The department for "International Programmes in Sustainable
Developments" was founded in 2019 at the Angewandte as a new department for innovative, international master’s programmes.
In close cooperation with European and non-European universities, inter- and transdisciplinary study programmes are developed
and implemented. The international master’s degree programmes, which focus on cross-disciplinary and interdisciplinary education,
not only meet the current requirements for future-oriented university education on a content and structural level, but also
help to explore and define what such a university education should look like, and apply these concepts in academic subjects
which are both experimental and contemporary.
The new international master’s degree programmes are designed to equip
students with the competencies, skills and abilities that will serve them in the future as an indispensable basis for interdisciplinary
and transdisciplinary engagement with the Grand Global Challenges. This includes above all artistic, creative, and aesthetic
strategies for solution-oriented approaches to all areas of society, but also communication and reflection skills for working
in inter- and transcultural, multidisciplinary teams as well as a balanced transfer of practical and theoretical, cross-disciplinary
knowledge and know-how.
The development of social entrepreneurship is promoted through projects such as internships
or volunteering activities, both locally and abroad. Competences in dealing with disruptive technologies that future
graduates of the master’s degrees will need to pursue their careers in the new digital working world, are equally promoted.
Another
important focus is on the Sustainable Development Goals of the UN Agenda 2030, in particular the goal of sustainable, high-quality
education for all. This is achieved through a cross-disciplinary interlinking of artistic research approaches with scientific
disciplines.
Students are taught to identify complex issues and challenges in very diverse social fields and to
develop and implement these within the context of work and collaboration, always taking diversity into account. A special
focus of the degree programs is on innovative teaching formats that are designed to have a lasting impact on educational structures,
and on the acquisition of intercultural and transcultural skills.
The program is taught in English.
Upon entry, students from the Angewandte have to provide evidence of English language proficiency at level C1 of the Common
European Framework of Reference for Languages, CEFR.
For more information on the
double degree program
"Global Challenges and Sustainable Developments“ follow this
link.