Apply to our Postgraduate Programme in Design Research

• A brief résumé/curriculum vitae summarising your academic qualifications, relevant work experience, exhibitions, public speaking, or any other relevant experiences including dates and positions held. Please also note any special language or technical skills that you have.
• The completed “application form”.
• A copy of your passport or identity card.
• A copy of your Master’s degree (or equivalent certificate), diploma supplement and transcripts (an authentic translation is required for non-latin languages).
• For foreigners who already live in Switzerland: your residence permit.

Please outline your reasons for applying to the programme. In what ways will you contribute to the lab? You should include a thoughtful description of your background, your professional goals, and how this programme will help you realise those goals. Pease address anticipated opportunities and challenges in pursuing the degree and future career expectations upon completion of the programme (500–750-word limit).

Your portfolio should be a visual and narrative reflection of the work listed on your résumé. Your selection of projects should make the case for why you are a good fit for the Postgraduate Programme in Design Research. We are not looking for a particular type of work, nor do we require examples of digital works. It is up to you to decide which work is most representative of your thinking. Be honest and submit the work you think is your best. Any and all media are acceptable, whether in the commercial design, fine art, or non-design realms.

• Interaction design
• Visual communication with digital media competences
• Industrial and product design with digital media competences
• Engineering with digital media competences and visual culture
• Architecture with digital media competences

Fluency in written and spoken English is also essential. French is not a requirement.