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Hochschule für Gestaltung Schwäbisch Gmünd
Founded in 1909
HEAD OF THE INSTITUTION
Rector Cristina Salerno
ADDRESS
Marie-Curie-Straße 19, DE-73529 Schwäbisch Gmünd, Germany
Phone +49 7171 602 600, Fax +49 7171 69 259
Website http://www.hfg-gmuend.de
CAMPUSES
CONTACT PERSON
Professor Peter Stebbing
Marie-Curie-Straße 19, DE-73529 Schwäbisch Gmünd
Phone +49 7171 602 635, Fax +49 7171 602 672
E-mail stebbing[at]hfg-gmuend.de
OTHER CONTACT PERSONS
Petra Fütterling, International Student Secretary
Tel. +49 7171 602 605
Fuetterling[at]hfg-gmuend.de
GENERAL INFORMATION ON THE MEMBER UNIT
A. ORGANIZATIONAL INFORMATION
AVAILABLE BACHELOR LEVEL OR EQUIVALENT PROGRAMS AND THE ESTIMATED DURATION OF STUDYING
BA Product Design
BA Communication Design
BA Interaction Design
Each BA course lasts 7 semesters
AVAILABLE MASTER LEVEL OR EQUIVALENT PROGRAMS AND THE ESTIMATED DURATION OF STUDYING
MA Communication Planning & Design
3 semesters
CONTACT PERSON(S) FOR INQUIRIES ON DIFFERENT STUDY PROGRAMS
Petra Fütterling
Tel. +49 7171 602 605
Fuetterling[at]hfg-gmuend.de
MAIN FOCUS IN EDUCATION
Design
RESEARCH ACTIVITY AND MAIN RESEARCH AREAS
Currently under development
B. AIMS, PHILOSOPHY AND COLLABORATION
SUMMARY OF MISSION STATEMENT
The aim of today's education lies not in the transfer of specific reproductive skills but in the cultivation of creative skills based on practical and scientific knowledge. The University has a generalist approach aimed at the encouragement of lateral thinking across a wide spectrum, from communication to product systems and environmental design, and at thrusting the designer to the forefront as a critic, mediator, and developer. In a rapidly changing culture an essential component of the philosophy is to enable the students to become autonomously self-developing and thus adaptable to continuous change.
INFORMATION ON STUDENT EXCHANGES
SUBJECT AREAS FOR EXCHANGE STUDENTS
Communication, Product & Interaction Design
DEADLINES TO APPLY FOR AN EXCHANGE PERIOD
End of the semester before the exchange semester
TEACHING LANGUAGES
German & English
BEGINNING AND ENDING DATES OF THE SEMESTER
Winter semester: 1 October – mid-February
Summer semester: mid March – mid-July
COSTS PER MONTH (studying and living)
Ca 700 Euros
FIGURES
NUMBER OF DEGREE STUDENTS
Bachelor: 428
Master: 8
Doctorate: n/a
NUMBER OF INCOMING EXCHANGE STUDENTS
22
NUMBER OF OUTGOING EXCHANGE STUDENTS
25
NUMBER OF OTHER STUDENTS (continuing education, post-experience courses, other)
n/a
NUMBER OF TEACHING STAFF
Professors: 0
Lecturers: 0
Other permanent teachers: 0
Part-time teachers: 0