At a glance
Our principles
- Subjects that are fun
- Versatility: photography, film, apps, animation, virtual reality, augmented reality, games, programming, web development, drawing ...
- Great study culture through project-based learning with lots of practice and team spirit
- Family atmosphere and friendships for life
- Short distances in a city with a wide range of leisure activities in the Lake Constance and Alpine foothills region
Media Design Showreel
A showreel from our media design studies with projects from the subjects 3D design, film, photography, game, design basics, motion design, project 1 & project 2, user experience design as well as the bachelor theses.
With examples from our students Alina, Alisa, Ann-Christin, Antonia, Bea, Carla, Cora, Daniel, Denise, Dylan, Elias, Hannah, Isabel, Isabell, Jacqueline, Jana, Jeremia, Johannes, Jonas, Joshua, Julia, Jule, Kilian, Koen, Leon, Lisa & Lisa, Leo, Leon, Mandy, Manuel, Milan, Nik, Noah & Noah, Petr, Rebecca, Robin, Selina, Simon, Verena, Yannick.
Supervised by our instructors Daniel, JĂĽrgen, Klemens, Marius, Markus, Robert.
Equipment used: Aputure, Black Magic PCP6K, Sony alpha A7 III, Sony alpha 6000 and 6600, Zoom.
Software: After Effects, Audition, Blender, DaVinci Resolve, Figma, Houdini, Illustrator, InDesign, Marvelous Designer, Maya, Photoshop, Substance Painter, Unity, Unreal, XD.
Production of the showreel: Maxi Schellhaase.
Events around Media Design
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Online study guidance for media design: Do you have questions about our media design degree program? Are you wondering whether you are suitable and what to expect? Do you want to know what you can do after your degree?
- Thursdays 19:30 - 20:30
Counselling with Alina, Media Design student - Big Blue Button https://bbb.rwu.de/b/kle-dvk-pwq-yz5
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Get in touch if you would like to have a look at the lectures. Send an email with your preferred date: design@rwu.de
You can try out lectures during the semester.
FOLLOW US ON INSTAGRAM
Interested in current media design projects? You can find the work of our students on Instagram
Projects on Instagram
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Submit homework and improve access grade
You can apply from 3 April for the winter semester 2024/25.
You can improve your entrance grade by doing the homework and being invited to the selection interview. With the homework and the selection interview, you can improve your grade up to a maximum of 1.5 grades (but never lower it). The new homework assignment will be published on 3 April .
The application portal will be open from mid-May.
Cosmo and Johannes report on their media design studies
Media designers sit comfortably with their laptops and make everything prettier? Is that true? Why are credits less important for design students? What does freedom have to do with it? Cosmo and Johannes give us an insight into the media design course. In this episode, you'll find out why decisions play such a big role.
Aylin and Franzi from RWU (ER)KLĂ„RT - DER BACKSTAGEPODCAST take you behind the scenes of RWU and explain interesting facts about media design studies, teaching and the curiosities of our university family.
Shaping digital worlds
You want to study design? Are you just as interested in photography, animation, film and storytelling as you are in apps, games and AR or VR? Do you find new technologies exciting and want to give free rein to your pioneering spirit?
We feel the same way. We are a small team of creative minds that would like to explore new ways with you to shape the future of the day after tomorrow.
From the first semester onwards, you will develop your skills in small groups and be mentored by motivated professors.
Thinking Through Making
Digital Media Design is all about ideas. We encourage your individual talents and discover the latest technical developments and tools together so that you can quickly make your ideas tangible. The degree program is project-based and has a strong practical orientation. Project work is developed in small teams and results from the interplay of design and technological implementation skills.
Design and technology
People are at the centre of the study program. We design for their needs and desires in a modern digital society. Through your new ideas and projects, you create digital living environments with innovative technology and social vision.
... and after graduation?
The career prospects are very good.
This was the result of a survey of our graduates in spring 2021:
- 95% have a job and are satisfied or very satisfied with this job.
