Degree

The programme is mainly aimed at recent graduates and professionals in the fields of design or business administration, but also to people with a background in social science, engineering or other artistic education than design. The participants share an interest in enhancing and broadening their knowledge, insight and ability to work with business and organisation development with the help of design in its broadest sense.

Entrance qualifications
To qualify you will need a Bachelor's degree with 180 higher education credits and proficiency in English (English course B.) Read more about English language test and other documents that you have to hand in to support your application on universityadmissions.se

Next application period for admissions to the academic year 2013/14 will open in the beginning of December 2012 and the deadine will be January 15, 2013. 

The Application deadline for admissions to the academic year 2012/2013 was January 16, 2012.

The application is made in two steps.

1. First you have to register on-line at www.universityadmissions.se. and submit required documentation to support your application.
   
   
2. After registration, you have to submit your CV, letter of intent and a digital portfolio. Please notice that we will only accept digital portfolios from now on. You should upload your portfolio, CV and letter of intent on our web-portal DAP - Digital Application Portfolio. You will find instructions about the application, portfolio and a userguide for DAP to the right hand on this side. If you have problems to open the the pdf, please save it on your computer before you open. Make sure you have the latest version of Acrobat Reader installed. You may install Acrobat Reader for free. 

Selection
In your application, state your motives for wanting to participate in the programme and what degree you wish to take. Selection is carried out according to various criteria: grades, experience and motivation. If you want a degree of Master of Fine Arts you should enclose a portfolio demonstrating your professional and artistic skills in your chosen area.

Tuition fees and scholarships
Tuition fee, for citizens from outside of the EU/EEA and Switzerland, is 192 500 SEK/academic year
You will find information about scholarships and tuition fee on universityadmissions.se. Please also read the information about the University of Gothenburg Study Scholarship that will be offered for the academic year 2012/2013.

FAQ
Here, we have put together frequently asked questions and answers concerning international applicants.