Department of Design

Whether design, film, fine arts, music, dance, theater, transdisciplinarity or art education: the ZHdK offers its students a range of courses that is unique in Europe and can be combined across disciplines. In the future, students will be able to sharpen their educational profile individually and decide whether they want to deepen the skills they have learned in their major with content from numerous newly created minors or expand them across disciplines. For a Bachelor's degree program, the application for a major is submitted first, taking into account the relevant admission requirements. In the first year of study, students concentrate on the major; it is only after one year that the individual minors are chosen.

The major-minor study model will be introduced in stages. The Bachelor's degree will start in fall 2023, the Master's degree will follow in 2024 and the minor will be open from 2024.

Majors offered in the Department of Design:
Cast / Audiovisual Media BA
Interaction Design BA MA
Knowledge Visualization BA MA
Industrial Design BA MA
Trends & Identity BA MA
Game Design BA MA
Visual Communication BA MA

Minors offered in the Department of Design:
Experimental Interaction
Health Design
Experience Design
Sustainable Design
Digital Play
Publishing
Social. Media. Storytelling.
Visual Literacy
Student Design Agency

Counseling services for prospective and current students:
With the Student Advisory Network staffed by advisors and students, the ZHdK offers guidance in the new study model and accompanies students on their way. Further information on the offer can be found here.

Detailed information on major-minor can be found: here
All minors university-wide at a glance: here