning
- Winter semester
- Additional information on beginning, duration and mode of study
- The beginning of the programme is in October, and the regular duration of the programme is two years.
- Application deadline
- Applicants from non-EU countries:
15 May for the following winter semester
Applicants from the EU, including Switzerland:
25 June for the following winter semester
More details at:
Bauhaus-Universität Weimar: Application (https://www.uni-weimar.de/en/architecture-and-urbanism/institutes/bauhaus-ifex/dtad-mediaarchitecture-master-msc/application/)
and Bauhaus-Universität Weimar: Study programme (https://www.uni-weimar.de/en/architecture-and-urbanism/institutes/bauhaus-ifex/dtad-mediaarchitecture-master-msc/study-programme/)
- Tuition fees per semester in EUR
- None
- Combined Master's degree / PhD programme
- No
- Joint degree / double degree programme
- No
- Description/content
- Are you interested in the interplay between architecture, design and digital technologies? Do you have an affinity for digital applications and methods, and would you like to implement innovative approaches? With its experimental and practice-oriented fields of research, the Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism offers exciting new fields of activity and project-oriented studies in cooperation with the Faculty of Media and the Faculty of Art and Design.
The degree programme is application-oriented and interdisciplinary, focusing on the penetration and communication of innovative digital technologies and their interaction with societal developments, discourses, and needs (cultural, political, economic, ecological, etc.) in architecture and design. Graduates will be able to handle, penetrate, and apply new digital technologies in an interdisciplinary manner. This includes developing digital innovations in the fields of construction, planning, media, and design, as well as linking them to curatorial or administrative areas. The teaching integrates scientific and economic perspectives aimed at promoting innovative digital concepts in sustainability and transformation to the point of business creation.
The Master's programme is English-taught and internationally oriented. The core is team-based and application-oriented project work. To this end, students address changing topics on new digital technologies from various research and application areas for interdisciplinary design and implementation processes. In doing so, they develop fundamental digital and design competencies and skills as well as their own expressions and design approaches (digital literacy). Additional discourse-practical and methodological offerings are provided for the critical contextualisation of the innovations under examination. Special attention is given to medial, experimental, transformative, sustainable, and social aspects. Current topics such as (i) creative digital explorations, (ii) transformative technologies, (iii) collective experiences, (iv) intelligent systems, or (v) digital sustainability are addressed.
In-depth study content:
The interaction of the different subject areas outlined below allows for a differentiated examination of various issues.
• Design and Architectural Theory
• Design and Building Form Studies
• Computer Science in Architecture
• Urban Studies and Sociology
• Interface Design
• Emerging Technology and Design
• History and Theory of Cultural Techniques
• Human-Computer Interaction (HCI)