- 34% already found a job during their studies, mostly through an internship or their Bachelor's thesis.
- 78% work full-time
- 18% work part-time
- 4% are self-employed
- 71% found the job in the first 3 months, 14% took 4-6 months, 15% started later.
The good job prospects are due to the fact that our graduates are fit in new technologies and programming. Without these skills, it is more difficult to start a career.
A Master's degree is also an option afterwards.
Popular are:
- HfG Schwäbisch Gmünd, Strategic Design
- FH Salzburg, Interaction Design, MultiMediaArt
- HdM, Stuttgart, Audiovisual Media, Computer Science and Media, Digital Design
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Flyer Mediendesign B.Sc.
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SPO für die Bachelorstudiengänge der RWU - Fassung vom 19. Januar 2023
Studien- und Prüfungsordnung für die Bachelorstudiengänge mit Allgemeinem Teil - Diese Änderungssatzung tritt zum SoSe 2023 in Kraft.
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Studien- und Prüfungsordnung für die Bachelorstudiengänge mit Allgemeinem Teil - Diese Änderungssatzung tritt zum SoSe 2023 in Kraft.
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Modulhandbuch Mediendesign B.Sc. fĂĽr das WiSe24/25
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Ă„ltere ModulhandbĂĽcher sind im QM Portal abgelegt.
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Zulassungs- und Auswahlsatzung Mediendesign B.Sc.
Zulassungssatzung fĂĽr den Bachelorstudiengang vom 28. Oktober 2021
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Zulassungssatzung fĂĽr den Bachelorstudiengang vom 28. Oktober 2021
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Curriculum
All contents of the MEDIA design program at a glance:
1ST SEMESTER
- Basics of design (project work)
- Photography (project work)
- Interaction Design (project work)
- Linear Algebra
- Programming 1
2ND SEMESTER
- Film (project work)
- Motion Design (project work)
- Programming 2
- Mathematics for Designers
3RD SEMESTER
- 3D Design (project work)
- User Experience Design (project work)
- Web Development 1 (project work)
- Creative Coding (project work)
4TH SEMESTER
- Project 1 (Free Project)
- Game Design (Project work)
- Soft Skills & Agile Methods (Project work)
- Web Development 2 (project work)
- Elective (depending on the elective, mainly project work)
5TH SEMESTER
- Practical semester (practical semester in companies or institutions)
6TH SEMESTER
- Project 2 (free project)
- Compulsory elective module (project work)
- Compulsory elective module (project work)
- Compulsory elective module (project work)
7TH SEMESTER
- Bachelor's thesis (free project)
- Media Design Seminar (accompanying seminar for Bachelor)
- Elective (depending on elective, mainly project work)
- Elective (depending on the elective, mainly project work)
Admission
Online study advice, homework questions & taster sessions
Students & professors are happy to advise you.
- The homework advice for the winter semester 2024/25 will take place online at:
Tuesday, 16 April 2024, 5 pm
Tuesday, 14 May 2024, 5 pm - Students answer your questions and show their own homework. Just take a look online. No registration necessary.
- Big Blue Button https://bbb.rwu.de/b/kle-7w6-kxf
Sign up for a taster session: <strong>design@rwu.de
Application only for the winter semester
The program offers 35 places per year and is only offered in the winter semester.
You can apply from May to 15 July . Lectures start at the beginning of October. You can find the exact dates in the menu: dates.
The applicants with the best overall grades will be admitted. In the winter semester 2023/24, all those who had an overall grade of 1.5 or better in some cases were admitted. Those who had a waiting period of seven semesters and an HZB grade of at least 2.7 were also admitted.
Application portal (application possible from May)
Improve your admission grade with voluntary homework
If you would like to improve your grade by up to 1.5 grades , you can take part in the voluntary homework assignment. If your submitted homework is promising, you will be invited to the selection interview, where you can improve your grade from 0.0 to 1.5 marks (but never lower it).
From 3 April you will find the Media Design homework here. The deadline for the homework is 13 June (23:59). The selection interviews will take place in the first week of July.
