The main goal of the Muthesius University in Kiel is to promote art, design, and spatial strategies via research and development projects as a focal point for work and intellectual debates. As the only art university in the State of Schleswig-Holstein, the Muthesius is a place to develop culturally relevant biographies and its project studies and a place of careful experimentation and realization. To a certain extent, the Master's program profile represents study courses and development possibilities for students unique in the Federal Republic of Germany. At the center of Muthesius University's focus is art and design, the creative and productive. Around this center, there revolves the fundamental relationship between theory and practice. This reciprocal relationship is a permanent process, a circular movement around the center held by art and design. It needs free space to move. Thus, the first condition for art and design at our university is freedom! To study at the Muthesius is the desire to use this freedom to mature into an equally creative and productive personality. In this way, we can provide our students with personal biographies", promises President Dr. Arne Zerbst. Around 580 study places are currently spread across the study courses in Fine Arts, Fine Arts for Secondary School Teachers, Spatial Strategies, Communication Design, and Industrial Design.
Training and education at the Muthesius are project-oriented. Students are encouraged early to gain experience with real clients. The Project Office, the Publication Office, and the Centre for Media are interdisciplinary departments that help students complete their projects successfully. By participating in the excellence clusters, Muthesius University is one of the internationally visible and competitive research institutes contributing to Germany's sustainability. Numerous cooperation partners at local, national, and international levels appreciate Muthesius University's interdisciplinary structure and the personal atmosphere of the class sizes of a maximum of 20 students – an excellent basis for discourse leading to innovation.
Studying at Muthesius University is divided into modules. Each module deals with a superordinate theme in different forms. Many cover two terms. Students learn the fundamentals, which are taught in practical courses, introductory workshop courses, and so-called basic courses. These are followed by lectures, practical courses, projects, and seminars. The professors present overviews of the themes in lectures. Seminars, practical courses, and projects increase the understanding of the content of the themes. The students work on themes independently and present them to the group.
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