mission statement

In Dessau, the city of the Bauhaus, we are approaching complex demands arising from a rapidly changing world with progressive design solutions. Our model of integrated design is in the tradition of the avantgarde. Here the different design disciplines act in concert in order to approach fundamental questions and holistically effective interventions.

international role

Our mission is to help establish and expand sustainable value creation in the region through the development and transfer of innovations with our core competencies in the research focus areas and via close networking with the regional economy and society and network these regional innovation systems internationally. This mission contributes to tackling important future tasks such as climate change, energy transition, structural change, digitalization and nature conservation.

https://www.hs-anhalt.de/forschen/forschung/forschungsstrategie.html

national role

The "Innovative University" funding initiative strengthens applied for sciences universities, particularly in the performance area of research-based idea, knowledge and technology transfer in 29 funded projects nationwide. The focus is on the regional anchoring of universities and their contributions to innovation in the economy and society, i.e. it takes into account the "third mission" of universities in the knowledge triangle - education, research and innovation.

https://www.hs-anhalt.de/transfer/innovative-hochshyschule.html

main focus

Integrated design means breaking down the classic boundaries between the design disciplines of communication, product and media design, ignoring traditional divisions and finding better solutions with new approaches. Because: "Problems do not respect borders", as Charles Eames, the American design legend, already knew. And more than ever, today's professions demand interdisciplinary skills and complex thinking.

The unique selling point of the design degree programme in Dessau is the freedom to choose and combine design disciplines. After completing the basic training, the students form their own individual study profiles that promote personal talents and allow them to discover their own talents. They are free to focus on design disciplines or to study interdisciplinarily.