Architecture - BA Degree

Architecture BA Degree

The Architecture BA program prepares you for your future career through perfecting your creative, planning and professional skills. During the program, we will equip you with all tools you will need in order to be able to understand and contribute to the built environment in a socially and environmentally responsible and creative way in any given context.

Creative and critical thinking, problem-solving skills, adaptability, an international outlook, interdisciplinary experience and intercultural competence are of special importance for the program.

Graduates of architecture have various job opportunities in the market. After graduation, graduates can work on the creation and alteration on a variety of typologies and scales. There are various job perspectives and employers such as:

- Architecture and urban design offices

- Construction companies

- Building materials industry

- Cultural and stately institutions

- Production design for film, TV, theater

- Design agencies and fairs

- Freelance work

Engineering Degree BS Degree

The program begins with a so-called Pre-Semester, a preparatory course in Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, and English. After two years of intermediate studies, which cover the basic concepts of mechanical engineering, the students can choose to specialize in either Automotive Engineering, Energy Engineering or Global Production Management. Carl Benz School students will graduate with a Bachelor of Science degree.

The Bachelor program comprises lectures, tutorials, and lab courses with lecturers and tutors coming from different institutes. This ensures that the quality of the subjects taught to meet the highest standards.

In addition to the academic demands, students are also encouraged to complete an industrial internship. The hands-on industry training program Smart Factory and Industry is new and unique worldwide.

The traineeship will foster the career perspectives of our students our German industry partners and provide them with an industry network including potential employers at a very early stage of their academic career. The program is rounded off by supplementary studies, such as language courses, cultural studies, soft skills courses and social events.

Graphic Design - BA Degree

The Bachelor in Graphic Design and Visual Communication is completely taught in English and designed to prepare you for an international creative career. With students from more than 48 different countries, we offer a truly intercultural experience.

You will learn to analyze, question and improve given scenarios. Within the framework of your studies, you will do practical exercises such as creating layouts, bookbinding or drawing, and learn about software skills, design thinking, research methods and creative techniques. In particular, we will deal with the disciplines typography and information design across all media.

Career - The Graphic Design and Visual Communication program prepares you to become a successful designer in fields such as brand design, interaction design, information design, motion graphics, advertising and design consultancy. Your work in the field of Graphic Design and Visual Communication can impact and improve our daily environment in economic, political, social, cultural and personal life.

Professional environments are :

- Television and film industries

- Graphic design studios

- Branding and advertising agencies

- Design departments of mid-sized and large companies

- Publishers (digital, print and learning media)

- Start-ups in fields such as app design or game design

- Interaction and web design agencies

Product Design BA Degree

Within the Bachelor study program in Product Design, you will explore experimental and applied product design, the influence of digital technology in product design and the requirements of international markets and users. Together we visit manufacturing companies, design studios, international exhibitions and fairs, meet leading designers and include Berlins vibrant contemporary culture in your study practice. Interdisciplinary projects allow you to collaborate with fellow students from diverse international backgrounds.

Career - Lay the foundation for a successful career as a product designer. Graduates of the Product Design study program can work as a product designer in different industrial fields as employee or freelance designer or as a staff member in a design studio.

Generally, product designers are part of larger development teams in in co-creative design processes. Their status within these teams ranges from junior designer to creative director to mediator and communicator in with responsibility for staff. Your work will definitely have an impact on economic, political, social, cultural and personal life.

Future perspectives in product design:

- Furniture industry

- Digital products and components

- Mobility and transport industry

- Design strategy

- Fair, exhibition and shop design

- Lifestyle, sports and leisure products

- Public design

- Further study and research

- Electric tools and machines

Interior Design BA Degree

Taught exclusively in English, this Bachelor program in Interior Design is the only such program offered in the city and surrounding state of Brandenburg. Get inspired by the internationally-oriented atmosphere. Our top ratio between teaching staff and students and the close relationship of the teaching staff with their students allows us to directly respond to your individual needs.

The Interior Design BA program prepares you for your future career through perfecting your creative and professional skills. During the program, we will equip you with all tools you will need in order to design space and to be able to communicate your design ideas in any given context. Creative and critical thinking, problem-solving skills, adaptability, an international outlook, interdisciplinary experience and intercultural competence are of special importance for the program.

Career - Interior designers have various job opportunities on the market. After graduation, interior designers can work on the creation and alteration of all kinds of spaces, which may vary from residential spaces, office spaces, hospitality and gastronomy to event spaces, theater and film sets, shop design and public spaces.

Job Perspectives and Employers

- Architecture and interior design offices

- Kitchen and bathroom studios

- Design agencies

- Furniture manufacturers

- Cultural institutions

- Interior design studios

- Production design for film, TV, theater

- Freelance work, as interior designers