Apply for MFA Programme in Design with Specialisation in Embedded Design

Portfolio instructions 2025

• Your application must be anonymous. Do not include your name or contact details anywhere in your material.
• Your application should be written in English. 
• If you present projects or works in your portfolio that were created in collaboration with someone else, we ask that you briefly describe the collaboration and your own contribution.
• If you have used generative AI to create or process images, sound, or text in your artistic works or submitted work samples, we ask that you describe your use and your creative process.

Your submission should include: 

1. LETTER OF INTENT. Max length 3000 characters including blanks. You are asked to address your studies and professional career to date, as well as the question of why you wish to study the MFA programme in Embedded Design. You are also asked to address how you could assimilate the knowledge from the programme to your own design practice.
   
   The letter of intent should address the questions:
   - Why do you want to study the MFA in Embedded Design?
   - What are you expecting to learn or gain by participating in the MFA in Embedded Design?
   - How do you want to integrate the skills and knowledge from the programme in your own design practice?
   - What can you contribute to student peers, in collaborations with students and project partners, and to the continued knowledge of the MFA in Embedded Design programme?
    
2. CURRICULUM VITAE (CV) – 1 pdf, maximum 2 pages. In the CV you should list your professional and academic experiences that are relevant to the MFA in Embedded Design programme as well as participation in design, artistic and/or business, entrepreneurial, organizational practices including other relevant activities.

Assessment/Criteria of the portfolio 

As a whole we will assess:

• Artistic and design process 
• Collaborative approach
• Field of interest 
• Development potential

Your work samples must meet the assessment criteria to be approved.

Submit your portfolio  

Submit your portfolio through our portfolio tool  SlideRoom . 

SlideRoom closes at midnight (CET) on the day of deadline. When you have submitted your portfolio in time, you receive a confirmation e-mail from SlideRoom. 

We recommend that you upload your material 24 hours before the deadline. Please note that it is not possible to submit your portfolio after the application deadline.  

Application, selection & admission  

Documentation of Bachelor’s degree and English 6 

Submit all documentation on antagning.se/universityadmissions.se that shows you fulfill the entry requirement. It is important that you submit complete documentation and follow the country specific guidelines carefully. More information: Provide application documents  

If you submit incomplete documentation you will be considered unqualified. 

Selection and admission

All complete applications are assessed by a jury consisting of the Programme Director and representatives from the department.  

The work samples are considered approved or not approved. If your work samples are not approved, you will be unqualified for the programme. 

If you do not have a Bachelor’s degree in Design you can be granted an exemption. HDK-Valand can grant exemption if an applicant in other ways have demonstrated ability to benefit from programme. Ability to benefit from programme can be demonstrated by: 

• other relevant education

• relevant work experience or other practical experience  

• relevant artistic skills and abilities

Please note that exemption cannot be granted for the requirement English 6.