As the year closes we are excited to announce the application period for winter semester 2023/24 to study in our interdisciplinary research-based master programme Design & Computation between University of the Arts and Technical University Berlin.

The application guideline is now online:
https://www.udk-berlin.de/en/application/applicationguide/design-and-computation-master/

APPLICATION

When is the application period?
Application for the winter semester 2023/24 is open from 1. April to 15. Mai 2023. The application requirements and procedure will be available at https://www.udk-berlin.de/bewerbung/bewerbungsguide/design-and-computation-master/ in January.

What application info events are planned for 2023?
In the beginning of 2023 we will continue offering online info events for applicants, where you can ask questions to head of the programme Prof. Albert Lang. We will also organize an online event where you can meet current students. There will also be a chance to discuss your portfolios with Prof. Lang before the application. You are also warmly invited to our series of public lectures and workshops starting at the end of January and continuing throughout the year.

What do I need to submit as a “Portfolio”?
The work samples can take the form of any or multiple media, including but not limited to essays, scientific writing in all disciplines, documentation of artistic and design works, audio, film, or interactive websites. The portfolio / selected works should demonstrate your specific and individual approach, interests and skills in relation to the interdisciplinary, research-based masters. The format which you choose to display your work samples is open, you can submit either a PDF or a website. There will also be portfolio meet-ups before the application deadline where you can discuss this in more detail with us. They will be announced over Instagram and on our website.

What language skills are required to study the Programme?
During enrolment, a certificate in German level C1 is required, submission of which can be postponed until the summer semester 2024. Applicants do not need to submit a certificate with their application.

What happens after my application?
After the application, all applications will be processed and a selection will be made according to the degree of qualification for the programme. Selected applicants will be invited for an interview, for which they will be sent an invitation from the TU Berlin. The application interviews will take place in presence from mid July to Mid August. If taking place in an interview in presence is not possible, other methods will be discussed individually. If you are selected in the interviews, you will be informed of your acceptance to the programme, after which you can officially enroll at University of Arts Berlin and register at TU.

THE PROGRAMME

How does teaching take place?
All modules in 2023/24 will be offered in presence, in our Studio on Campus Charlottenburg as well as the buildings of TU Berlin and UdK Berlin. Attendance is required.

What are the semester times?
The summer semester officially begins on 1. April, while the lecture period runs from Mid April to Mid Juli. The winter semester begins on 1.October, with a lecture period from mid October to mid February.

Are there any costs for the programme?
The inter-university study programme between UdK and TU Berlin has no tuition fees. However, students at Universities in Berlin have to pay a one time fee per semester of around 315 Euros, which consists of the social contribution to the studierendenWERK Berlin, to student representation (AStA), administrative fees and a semester ticket which allows free travel on public transportation services in Berlin during the semester and the semester breaks.

Where can I keep up to date on events and activities of the study programme?
We are active on Instagram and Twitter and our website as well as on the pages of UdK and TU Berlin.

STUDYING IN BERLIN

How do I get around in Berlin as a student?
With the semester fee (315 Euro), students in Berlin pay for a ticket that allows them to freely travel in Berlin on public transportation services when carrying their student ID.

Where can I find resources on living in Berlin?
The housing market in Berlin is extremely competitive and it is advised to begin to organize your stay well before your arrival. The following websites are popular platforms that advertise flat shares: studierendenWERK Berlin, WG-Gesucht.de, WGcompany.de .

Please read the FAQs carefully. They will be extended over the coming weeks. If you have any questions, contact our Study Advisory Service under apply@design-computation.berlin

For the first time, the interdisciplinary masters programme Design & Computation between UdK and TU Berlin opens the doors to its new studio space to the public for a peek at semester projects and works in progress from both the Perspectives modules and the Studio year. Throughout both days, a programme of performances and lectures will take place, featuring students, guests and frequent collaborators.

With lectures and performances from: Dr. Jorge Orozco, Alex The Fairy, Jonny-Bix Bongers, Pablo Torres, Max Molitor, Christian Schmidts, Andreas Greiler-Basaldua.

Times:
Thursday: 13:00-19:00
Friday: 11:00-21:00

Are you interested in studying with us this winter semester? On the 13.02. at 5pm students from the programme will join you online and introduce you to the programme from their perspective and answer your questions!
The link will be sent out on the day of the event.