Unfortunately, second degree applicants CANNOT be awarded a bonus for a submitted homework assignment. Applicants who have already completed a degree course are assessed via a separate quota - the benchmark here is the Bachelor's degree grade.
Three steps to the homework and the selection interview
FAQ Media Design
Projects
Limbus
"Limbus" is a 3D animated horror short film in which a war veteran is caught up in the traumatic experiences of his past.
Zahid
"Zahid" was created as a project 1. The goal was to create a teaser for a larger story, for which an authentic 2D look is combined with 3D animation.
ECOVAL
ECOVAL is an app for eco-friendly travel planning with the aim of creating more awareness and interest in sustainability in the tourism sector.
Temple
The 3D project "Temple" deals with the conception, realization and presentation of a post-apocalyptic environment.
Embassy of Media Design
EMD - Embassy of Media Design. This will soon be the name of the alumni and support association for the Media Design program. The new website for this was created in this project.
PETCH
PETCH is a digital platform and application for animal placement that places special emphasis on ensuring the identity of animals as living beings and family members.
Make Web Sustainable
The website makewebsustainable.com provides information about sustainable web design and aims to create awareness for this important topic.
Fly Away
The motion design project "Fly Away" was inspired by the song of the same name by the artist "TheFatRat" and realized with the help of 2D animation.
Tesla Spec Spot
Full CG automotive spec spot for the Tesla Model 3. Complete workflow from initial ideas, to a storyboard with sketches and an animatic, to final render and video.
Awakening of Nature
The CGI film "Awakening of Nature" shows how nature comes back to life through the growth of various plants. The various effects were created procedurally and then rendered in real time.
Gendai no kantorihausu
Gendai no kantorihausu, or Japanese Modern Country House, is a real-time UE4 project that lets you walk through and explore the house in real time.
Dwarf Mine
Dwarf Mine is a 3D game created in the game engine "Unity". You play a young, 126 year old dwarf. The character's mission is to retrieve his beer mug from the mine, which he forgot in the mine tunnel after work.
Chasing
Chasing is a magazine that deals with time. It looks at the subject from different angles, as well as the scientific aspect and how social life changes over time.
Music posters and their regularities
The project focused on the analysis, conception and design of music posters and their regularities in composition and structure.
Sunrise
Since the animated film "Klaus", the bar for 2D animation is very high. The project "Sunrise" implements a scene inspired by this style.
Polaris
Polaris is an astronomy-themed board game that can be played in combination with an app. The story takes place in the future, where people have managed to fly to the most distant stars.
Solemates - Custom Sneakers
SOLEMATES is a UX concept for a custom sneakers online store that stands out from the usual scheme of shopping sites.
Cakedreams
Cakedreams is a baking book that follows a modular principle and allows everyone to be creative in baking. A poster series was conceived and designed to go with the book.
Goldmädchen
The thriller "Goldmädchen" was created as part of the subject Film. It is about the self-confident and easy-going thief Sarah, who goes to a noble bar one night in search of rewarding loot.
Redesign Moodle
In cooperation with the university didactics and lecturers, a new design for Moodle has been created, which is based on the corporate identity of RWU.
Magic Arrow
Magic Arrow is an action adventure game with role-playing elements for the smartphone. The game should have simple controls and be playable with one hand.
Jack's Dream
Do you know who you want to be in the future? The animated short film "Jack's Dream" is about Jack, a law student against his will.
Redesign SCA website
For the Sports Club Adelsdorf (SCA) a redesign of the website with focus on conception, navigation and design was developed in close cooperation with the board of directors.
A climate change hero
Whales are of great ecological value to humanity, having a surprisingly large positive impact on the world's climate.
Lost Places
As part of a photo project, "Lost Places" were documented to bring this past back to memory.
Procedural Realtime Environment
A procedurally generated 3D environment inspired by the "Kowloon" district in Hong Kong.
Skate South
Skate South focuses on the people who make skateboarding what it is. Their passion. Their scars. Their perspective. Their mindset. Their cities. Their stories.
