

Students from HfG Karlsruhe and HfK Bremen during a joint printmaking workshop in the Communication Design department (© HfG Karlsruhe)
Karlsruhe University of Arts and Design is an art school of a particular type that rises to the challenge of making and thinking art and design in interaction with new and familiar technologies. The university stands for openness to the external world and an exceptional freedom in its internal academic structure. There are no classes, rather courses are generally accessible to all. An international team of professors from around a dozen different countries work to realize an ideal of teaching as applied poetics of relations. Communication design, product design, media art, exhibition design and scenography, art research and media philosophy are taught and studied in an interdisciplinary and cross-medial manner.
The academic freedom of non-modular studies at Karlsruhe University of Arts and Design is highly valued. The university’s integrated design and artistic studies conclude with an examination for the Diplom degree, the theory programs with the Magister. Completion of studies are internationally recognized and compatible with the Bologna system.
Students of theory programs must choose a practical subject as their secondary focus. Those in the practice-based programs must study a theoretical subject. Doctoral students can specialize in art- and media-theories as well as -philosophy.
Small groups and project-based work lend optimal support for students. Temporary professorships in practical programs gradually feed in new artistic, design and academic ideas. Course content and learning processes are constantly redefined by respective professors. The necessary continuity is provided by a small group of long-term professors.
Professors
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Prof. Volker Albus
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T +49 (0) 721 / 8203 2235
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Prof. Michael Bielicky
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Professor for Digital Media Art
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T +49 (0) 721 / 8203 2331
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Prof. Dr. Matthias Bruhn
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Professor for Art Research and Media Theory
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T +49 (0) 721 / 8203 2273
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Prof. Constanze Fischbeck
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Professor for dramaturgical practice
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Prof. Susanne Kriemann
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Professor for Media Art / Artistic Photography
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T +49 (0) 721 / 8203 2347
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Prof. Michael Kryenbühl
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Professor for Communication Design / Digital and Networked Media
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T +49 (0) 721 / 8203 2230
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Prof. James Langdon
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Professor for Communication Design
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T +49 (0) 721 / 8203 2232
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Prof. Mario Minale
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Professor for Product Design
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T +49 (0) 721 / 8203 2231
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Prof. Andreas Müller
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Professor for Exhibition Design
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T +49 (0) 721 / 8203 2318
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Prof. Dr. Matteo Pasquinelli
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Professor for Media Theory
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T +49 (0) 721 / 8203 2283
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Prof. Răzvan Rădulescu
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Professor for Film
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T +49 (0) 721 / 8203 2351
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Prof. Rebecca Stephany
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Professor for Communication Design
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T +49 (0) 721 / 8203 2229
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Prof. João Tabarra
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Professor for Media Art
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T +49 (0) 721 / 8203 2399
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Prof. Ivan Weiss
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Professor for Communication Design / Digital and Networked Media
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T +49 (0) 721 / 8203 2230
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