- Degree
- Master of Arts
- Master
- Standard period of study (amount)
- 4 semesters
- Location
- Köln
- Deadlines
- No information
Overview and admission
Study Type
graduate
Admission semester
Winter Semester only
Area of study
- Multimedia Design
- Multimedia
- New Media, Media Arts
Target group
The Master’s degree programme "Digital Narratives" is aimed at applicants who wish to pursue a professional career at the interface between practice and critical examination of media, new digital technologies and narratives. Applicants must have a Bachelor’s academic degree or an equivalent higher academic degree as well as at least one year of relevant professional experience or similar professional project experience. More information here:
Annotation
The Master´s degree programme in DIGITAL NARRATIVES is organised as part of a cooperation agreement with the TH Cologne at the ifs Internationale Filmschule Köln (international film school).
The degree course commences every other year in the winter semester. Next commencement in the winter semester 2028/2029.
Please check the website of the ifs for deadlines and dates:
Admission modus
Selection procedure / qualifying examination
Admission requirements
A Bachelor's degree with proof of at least 180 ECTS (or a comparable academic degree or higher degree). To ensure that educational certificates and degrees obtained abroad meet the admission requirements of the ifs (university qualifications), applicants can consult the following database: .
At least one year of specialised professional experience or comparable professional project experience after the Bachelor's academic degree.
In justified exceptional cases, applicants with exceptional artistic skills who lack one or more of these formal requirements in their CV may be admitted to the degree course as further education participants.
Very good proficiency in English
Lecture period
- Winter semester 2026/2027: 28.09.2026 - 12.02.2027 (Universitywide lecture period)
- Summer semester 2027: 29.03.2027 - 23.07.2027 (Universitywide lecture period)
Tuition fees
Tuition fee for "non-EU citizens": EUR 3,750 per semester
Tuition fee for "EU citizens": EUR 2,750 per semester
One-time enrolment fee for "all students": EUR 400
Semester contribution H Köln (Cologne University of Applied Sciences) for "all students": approx. EUR 335
Languages of instruction
Main language
English