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Design Management (M.A.)

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Your degree programme Design Management (M.A.)

The distance learning Master’s degree in Design Management M.A. prepares not only designers and managers, but also those seeking to design professionally in their relevant field, for the interface between design and management.

  • International scholarships available 
  • Accredited and state-recognised university
  • Germany’s quality leader in distance learning 
  • Great for upskilling, reskilling, or re-entry into the job 
  • Flexible studies alongside family, career or traveling
  • Personal support throughout the entire study period 
  • Start of studies on the first day of each month 

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Design Management (M.A.)

Your programme content

Your goal is to lead through design.

You are a designer, manager or have a strong interest in design. Well-managed design processes and creative teams as well as the professional management of creative processes inspire you. This degree programme is suitable for you if you have completed a Bachelor of Arts and would like to qualify for the management of design processes.

  • Degree: Master of Arts (M.A.)
  • Credit points: 60 / 90 / 120 ECTS
  • Standard period of study: 2 / 3 / 4 semesters
  • Language: The programme is taught entirely in English
  • Start of studies: On the first day of each month 
  • Tuition fees
  • Accreditation: System-accredited
  • Certification: State approval by the ZFU (national central office for distance learning), No. 2107123 for 90 ECTS
Alexandra Lehleiter

Study advisor

Our Master’s degree programme in Design Management offers practical and professionally sound content that prepares you for the intersection of design and management. Through partnerships with businesses and design companies, you will have the opportunity to experience and evaluate real-world problems and solutions. Our programme combines design, management, and research methods with creative and professional practice.

You will gain fundamental insights into design thinking and problem-solving at the intersection of management, including contemporary models and theories and the skills to apply them to your environment. You will develop both management and design knowledge, as well as sound communication skills to take on leadership roles in cre- ative environments. Using scientific methods, you will learn to design for a constantly evolving global environment. With your acquired professional and interdisciplinary knowledge and skills, you will be able to manage increasingly complex design requirements successfully and responsibly in a wide range of organisations.

60, 90 or 120 ECTS? How long and how in-depth you complete your Master's degree with us is up to you and depends on the ECTS you have acquired from your first degree. We will show you which requirements you should bring with you for the respective Master's variant and, of course, will be happy to check your admission in individual cases. For each option, you will also find the respective curricula as well as the individual financing models.