Hochschule für Gestaltung Schwäbisch Gmünd
The University of Design Schwaebisch Gmuend (HfG)
Founded in 1909
Head of institution
Rector Cristina Salerno
Address
Marie-Curie-Straße 19
Postal 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
Cumulus 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
Contact person for inquiries on study programs
Petra Fütterling
Tel. +49 7171 602 605
Fuetterling[at]hfg-gmuend.de
Other contact persons
Petra Fütterling, International Student Secretary
Tel. +49 7171 602 605
Fuetterling[at]hfg-gmuend.de
Dr Astrid Zimmermann
International Assistant
Astrid.Zimmermann[at]hfg-gmuend.de
Summary
Mission
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.
Main focus
Design
Education
Bachelor level programs
BA Product Design
BA Communication Design
BA Interaction Design
Each BA course lasts 7 semesters
Master level programs
MA Communication Planning & Design
3 semesters
Research
Research activity and main areas
Currently under development
Exchange
Subject areas for exchange students
Communication, Product & Interaction Design
Application deadlines
End of the semester before the exchange semester
Teaching languages
German & English
Semester dates
Winter semester: 1 October – mid-February
Summer semester: mid March – mid-July
Cost of living per month (studying and living)
Ca 700 Euros