[Open Design & Hardware] Partial scholarships opportunities - Master in Interaction Design SUPSI

Wed May 29 16:21:55 UTC 2013

Dear all,

i share with you the information about two new partial scholarships
opportunities offered to students applying for the edition 2013/2014 of
Master in Interaction Design SUPSI, www.maind.supsi.ch
The application period is already closed, but the coordinators decided to
open two more places.

Since the program includes some specific courses on Open Design and it
officially embraced the open culture by including a "mandatory" sharing
process of the student projects (see here the infographics here (
http://www.maind.supsi.ch/wp-content/downloads/MasterID-Infographics2013-2014.pdf),
i hope this news is a good information to be shared in this group.

Find the call below and thanks for sharing.
Serena

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*2 partial scholarships available for the Master of Advanced Studies in*
*Interaction Design at SUPSI, Switzerland - edition 2013/2014*

SUPSI is pleased to offer 2 partial scholarships for its Master of
Advanced Studies in Interaction Design that starts in September 2013.

There are still two positions available for prospective students
who want to pursue a career as interaction designers.

The scholarships are awarded upon the evaluation of portfolios and CVs.
Winners of the scholarships are entitled to a reduction in the tuition
fees, worth 5’000.– CHF each
Application Deadline: 21 June.

The MAS in Interaction design is a full-time two semesters
interdisciplinary programme co-ordinated by SUPSI: www.maind.supsi.ch <
http://www.maind.supsi.ch/>

The teaching staff includes professors and researchers both from
SUPSI, invited professors from external universities as well as
professionals and entrepreneurs of the interaction design field. The
programme also includes contributions from industrial partners such as
Arduino, Le Cirque du Soleil, Experentia, Societing, Tiscali, Plug and
Wear, Ex Machina etc.

The MAS in Interaction Design combines design, new media, programming
and physical computing in one study program addressing the creation of
projects in which the interaction between the design culture and the
technological development allows to generate design driven
innovations.

The program is organized in four modules:
(1) Interaction design fundamentals;
(2) Designing Advanced Artifacts;
(3) Designing Advanced Environment and Services;
(4) Project thesis development and demonstration.

Each module releases 15 ECTS. Students can apply for just one module
as a Certificate of Advanced Studies (CAS) course.

Scholarships are available upon the evaluation of portfolio and CV.

There would be emphasis on creative students with a strong interest in
topics and activities concerning the technological, social, cultural
context within which the future will be designed.

For questions, please contact master.mid at supsi.ch

*Website:* http://www.maind.supsi.ch/program-overview/
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