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New "Visual Communications" Study Programme in Iraq

Monday 4 March 2024  
 
As part of the project "Transnational Education - Strengthening and Excellence through Profile Building", the University of the Arts (HfK) Bremen will establish the first design study programme in Iraq. 
 
The project is the result of several years of co-operation between the HfK Bremen, the College for Fine Arts in Sulaymaniyah and the Goethe-Institut Iraq. 
 
Over the next four years, the "Visual Communications" study programme at the College for Fine Arts at Sulaimani University will be developed and designed with the expertise of HfK representatives as well as being shaped by the first-hand experiences gained in Iraq. 
 
As part of a Flying Faculty agreement, lecturers and teaching staff travel from one institution to the other in order to hold temporary courses and establish structures and centres of excellence. The exchange takes place both on site and digitally.   
 
During the four-year project phase, the development of skills, teaching German language skills, transferring specialist knowledge and teaching didactic and technical methods to the target group of students and university lecturers will be the focus of eleven HfK-members. 
 
The three-week programme, which focuses on illustration, graphic design and typography, has been very popular in recent years and has become an established part of the country's design scene. Read more here>
 
 
 
The project is funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF - Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung) and the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD - Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst). 
 
In case of further questions or inquiries, please feel free to be in dialogue with Dr. phil. Kathrin Gollwitzer-Oh at k.gollwitzer-oh@hfk-bremen.de and check hfk-bremen.de/en for more information. 

 

Photo credit: Professor Samuel Nyholm (centre) in Iraq © Goethe-Institut e.V. / Sherko Abdulla

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