EMILY
The short film EMILY is a cross-semester project by Elias Engelhardt and Laurin Völcker.
Politics in a different way.
Unfortunately, political campaigns today are often staid and stale. This project explores how to use eye-catching design and provocative headlines to create a political campaign to remember.
A Bonfire's Life
Short film about the story of a small, magical-looking campfire that comes to life with the help of particle systems and simulations.
Lilith Danton
Lilith is the mysterious and ruthless protector of the Queen of Corholt, a city-state in the Victorian era.
Emotion Recognition
This bachelor's thesis explores user experience design for artificial intelligence applications for people on the autism spectrum.
Bravik - Medieval Township
Bravik is a medieval village set in a rural forest and hilly landscape.
Communication - a brief history
Communication is the exchange of information. Through the development of language, humans were able to gather and pass on knowledge for the first time, thereby gaining an evolutionary advantage.
Follow us on Instagram
For many more projects and insights into our degree program, follow us on Instagram.
Web >> Forward
A blog for innovative web technologies at RWU: This is Web >> Forward. Students report here on their project work and final theses related to the web.
Labs
Photo Studio & Film Studio
- Building T
- Room T 019
Advice
Discover the Media Design degree program at RWU in Weingarten: Everything you need to know
Are you looking for a creative Media Design degree in Baden-WĂĽrttemberg? Then Weingarten is the right place! On this page you can find out what you need to know about studying Media Design at RWU - from the course content and requirements to options of specialisation and financing.
Requirements for studying Media Design
To study Media Design in Weingarten, you need a university entrance qualification (Abitur or Fachhochschulreife). To improve your admission grade by up to 1.5 grades, you can show your creativity in a voluntary homework assignment.
Study content Media Design (Bachelor of Science)
The Media Design degree program is interdisciplinary and covers many exciting areas such as graphic design, game design, web design, photography, film, user experience design, motion design, 3D design, programming and web development. You will acquire knowledge in communication design and work on exciting projects that focus on theory and practice.
Testimonials from Media Design students
Many Media Design students appreciate the personal atmosphere and close contact with the lecturers in Weingarten. The proximity to Lake Constance, the mountains and the Allgäu area offers an inspiring environment for creative work. Weingarten is also an attractive university town with over 7,000 students at RWU and PH Weingarten.
Media Design and Graphic Design in comparison
While the Graphic Design degree program focuses more on visual communication and design, the Media Design degree program offers a much broader spectrum of audiovisual and digital subjects and combines various disciplines that go beyond pure design.
Options of specialisation in Media Design studies
In the course of your studies, you can specialize in different areas such as game design, film, web development or user experience design. This allows you to develop your individual interests and strengths. During your studies, you create many work samples for your portfolio to show your versatility and apply for a practical semester or a job.
Career opportunities after graduation
There are many exciting career opportunities open to you after graduation. You can work in advertising agencies, design studios, in the film and games industry or start your own business as a freelancer. Salaries in Media Design vary depending on the industry and experience.
Differences between Media Design distance learning, face-to-face studies and dual studies
With face-to-face studies in Weingarten, you have personal contact with lecturers and fellow students, while with distance learning you study exclusively for yourself and remain anonymous. On campus you can make friends for life. With a dual study program, you have to work a lot and are usually less flexible and have less free time.
Scholarships and financing options
There are various financing options for your Media Design studies in Weingarten. You can apply for scholarships, BAföG or a student loan. Find out in good time about the various options to cover your living costs.
Conclusion
Your Media Design studies at an accredited and state-run university in Weingarten offer you a versatile and well-founded education in creative fields and a great study atmosphere. With the right prerequisites, a convincing portfolio and the right specialization, you have the best prerequisites after your studies to get started in the exciting world of digital media design. Take your chance and discover your passion for creative professions!
Contact & People
General contact details
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Postal address |
RWU Hochschule Ravensburg-Weingarten University of Applied Sciences Media Design P.O. Box 30 22
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