Designskolen Kolding

Summary

Mission

World Class Design Education and Danish Design.

DK wants to inspire, challenge and develop Danish design and the role, range and relevance of designers in a global context as well as acting as a progressive and creative base for knowledge and innovation with its anchor in the surrounding area but comprising an international scope.

From DK: to the rest of the world.

The mission of DK: is to secure a progressive design education on the highest aesthetic level, to strenghten research within design and to function as a local, regional and national motivator for the co-operation between design, education and business.

Main focus

Our main focus is to train students in BA, MA and Ph.D. in design related subjects

Education

Faculties and departments

Institute for Fashion and Textiles
Institute for Visual Communication
Institute for Industrial Design and Interactive Media
Institute for Form & Theory
Department for Research

Bachelor level programs

BA in Fashion
BA in Textiles
BA in Graphic Design
BA in Illustration
BA in Industrial Design
BA in Interactive Media

Master level programs

MA in Fashion
MA in Textiles
MA in Graphic Design
MA in Illustration
MA in Industrial Design
MA in Interactive Media
MA in Design Management, joint degree with SDU, University of Southern Denmark

Research

Research activity and main areas

Present research activities:
8 ph.d. projects within textiles, fashion, visual communication, interactive media, semiotics
3 professors researching in textile/light and immaterial materials
DK: is the centre for the Danish Textile Consortium
More information about the research on DK: is found on our webpage

Doctorate level programs

PH.D. studies are planned individually

Exchange

Subject areas for exchange students

Fashion
Textiles
Graphic Design
Illustration
Industrial Design
Interactive Media

Application deadlines

Autumn semester: 1st May
Spring semester: 1st November

Teaching languages

Main language is Danish, but most teachers speak English

Semester dates

Autumn semester: 1st September - 31st January
Spring semester: 1st February - 30th June

Cost of living per month (studying and living)

Approximately 5000 DKK per month for accomodation and living expenses.
Students pay for their material at the school. The cost differs from project to project.