Eco-Social Design
- Abschluss: Master
- Sachgebiet(e): Design, Gestaltung, Kommunikationsdesign
- Regelstudienzeit: 4 Semester
- Hauptunterrichtssprache: Englisch
- Studienform(en): Internationaler Studiengang, Vollzeitstudium, Praxisintegrierend
- Standort(e): Bozen
- Trägerschaft: Ausländische Hochschulen
Course description
The 2-year practice-oriented and transdisciplinary study course is an educational framework for designers that aim to contribute to more sustainable, resilient, solidary and just futures — both locally and trans-locally.
Eco-Social Design is not only about more eco-efficient products and services but is striving for future-viable modes of production, consumption and life – for sustainable economies and cultures. Based on these general aims and values the design of products, spaces, processes, interactive applications and transmedia communication is understood as an integrated task. Design as a catalyst of desirable and necessary change.
With your projects, you try to approach today's issues effectively by (co-)designing concrete future-viable practices today and visions for tomorrow. You are encouraged to experiment with existing and emerging practices of collaboration and co-creation. The overarching goal is to encourage a good life for all! – humans, other living beings all over the planet now and in the future.
The variety of jobs in the traditional domain of design is very broad and continues to expand. Eco-Social Design offers the possibility to set up your own design agency, work for interdisciplinary design agencies or collaborate with partners committed to environmental, social and political progress, such as NGOs, foundations, and public institutions, cooperatives and social enterprises. The expanding market of organic, eco-friendly and ethical products and services, the sharing economy and other innovative “alternative economies” create emergent fields for work opportunities to our graduates.
Universitätsplatz 1
39100 Bozen
Tel: 0039 0471 012100
Fax: 0039 0471 012109
E-Mail: apply@unibz.it
In order to gain admission, candidates must have a degree in Design, Architecture, Landscape architecture, Urban planning or a degree from an Art academy.
If you do not have any of the above-mentioned degrees, you must have gained at least 10 ECTS credit points in the following fields: Design, Architecture and Spatial Planning, Landscape architecture, Interior Design, Cinema, Photography or Informatics.
A further requirement for admission is proof of level B2 in English.
- Schwerpunkte:
- Design Research, Social Studies of Design, Cultural Anthropology, Materials, Production, Information Design, Visual Story Telling, Eco-Social Economics, Sustainability
Early Bird Application: 03/03 - 06/05/2025 (by noon local time)
Late Application: 28/05 - 03/07/2025
Classes: from end of September to mid-June
Bemerkung:
EU citizens can apply for a scholarship granted by the Autonomous Province of Bozen-Bolzano- Zulassungssemester:
- annually in the winter semester
- Zulassungsmodus:
- Curriculum vitae, Portfolio, Outline of a project proposal, Interview
- Zugangsvoraussetzungen:
In order to gain admission, candidates must have a degree in Design, Architecture, Landscape architecture, Urban planning or a degree from an Art academy.
If you do not have any of the above-mentioned degrees, you must have gained at least 10 ECTS credit points in the following fields: Design, Architecture and Spatial Planning, Landscape architecture, Interior Design, Cinema, Photography or Informatics.
A further requirement for admission is proof of level B2 in English.
- Schwerpunkte:
- Design Research, Social Studies of Design, Cultural Anthropology, Materials, Production, Information Design, Visual Story Telling, Eco-Social Economics, Sustainability
Early Bird Application: 03/03 - 06/05/2025 (by noon local time)
Late Application: 28/05 - 03/07/2025
Classes: from end of September to mid-June
- Studienbeitrag:
- 1200 € per year
- Studienbeitrag (Bemerkung):
- EU citizens can apply for a scholarship granted by the Autonomous Province of Bozen-Bolzano
- Fakultät*:
- Faculty of Design and Art
- Akkreditierung*:
- staatlich
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The spacious and sunny ateliers are open spaces for creative development and collaboration. -
Our superbly equipped workshops offer a wide range of technologies for your design work. -
Learn how to approach complex issues with reflection, creativity and pragmatism.
Structure of the course
During the first semester, you do a project starting off from a given local and provincial context. The aim is to create a shared basis for team/group work preparing you for more complex projects, to stimulate inspiration, and to facilitate your landing in unibz and the environs of Bozen-Bolzano. It is also an opportunity to meet the diverse network of students, teachers and external partners.
In the second semester, you develop an autonomous project, in teams or individually, together with external partners you choose. Throughout the course of studies, you will select courses from the areas 'Observe, Analyse & Apply' and 'Make & Intervene'. The former provide you with theoretical foundations, critical thinking and methods from the social and economic sciences. Through the latter, you will learn how to use tools and techniques for your creative work as a designer.
In the third semester, you carry out research through design and creative experimentation on a topic of your choice that acts as a foundation for your final thesis project.
In the fourth and last semester, you will focus on your final project including a comprehensive written thesis.
