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What does the programme involve?
The joint Master's programme offered by the Dortmund University of Applied Sciences and Arts and the Academy for Theatre and Digitality. It embraces performers, narratives, stages and technologies in equal measure. It encompasses research and development in the field of digitally and technologically supported theatre and performative art. With its curriculum spanning technology and performance, the programme aims to provide students with a broad spectrum of theoretical, practical and application-oriented, professionally qualifying skills at the interface between digital technologies and narratives on analogue, virtual and hybrid stages (including topics such as human-machine interfaces and the use of machine learning).
Preview Profile of the Study Programme
For thousands of years, theatre stages have been home to stories of people (and other living beings) and their worlds. Theatre and performing arts can permeate the present, the past and the future. They can build bridges through time, zoom out or zoom in: on hopes and dreams, on miracles and abysses alike, on the surfaces of societies. As a contemporary art form, theatre has always observed the invention of new technologies with curiosity and a critical eye, asking itself whether these inventions could be of interest for use on its stages. Very often, the answer has been “yes”. This is because theatre has always been created by storytellers with different areas of expertise.
Who is the programme suitable for?
The Master's in “Theater and Digitality” is aimed at students with artistic or technical (or both) backgrounds.
How long does the programme last and what degree do you receive?
The Master's in "Theater and Digitality" is an interdisciplinary, three-semester, English-language programme at the Faculty of Design, which will begin for the second time in the summer semester of 2026. Graduates will be awarded a Master of Arts degree.
Where does the programme take place?
The Master's programme in “Theater and Digitality” is a collaboration between Dortmund University of Applied Sciences and Arts (Department of Design, Department of Computer Science) and the Academy for Theatre and Digitality to train students in digital technologies and narratives in analogue, virtual and hybrid spaces. The courses will take place in the respective faculties and at the Academy for Theatre and Digitality.
The application deadline for the artistic aptitude test is 26th November 2025!
For further information visit Dortmund University of Applied Sciences and Arts