At a glance
Below you can find information on the faculties and their courses.
To select courses for your Learning Agreement, please have a close look at the provided course information.
Free German language courses are offered during the semester.
For detailed information please click on the respective faculty below:
Faculty of Architecture
Study Programmes:
- Architecture and Interior Architecture (B.A.)
- Architecture (M.A.)
- Interior Architecture (M.A.)
- Civic Design - Architecture with an Emphasis on Urban Design (M.A.)
Course information for exchange students/free movers:
- All courses at the Faculty of Architecture are offered in German. If you do not speak German, you can take seminar courses which have a practical focus and be supervised in English.
- Here you can find information in English for exchange students/free movers at the Faculty of Architecture.
- During the application process you will have an online consultation with the departmental coordinator to select the courses for your Learning Agreement.
- Please find the course overview and module handbook of the Bachelor Architecture & Interior Architecture here:
BA A_IA Modulhandbuch_Stand 01.07.19_EN_final.pdf
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Faculty of Design
Study Programmes:
- Communication Design (B.A.)
- New Craft Object Design (B.A.)
- Retail Design (B.A.)
- Communication Design (M.A.)
- Exhibition Design (M.A.)
- New Craft Object Design (M.A.)
Course information for exchange students/free movers:
- All courses at the Faculty of Design are offered in German. If you do not speak German, you can take seminar courses which have a practical focus and be supervised in English.
- Here you can find information in English for exchange students/free movers at the Faculty of Design.
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Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology
Study Programmes:
- Electrical Engineering and Information Technology (B.Eng.)
- Electrical Engineering and Information Technology (Dual System) (B.Eng.)
- Industrial Engineering Electrical Engineering Branch (B.Eng.)
- Electrical Engineering and Information Technology (M.Sc.)
- MA Transforming Digitality (TRADY) (M.A.)
Course information for exchange students/free movers:
- All courses at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology are conducted entirely in German, so you must have a knowledge of German of at leat B1 in order to follow the lectures.
- Here you can find information in English about the study programmes offered at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology.
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Faculty of Mechanical and Process Engineering
Study Programmes:
- Energy and Environmental Technology (B.Eng.)
- Product Development (B.Eng.)
- Production Technology (B.Eng.)
- Environmental and Process Technology (B.Eng.)
- Industrial Engineering (B.Eng.)
- Mechanical Engineering (M.Sc.)
- Industrial Engineering (M.Sc.)
- Simulation and Experimental Technology (M.Sc.)
Course information for exchange students/free movers:
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Faculty of Media
Study Programmes:
- Audio and Video (B.Eng.)
- Media Engineering (B.Eng.)
- Media Informatics (B.Sc.)
- DAISY (Data Science, AI and Intelligent Systems) (B.Sc.)
- Media Informatics (M.Sc.)
Course information for exchange students/free movers:
- Here you can find information in English about the courses offered at the Faculty of Media.
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Faculty of Social Sciences and Cultural Studies
Study Programmes:
- Early Childhood Education and Family Studies (B.A.)
- Social Work / Social Pedagogy (B.A.)
- Culture, Aesthetics, Media (M.A.)
- Empowerment Studies (M.A.)
- Social Work and Pedagogy with a Focus on Psychosocial Counselling (M.A.)
Course information for exchange students/free movers:
- Here you can find information in English about the courses offered at the Faculty of Social Sciences and Cultural Studies.
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Faculty of Business Studies
Study Programmes:
- Business Administration (B.A.)
- International Management (B.A.)
- Communication and Multimedia Management (B.A.)
- Taxation (Dual System) (B.A.)
- Business Analytics (M.Sc.)
- Communication, Multimedia and Market Management (M.A.)
- International Management (M.A.)
- Taxation (M.A.)
Course information for exchange students/free movers:
- The Faculty of Business Studies offers an international programme in English for exchange students/free movers who do not speak German. Please click here for information about the international programme.
- For information about the German programme, please click here.
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Learning Agreement
Every exchange student/free mover must submit a Learning Agreement (LA) for the application at HSD. The LA is an overview of courses that you take during your exchange at HSD.
Erasmus students: Please get in contact with the International Office of your home university for the submission of your LA.
Non-Erasmus students: In case your home university does not provide a form for the Learning Agreement, please use ours: 
Learning Agreement__Before the Mobility_Incomings.docx
Please allow some flexibility in your course selection in case a course will not be offered anymore or if there should be a time overlap.
You can change your LA within 4 weeks after the beginning of the lectures.
