Requirements, registration & admission

Important current information! 
The entrance examination (academic year 2025/26) for the Master's degree programme in Visual Communication is held online!

The prerequisite for admission to the Master's degree programme is the completion of a relevant Bachelor's degree with a focus on Visual Communication: e.g. in Visual Communication, Graphic Design, Photography, Communication Design, Media Design, Information Design or Time-based and Interactive Media.

Admission Standards
Applicants must demonstrate their particular aptitude for the Master's programme in an admissions interview with the selection committee: They present their own work related to the study profile and explain their personal motivation for applying and their self-chosen goals for the Master's programme.

The requirements profile for future Master's students requires specialist knowledge in the field of photography or graphic design, depending on the specialisation. This includes technical knowledge of shooting, lighting and camera technology - both analogue and digital, experience in dealing with space, time and perspective. Furthermore, basic knowledge of workflow and pre-press as well as a command of professional software. Dealing with the history of art and design is just as important as observing current trends. The Graphic Design specialisation also requires extensive knowledge and experience in the areas of typography, typesetting technology and design and composition theory.

A creative-artistic approach, conceptual thinking and an interest in self-positioning in a creative environment are essential for admission to the Master's programme in Visual Communication.

THE ADMISSION PROCEDURE

1. Online registration (Summer date 2025)
March 19 to June 10, 2025 under: Admission Examination 

2. Online submission of the portfolio
Please upload your portfolio to the application portal calls.kunstuni-linz.at by June 10, 2025 at the latest.

These include:

• Curriculum vitae: Please make sure that your CV does NOT include a photo of yourself.
• Letter of motivation: Please explain why you would like to study the Master's programme in Visual Communication and what content and artistic focus you intend to deal with in the programme. Describe which projects or topics you would like to deal with as an author of designed/artistic works. If you have already thought about a subject area or a potential project in which you would like to complete your Master's thesis, please also tell us about it. The length of the letter of motivation should not exceed 3 x A4 pages.
• Two letters of recommendation: Please upload 2 letters of recommendation. These could, for example, be from lecturers from your Bachelor's programme or from design studios/photographers where you have completed an internship.
• Portfolio: Please upload your portfolio here as a PDF (incl. Bachelor's thesis, if already available).

3. Online APPLICATION INTERVIEW
We will contact you in good time by email and inform you of the specific date (= time) of your interview, which will take place online via video conference between June 30 to July 1, 2025.

In the interview with the examination board, you will present your own work related to the study profile, talk about your personal motivation for the application, what goals you have set yourself for the programme and thus demonstrate your artistic aptitude for the Master's programme.

The result of your interview will appear a few days later in the application management: calls.kunstuni-linz.at

 

Dates for the ADMISSION EXAMINATION academic year 2025/26

Online application: March 19 to June 10, 2025
Portfolio Submission: by June 10, 2025 at the latest
Online Admission interviews: June 30 to July 1, 2025

Further information
Most of the courses are held in German. It is therefore necessary that you are able to follow the courses in German. Proof of German language proficiency must be provided by the beginning of the third semester. (Level B1 according to the Common European Framework of Reference)

The programme is not designed as a part-time course, but as a full-time course.

Information on tuition fees and documents for international students: studien.office@kunstuni-linz.at

International Office - responsible for Erasmus students:
international.office@kunstuni-linz.at

Head

Univ.Prof. Tina Frank

Contact

Department Visual Communication
viskom.info@kunstuni-linz.at 
T: +43 (0) 732 7898 2375

Study adminstration
Univ.Prof. Tina Frank

University of Art and Design Linz
Department of Visual Communication
Hauptplatz 8
4020 Linz | Austria