Entrance exam
The Social Design master programme is oriented towards graduates from diverse fields of study.
Admission requirements
- graduation from a bachelor or equivalent programme at a recognised domestic or foreign post-secondary educational institution
and
- proof of artistic aptitude in the framework of an entrance examination before the examination board.
Entrance examination
The examination consists of two parts. Positive assessment of the first part is a requirement for the second part of the examination.
The entrance examination is passed when all parts of the examination have been positively assessed.
First part of the entrance examination
- Application form – personal data
- Relevant extracurricular activity (max. 1,000 characters)
- Short biography (max. 2,000 characters): An overview of the applicant’s previous qualifications, competences, and main fields
of intra- and extracurricular activity.
- Letter of motivation (max. 4,500 characters): Description of main personal interests in dealing with the complexity of urban
systems and their implications within a mainly artistic-scientific based programme; Description of the applicant’s own development
perspective within the transdisciplinary programme structure
- Submission period: 10-26 January 2024 (12:00 o'clock noon CET)
- Information on the online submission at www.dieangewandte.at/application
Second part of the entrance examination
- Discussion of specified topics in different team constellations
- Interview on the basis of the letter of motivation
- takes place online on Zoom
- 20-22 February 2024 (whole days)
Examination board
Teachers in the fields of expertise, external members.