Are you interested in studying in the masters programme Design&Computation between University of the Arts Berlin and Technical University Berlin in the winter semester 2023? On the 10th of December at 12pm (midday) Berlin time, Prof. Albert Lang (Programme Coordinator) will answer your questions and introduce you to the programme. The event will be held over Zoom. Please register via: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfXAaADzNMuMy52z403EsVF-x59mx9Bgh0VWCDYEQkDFZUJIg/viewform

Save the date: From 6th to 11th of September Design and Computation will be exhibiting within Ars Electronica in Linz this year! We will be presenting exciting installations, projects and performances together with the New Media Class and GenComp of UdK Berlin.
Tune in to the live-streams of our program or come by in person at Splace, the official gallery of the Kunstuni Linz . 🚀🖖👽

for live-streams and more info visit https://ars.design-computation.berlin/

Sympoietic Sites refers to collaborative, transdisciplinary spaces - physical, virtual and metaphorical -, from which the exhibited works emerge, as well as the works themselves, which present discursive openings and apertures towards new understandings of the virtual. Exploring the annual topic of Virtualities and Worldbuilding, students engaged with topics ranging from digital compression, queering virtualities, pre-enacting future scenarios and algorithmic prediction and divination, to more-than-human entanglements and agencies.

Given the wide spectrum of academic backgrounds, all projects are of an interdisciplinary and explorative nature. The objective of the projects is for the students to jointly embark on scientific and artistic journeys around the annual theme and its various manifestations.

Friday February 25th, 6pm-10:30pm
Saturday February 26th, 10am-9pm
Galerie im Medienhaus der UdK / Grunewaldstraße 2-5, 10823 Berlin

The number of people in the gallery is limited, to provide a safe environment for all of us. Please follow the hygiene rules, keep a safe distance and bring your mask.

The event is 2G+.

Students, researchers, teachers and representatives from industry will work together over the next five years.
The Meisterkreis and the new Master’s program in Design & Computation at the Berlin University of the Arts and the Technical University of Berlin are starting a long-term cooperation on contemporary issues from the fields of design, digitization and society this winter semester.

The expertise and experience of the companies in the Meisterkreis are combined with young artistic and creative positions, the generation gap between established industrial innovation and emerging positions in university teaching and research comes together on an equal footing and in productive exchange.
Over the span of five years and five topics, 10-25 leading companies and around 100 students will collaborate. The results of this cooperation are to be made available to a broad public and discussed over this period of time, among other things in a variety of formats, such as exhibitions, symposia or publications.

Kick-off event on November 19, 2021

Design & Computation @ UdK Rundgang 2021

Short video showing some of the students work exhibited at the UdK Rundgang 2021 at Hardenbergstr 33.
The UdK Rundgang is a firmly established event in Berlin's cultural summer. At the end of the academic year, Germany's largest art university opens the workshops, studios and rehearsal rooms of its four colleges of Fine Arts, Design, Music and Performing Arts, the Inter-University Centre for Dance Berlin (HZT), the Jazz Institute Berlin and the Berlin Career College for three days and gives the interested public the opportunity to get to know the academy's artists and their work.
The UdK Rundgang took place from October 29th to 31st, 2021.

Including work by:
Anastasia Almosova
Kinan Sarakbi & Pablo Torres
Julia Ziener
Felix Ansmann & Maurice Wald

Open Studio “VIRTUALITIES” at the Design & Computation studio
Date: July 18th | Time: 4pm | Location: Hybrid Lab, Marchstraße 8, 10587 Berlin

The Design and Computation Studio serves as a space for open collaboration, where students draw on their varied backgrounds – which range from anthropology and design to engineering and medicine – to build prototypes and explore novel avenues of research.

During the Open Studio the students' work -- some completed, some in-progress -- will be on display to create a space for discourse around the annual theme "Virtualities". The works and research questions developed go beyond purely functional and utilitarian notions of virtuality, and critically examine digital media for its inherent potential.

Given the wide spectrum of academic backgrounds, all projects are of an interdisciplinary and explorative nature. The objective of the projects is for the students to jointly embark on scientific and artistic journeys around the annual theme and its various manifestations.

The works presented span across artistic examinations of algorithmic bias, AR/VR experiments in critical cartography, and data-driven models for social & community empowerment. The presentation formats cover video, sound, performance, interactive media and AR/VR installations, among others.

The number of people in the yard and the studio is limited, to provide a safe environment for all of us. Please follow the hygiene rules, keep a safe distance and bring your mask.

Immanuel Schipper (CityScienceLab @ HafenCityUniversität Hamburg // Uniarts Helsinki) presents works and projects that deal with the dramaturgy performativity of digital cultures and the functions of the arts for urban and global society.