BA

Media and Communication Design

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Key facts

  • Program
    Bachelor's
  • Duration
    3 years
  • Program
    On campus
  • Pace
    Full-time
  • Annual tuition fee
    11,000EUR
  • Start date
    Oct, Mar

Program overview

What Macromedia University of Applied Sciences says about their program:

As a media designer, you give modern brands and services a face and use the advantages of digital technologies for your designs. The Media and Communication Design degree programme at Macromedia University of Applied Sciences offers you indispensable tools to help you make sure that advertising messages hit the mark and win over relevant target groups.

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Admission requirements

Undergraduate academic requirements

  • A certified secondary education certificate, the entrance qualification for Universities/Universities of Applied Sciences or equal qualification and tertiary education certificates if applicable. School leaving certificates from outside Bavaria must be officially approved as being equivalent, where necessary.
  • Personal interview

    Applicants will be invited to an online admission interview (45-60 min, usually via Skype) with a member of the Student Advisory Service and/or a professor of the respective subject area.

Graduate academic requirements

  • 210 ECTS for admission to the 3-semester Master’s program with 90 ECTS or a Bachelor’s degree with 180 ECTS for admission to the 4-semester Master’s program with 120 ECTS.
  • Personal interview

    Applicants will be invited to an online admission interview (45-60 min, usually via Skype) with a member of the Student Advisory Service and/or a professor of the respective subject area.

English requirements

Undergraduate

  • TOEFL iBT

    72

  • IELTS

    6.0

Graduate

  • TOEFL iBT 72
  • IELTS

    6.0

English waivers

  • Student comes from a native English country
  • UG/PG degree taught in English
  • High school taught in English
  • At least 1 year of higher education in English

Documents required

Undergraduate

  • Application form
  • Secondary education certificate
  • Secondary education transcripts
  • Translations
  • Proof of language proficiency
  • CV
  • Letter of motivation
  • Copy of valid passport
  • Personal interview
  • Digital Portfolio with work samples for some programs

Graduate

  • Application form
  • Bachelor’s degree certificate
  • Bachelor’s degree transcripts
  • Translations
  • Proof of language proficiency
  • CV
  • Letter of motivation
  • Copy of valid passport
  • Personal interview
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Fees and funding

The Macromedia University scholarship program offers a few partial scholarships to support talented applicants to finance their programs. The criteria for inclusion in the program are grades at school and/or university and voluntary work for social causes.

This is because Macromedia University aspires not just to train its students on a professional level, but also to qualify and support them with regard to their personal development.

Fee information

  • Undergraduate tuition

    €10,600 per year

  • Graduate tuition

    from €10,600 to €13,000 per year

Graduate tuition may differ depending on the term.

Funding

Undergraduate and Graduate Scholarships

Macromedia Scholarship (Need-Based Scholarship):

  • Amount

    Grant that covers between 10 and 50% of tuition fees

  • Requirements

    You need to have good grades and/or are especially talented and socially engaged. The Macromedia Scholarship is aimed at students in difficult financial situations.

Excellence Scholarship (Merit-Based Scholarship):

  • Amount

    Scholarship that covers between 10 and 50% of tuition fees

  • Requirements

    Grades average at least 1.5 and personally dedicated. The scholarship is initially awarded for one year and can be extended.

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Visa requirements for Macromedia University of Applied Sciences

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