Pool-Applications
Registration for design studios and elective seminars
Registration takes place via the application pools in TISS, which allow an application with preference nomination and portfolio upload and a centralised allocation of places.
The courses are summarised in the application pools, in which you can choose three preferences from the courses on offer. In addition to the positive preferences, you can also indicate here which courses should not be allocated under any circumstances (e.g. for scheduling reasons or because they are linked to an excursion).
Frequently asked questions about the design studio application
You can find the application pools at the addresses above, which are only active from the start of the application period.
ATTENTION: If you click on the link to the pools before the start of the application period, TISS will display the error message Requirements not met. Please wait until the start of the enrolment period to check whether you are on the relevant whitelist (see next point).
We recommend that you add the LVAs for which you have applied to your favourites in TISS. You will then find an icon next to the entry to indicate the status of your application.
A portfolio upload is only required for the Design application. In order to be considered for registration via Portfolio, registration with a portfolio upload is required by the end of the application deadline for Entwerfen at the latest.
Access is granted via a whitelist based on the following criteria:
Design Studios
All master's students and those bachelor's students who have already successfully completed the bachelor's design studio. Priority will generally be given to students already enrolled in the master's program when allocating places.
Module
All students in the Master's program as well as those students in the Bachelor's program who have already successfully completed the elective seminar and the Bachelor's design or a major design (10 ECTS).
The whitelists are updated daily according to the criteria mentioned above to also take into account newly acquired certificates.
If you are not on the whitelist, although you meet all criteria, please contact daniela.zeinzinger@tuwien.ac.at or petra.bilak-foederl@tuwien.ac.at by email with a pdf of your certificate.
The final group assignments for the individual courses will be visible in TISS one day after the application deadline for the modules and within the following three to four days for the design courses. You will receive an email notification to your TU address.
For design and artistic projects, it is possible (but not mandatory) to apply with a portfolio of your own work (max. 10 pages, file size max. 20 MB). If you wish to apply for a course in multiple pools, you must submit a separate portfolio for each.
The portfolios will only be reviewed by the supervisors of the design course you listed as your first preference. Two-thirds of the places will be allocated this way. The remaining places will be allocated automatically, taking the stated preferences into account.
The preferences listed in the application pools can be changed until the end of the respective application deadline. In this case, the portfolio does not need to be uploaded again.
You will be assigned to the course with first priority. If more students register for their first priority than available places, you will be ranked and selected based on your academic progress (ECTS).
If your academic progress prevents you from being assigned to your first choice, you will be assigned to the second choice, and so on. When allocating the design course, two-thirds of the first-priority places can be registered directly by the lecturers (portfolio registration).
The time of registration or grade point average do not influence the ranking.
(Master's program) Is it possible to take more than one design course per type (10, 5 and 2.5 ECTS)?
If you would like to take more than one course in the 10-ECTS or 5-ECTS Design program in the coming semester, please indicate this in the comments field of your application. We will endeavor to assign you a second course, subject to availability.
According to the new curriculum, a maximum of 15 ECTS credits of the required 45 ECTS credits for design can be earned through an "artistic project." Credit in the formal sense is not required for this.