Art, design and media realities are characterized by cross-media and cross-cultural convergences. This is reflected in the structure of our educational system. HFG Offenbach's cross-media strategy is innovative and future-oriented. It aims to set new national and international standards, keep pace with new technological developments and train artistic talents that will be able to meet the demands of a landscape of constantly changing occupational profiles, think in cosmopolitan ways and find interdisciplinary problem-solving approaches.

• to successfully compete in the areas of teaching, research and the advancement of art and design on an international level and to further develop the university’s individual profile.
• To prepare university graduates for the challenges of a global job market and to educate them as cosmopolitan individuals,
• to create an international environment for all university staff and students.

Hochschule für Gestaltung (HfG) Offenbach's internationalization is not an end in itself but rather is being implemented to satisfy the demand for the highest academic and artistic quality.

International partnerships

HfG Offenbach is strengthening its international network with renowned partners. In this regard, the principles that apply are that collaboration has to be between equals and that research and teaching are mutually defining. The goal is to establish cooperation based on mandatory quality standards.

International studies

HfG Offenbach is purposefully orienting all of its study paths internationally, while taking each individual field’s specific academic culture into account. The Internationalization of Hochschule für Gestaltung Offenbach is the guiding principle in this.

International agents

HfG Offenbach provides additional training for its staff and actively seeks to recruit internationally experienced staff: outstanding academics and artists that have international networks at their disposal as well as interculturally competent personnel for the administrative sector. The recruitment of particularly suited international students is also being fostered. 

International mobility

HfG Offenbach encourages the international mobility of its undergraduate and graduate students as well as of its staff.

International structure 

HfG Offenbach supports the internationalization process on all levels and actively seeks to attract external funding. 

The guidelines for the internationalization strategy are coordinated by the International Office and implemented in collaboration with the Executive Board and the individual departments. 

Australia

• Hessen-Queensland 
• Queenland University of Technology (QUT) ​

Belgium

• Karel de Grote-Hogeschool, Katholieke Hogeschool Antwerpen
• School of Arts University College Ghent (KASK & CONSERVATORY)

Brazil

• Universidade Federal Fluminense, Niterói
• Escola de Artes Visuais do Parque Lage, Rio de Janeiro

• Instituto Europeo di Design (IED), Rio de Janeiro

China

• Tongji University Shanghai College of Design and Innovation & College of Communication and Art

• Xi`an Academy of Fine Arts

• Cheung Kong School of Art and Design, Shantou University  

• Nanjing University of the Arts 

• Central Academy of Fine Arts (CAFA), Peking 

• Chongjing Jiaotong University 

• PolyU School of Design, Hong Kong 

England

• Camberwell College of the Arts, London
• Faculty of the Arts, Design and Media - Birmingham City University 

Estonia

• Eesti Kunstiakadeemia Tallinn (Estonian Academy of Arts)

Finland

• Kurvataideakatemia Helsinki (Finnish Academy of Fine Arts)

France

• École Nationale Supérieure d'Art de Bourges
• École supérieure d'arts & médias de Caen (ésam)
• École nationale supérieure d'Art de Nancy (ENSA)
• École nationale supérieure des Arts Décoratifs (EnsAD)

Greece

• Athens School of Fine Arts

Iceland

• Iceland Academy of the Arts, Reykjavic 

Italia

• Academia di Belle Arti di Brera Milano

Japan

• Japan Association of National Universities (JANU), Japan Association of Public Universities (JAPU), Federation of Japanese Private Colleges and Universities Associations (FJPCUA)

New Zealand

• Auckland University of Technology (AUT), Faculty of Design and Creative Technologies

• Southern Institute of Technology (SIT), Invercargill Campus 

The Netherlands

• Design Academy Eindhoven

• Maastricht Academy of Media Design and Technology ​

Norway

• The Oslo School of Architecture and Design (AHO)
• Oslo and Akershus University College of Applied Sciences (HIOA)

Austria

• Akademie der Bildenden Künste, Wien

Poland

• Academia Sztuk Pięknych im. Jana Matejko w Krakowie (Academy of Fine Arts)
• Akademia Sztuk Pięknych w Warszawie (Akademie der Bildenden Künste Warschau)

Portugal

• Escola Superior de Artes e Design, Matosinhos (ESAD)

Russia

• Moscow State Stroganov Academy of Design and Applied Arts 

Sweden

• Lund University

Spain

• Universitat de Barcelona (UB), Facultad de Bellas Artes
• Universidad de Granada, Facultad de Bellas Artes 

South Africa

• Cape Peninsula University of Technology, Faculty of Informatics & Design 

• Michaelis School of Fine Art ​

Taiwan

• National Taipei University of Technology, Department of Industrial Design

Turkey

• Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University, Mimar Sinan Güzel Sanatlar Üniversitesi, Istanbul 
• Istanbul Technical University, istanbul Teknik Üniversitesi 

• Gazi Univrsity, Ankara

USA

• Brooks Institute, Ventura

• Hessen-Massachusetts 
• Hessen-Wisconsin

Cyprus

• Cyprus University of Technology, Limassol 

You like to improve your language skills and meet new people? You are an exchange student and would like to improve your German with native speakers? Then a tandem language exchange is what you are looking for! It is up to each of you to decide how, what and how frequently you like to meet. Why not meet at an exhibition about cultural diversity? After all a tandem exchange is not only supposed to improve language skills, but also to learn interesting facts about each other's country. And learning a language works best when you are having fun!

Registration

To register for the tandem language exchange, you will need to fill in the registration form and either submitted personally in the international office (room 21) or by email. You will be registered and then contacted once we have found an language partner for you. Should you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us.