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GDG opens the space for discussions

GDG connects talents with stakeholders from the cultural and business sectors

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GDG Call For Entries – Apply Now

Graduates from participating universities can submit their theses via our online form by 15 May. You can find more information on formalities and funding formats in the Call for Entries 2024. We look forward to receiving your work.

GDG Call for Entries

get Ready – Call For Entries Starts Soon

This year’s application phase for German Design Graduates 2024 starts on 15.04.2024. We have compiled the most frequently asked questions so that you can prepare yourself optimally.

FAQ

OUR Vision

German Design Graduates, sponsored by the German Design Council Foundation, is the only national initiative aimed at supporting young graduates from the fields of product and industrial design as well as presenting renowned German universities, art academies, and technical colleges.

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GDG EXHIBITIONS 23

Dare to Design @ MK&G Hamburg

Making Noise: Suggestions for a Complex World @ Dutch design week

Dates 2024

MArch

Application Universities

APRIL – MAY

Call for Entries

JUNE

Jury Meeting

AUGUST 31

Opening GDG Exhibition

@ Museum Angewandte Kunst
Frankfurt (Main)

September 1 – 22

GDG Exhibition

@ Museum Angewandte Kunst
Frankfurt (Main)

OCTOBER

GDG Interconnected

@ Dutch Design Week
Eindhoven

Study Design!

The most renowned universities in Germany at a glance

University of Applied Sciences Düsseldorf

Karlsruhe University of Arts and Design

TU Dresden

University of Applied Sciences Darmstadt

Hochschule Pforzheim

Ostbayerische Technische Hochschule Regensburg

University of Applied Sciences Berlin

Bauhaus Universität Weimar

HAWK Hildesheim/Holzminden/Göttingen

weißensee academy of art and design berlin

University of Applied Sciences Potsdam

Berlin University of the Arts

Hochschule für Bildende Künste Saar

Kunsthochschule Kassel

Hochschule für Bildende Künste Hamburg

Staatliche Akademie der Bildenden Künste Stuttgart

Hochschule für Gestaltung Offenbach

University of Applied Sciences Hannover

Folkwang University of the Arts Essen

Burg Giebichenstein University of Art and Design Halle

Muthesius University of Fine Arts and Design Kiel

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