Smartphones, portable game consoles, netbooks - digital means of communication have long since become part of our everyday lives. Even TV and cinema films are hardly imaginable without the use of digital media. In the meantime, computer-animated cartoons as well as new digital cinema 3D technologies are expanding our previous viewing habits as a matter of course. While in the print sector it is now the case that no picture is published without a prior digital general revision, the demand for high-quality videos on the Internet is also increasing immensely and despite all this progress we are only at the beginning of a development.
Bachelor of Arts (BA)
Winter semester
Full-time and part-time
Selection procedure / aptitude test
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Today’s entertainment and information industries would be unthinkable without digital media. New dissemination devices (smartphones, gaming consoles etc.) and channels (e.g. video portals, social media) are being developed at an ever-faster rate. The same is happening in the film industry, where computer animation and digital cinema have revolutionised the market.
The Media Design programme enables students to assert themselves in this dynamic market. At the Design Center, they learn not only conceptual methods for planning and implementing media projects, but also specialised and complex subject-related knowledge in film, animation/VFX and games. Lectures, seminars and projects address the following main subjects: theory of design and media, animation/VFX, film, games, visual production planning, postproduction, visual effects and compositing. To this purpose, modern equipment with HD capacity, Blackmagic film cameras, Vicon Motion Capture, Rapid Prototyping, 3D laser scanners, 3D and interactive laboratories and software products such as Maya, MAX, NUKE, AVID and the Adobe Creative Suite are available to students.
Aspiring media designers work in teams and focus on specific projects. Media productions are team projects that are planned in an organised, calculated and logistical way and must be directed. Students acquire the specialised knowledge needed for this by means of theoretical learning and solution-oriented projects in practical areas.
In all practical assignments our professors, technicians and tutors stand at the side of students. They foster and encourage the development of students’ social, cultural and personal skills. Guest lectures and workshops by professionals from theory and practice round out the spectrum of knowledge.
In all practical assignments our professors, technicians and tutors stand at the side of students. They foster and encourage the development of students’ social, cultural and personal skills. Guest lectures and workshops by professionals from theory and practice round out the spectrum of knowledge.
During the programme, students undergo a one-semester internship. Joint projects with private companies and ongoing contact with specialists in practice accompany students throughout the entire programme. As part of their final projects, students must complete an assignment of their choice from practice in the communications or media sector in order to apply what they have learned.
Our graduates find a broad range of job offers. Classic employers are advertising agencies, television stations, film production companies, internet service providers as well as game and entertainment developers. Graduates from the programme are currently working internationally as creative directors, animators, character designers, illustrators, storyboarders and independent heads of agencies. Their CVs include companies such as Weta Digital, Digital Domain, Moving Picture Company, Cinecite, Double Negative, Ambient Entertainment, Scanline, Ubisoft, EA (Electronic Arts), Goodgame Studios and others.
The Media Design programme covers eight semesters and includes an internship phase of at least 19 weeks as well as a final bachelor project. Furthermore, Hanover University of Applied Sciences and Arts offers a two-semester master’s programme in Design and Media.
Guidance sessions that inform prospective students about the artistic aptitude test are announced on our website at www.mediendesignstudieren.de and take place at the Design Center. We strongly recommend participating in one of these sessions. Apart from this, the Service Centre at Hanover University of Applied Sciences and Arts keeps all students and prospective students informed concerning admission requirements and funding possibilities. For more information about student guidance, please go to: hs-h.de/studienberatung.
Every student pays a fee each semester. This fee includes a student pass for the Greater Hanover Transport Area (GVH), a public transport pass for Lower Saxony, a student fee, membership in the Students’ Union and an administration fee. More information is available at: hs-h.de/semesterbeitrag-und-rueckmeldung.
John Lasseter
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The entrance requirement for the course is demonstrated by the general university entrance qualification, the subject-related university entrance qualification, the entrance qualification for universities of applied sciences, the matriculation examination or a previous education recognised by the Ministry of Education and Cultural Affairs as being of equal value.
This course always starts in the winter semester. Proof of a special artistic aptitude is required for all degree courses of the Department of Design and Media.
For this purpose, samples of work must be submitted directly to the Department of Design and Media by 15 March together with the application for admission to the artistic entrance examination. After reviewing the samples, the university will inform all applicants whether they will be invited to the practical examination. The practical examination takes place in May and lasts one day. Good to know: You can take the entrance examination up to two years before you start your course.
Further information and the application for admission to the entrance examination can be found at:
f3.hs-hannover.de/studium/aufnahmeverfahren/
You are welcome to send your queries by email to:
info(at)designstudieren-hsh.de
You are also welcome to visit our website for applicants:
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All these digital communication media need to be designed. This is where the Media Design degree course, which is based on three pillars, comes in: Animation, Film/Video and Game Design. Media Design students learn the necessary knowledge and skills to successfully combine design and technology. After completing your studies, the students will have all the artistic and technical skills needed to independently manage the design and production processes.
The versatile the degree course, the more extensive is the job market that awaits our graduates. Advertising agencies, television stations, film production companies, internet service providers, game and edutainment developers and many other areas of the digital media industry ensure a continuous demand for our comprehensively trained all-round talents.
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