Stipendien und Incomings im Wintersemester 2024/25

16.12.2024
Our 12 incoming students (from left): Hyeonbean Kim, Chaehyun Park, Jiwon Kim, Qianyu Wang, Eva Arnaud, Lara Pires Ginja, Francisco de Azevedo, En-Hsin Liao, Viha Shah, Bhadra Shankar, Zixuan Wang and Chaitanya Vats.

The International Office of the Merz Akademie was once again able to award many scholarships for semesters abroad for Merz Akademie students. We are also happy about the exchange students from our partner universities.

Baden-Württemberg Scholarship
Our students Ronja Häußer and Lukas Walter are spending a semester abroad with a Baden-Württemberg scholarship. Ronja spent a semester abroad at Hongik University in Seoul, South Korea and Lukas traveled to the Srishti Manipal Institute of Art, Design and Technology in Bangalore, India.

Erasmus+
Our incoming students Eva Arnaud, ENSA Dijon, France and Lara Pires Ginja, Universidad Beira Interior, Portugal as well as incoming student Francisco de Azevedo (BA), Universidad Beira Interior, Portugal received Erasmus+ funding.
The Merz Akademie Bachelor students Semiha Degirmenci, who was at the Willem de Kooning Academy in Rotterdam, Netherlands, and Klara Zdrazilova (BA), who spent a semester abroad at the University of Lisbon, Portugal, also received Erasmus+ funding.

Promos
Gabriela Kecskemeti, Bachelor student at the Merz Akademie, was on a Promos scholarship at the Universidad del Rosario, Bogotá, Colombia.

17.09.2025

Merz Akademie@LETsDOK Dokumentarfilmtage 2025

Kooperation mit LETsDOK – 6. Bundesweite Dokumentarfilmtage 2025 LETsDOK Filmabend am 29. September um 20 Uhr mit vier Kurzfilmen. Der Kurzfilmabend thematisiert auf sehr unterschiedliche Weise die Themen Familie, Erinnerung,...

03.09.2025

UX Design Award for zigzag

A UX Design Award for “Smila Gen 2” in the Product 2025 category goes to zigzag. Congratulations to Florian Dusch, Merz Academy graduate, and his agency zizag! zigzag received the...

29.07.2025

Illustrations by Prof. Florian Bayer for “Katzentage” (Cat Days), a book by Ewald Arenz

Illustrated stories for adults are a rarity. Prof. Florian Bayer was delighted, as he said, when he received the request to collaborate as an illustrator on Ewald Arenz’s new book....

26.06.2025

German Brand Award 2025 for zigzag

Congratulations to New Media graduate Florian Dusch and his agency zigzag on winning the German Brand Award 2025! Smila Gen 2, a digital medication dispenser, was honored by the German...