Our Challenges
We ask questions, engage stakeholders, experiment, prototype solutions.
How might we...
- foster curiosity and experimentation?
- invite, engage, and empower people?
- design for complex adaptive systems?
- leverage emerging technologies?
- evaluate impacts and facilitate transitions?
What you can expect
- Innovative design degree program in a multidisciplinary environment.
- Exploratory and research-driven - dedicated to excellence in design.
- Solving wicked problems: exploring difficult challenges to create new business opportunities.
- Low student-to-teacher ratio of 1:7.
- Outstanding workshops - translating concepts into prototypes.
Specifics for the Master Digital Ideation
- Interdisciplinary Degree Program: The Colleges of Design Film and Art, and Computer Science engage students to collaborate across disciplines, acquiring advanced skills and methodologies from both fields.
- Learning by doing: Students develop and test their innovative ideas for a sustainable future alongside like-minded peers.
- Support for Start-ups: Many students opt to transform their projects into start-ups after graduation. The HSLU’s Smart-up funding program assists them to succeed.
- Research-oriented approach: Ensures that students develop competencies that endure beyond their Master’s program.
- Deliver results with measurable social impact: Graduates become leaders in the development, implementation, and evaluation of the next generation of human-computer interactions.
Expertise
Our lecturers from the School of Computer Science and Information Technology and the School of Design Film and Art support students in the following areas:
- UX Research, Design and Management
- Interaction Design
- Design and Development of Web Applications
- Project Management and Collaboration in Teams
- Game theory and practice, serious games
- Spatial Computing
- Communicating complex information
- Internet of Things
- Machine Learning and AI
Language of Studies
MA programs in Design, Digital Ideation, Service Design and Eco-Social Design are taught in English.
Fields of activity
Digital Ideation graduates operate at the intersection of interaction design, computer science and information technology. They acquire skills in interdisciplinary project collaboration, analysis, and design methods and develop independent creative stances during their studies.
Thanks to their competencies, graduates work in the UX/UI design, computer science and information technology sectors and unlock new professional perspectives in healthcare, energy services, fintech, mobility and urban planning. They create value for industry, public, and cultural clients and the research community. Some join start-up companies or launch their own design agencies.
Passerelle
We would like to make the Master's program in Digital Ideation accessible to as many interested students from a wide range of disciplines as possible. To ensure that all students have the basic knowledge required for the MA in Digital Ideation before starting the program, we offer the Passerelle as a preparatory course, which provides an introduction to the three areas of “Computer Science,” “Human Computer Interaction/UX,” and “Interaction Design.” This Passerelle is designed similarly to a summer school and combines classroom instruction with self-study. Based on the assessment and the final admission decision, a decision will be made as to which areas the student must participate in the Passerelle in the summer before the start of the Master's program. Each sub-area is worth 3 ECTS credits (max. 9 ECTS credits).
