Art study interaction design, want to study interaction design in Kamei CMU? Yes, I don't need to tell you more. It is a famous American comprehensive university. For art and design, Kamei CMU is also a temple school, Interaction Design of Carnegie Mellon University It ranks first in the United States all the year round, and industrial design is also among the top three in the United States all the year round. What standard does such an excellent school need to meet to enter?
2019 US NEWS Postgraduate Multimedia Interaction Professional Ranking
This 2019 US News screenshot clearly verifies the position of CMU. What standards do you need if you want to go to this cattle school to study abroad for art interactive design? Let's first take a look at the number of CMU students admitted to mainland China is probably small:
1. The number of CMU undergraduate students admitted to mainland China is 7-8 per year (the number of OFFers issued)
2. The number of CMU graduate students admitted to mainland China is 2-3 every year (the number of offers). There are only three or two graduate students each year, which shows how fierce the competition will be. The most important aspects of successful application to CMU are: language+works and background.
Three Elements of CMU Art Study Interaction Design
▲ Carnegie Mellon University
One aspect: language is the premise and very important!
▲ Language requirements on CMU official website
It can be seen that TOEFL should be at least 102, and the single subject score should not be lower than 25. If the school wants to take the IELTS exam, it should be at least 7.5, and the single subject score should be more than 7. To put it bluntly, this is equivalent to requiring applicants to have an English level close to that of their native English.
In addition, although the official website also puts forward the requirements for GRE, including more than 160 languages, more than 148 mathematics, and more than 4.5 writing, it also shows that CMU is a comprehensive consideration for applicants, even if the GRE score is lower than the requirements, it will also be considered.
So why does CMU require so much English? This is inseparable from the curriculum of CMU. There are many design thinking, design methods, and design studio courses in CMU. Each course here needs to read a lot of books, and communication and discussion are very important. If you can't read a book in English in a few days, it's hard to keep up with the pace of CMU.
thus it can be seen:
If undergraduate students want to apply for CMU, their English must be improved first, which is a prerequisite.
Aspect 2: The interactive design works of art study abroad should reflect the design ability and design thinking!
▲ Suggestions on CMU official website for interactive design works
Requirements for Kamei's interactive design portfolio
The official website of Kamei CMU seems to be very ordinary for the requirements of interaction design works collection. It doesn't say anything special, but only some basic elements, such as: Web based (online application, no mail) form, 7-10 latest projects, reflecting your professionalism, creativity, academic theory, etc. However, from the actual application process and results, we have the following suggestion: the portfolio/project is the embodiment of a complete process, and both process and results are important. It is not simply putting an APP product, or 3D rendering of some products. Even installation works that are biased towards art cannot have only one result.
Design is innovation. Themes/topics can be done by everyone, and many topics must have been done by predecessors. When you do it again, where is your innovation.
Design is sustainable and developing. Your design should look at the problem with forward-looking thinking.
Detailed research, complete design process, clear logic and outstanding visual display are all necessary.
Programming skills will give you points, but not the decisive factor. In the process of creating the interaction design portfolio, there are still many important points to pay attention to. If you are also interested in interaction design, you must not miss Mr. Wei's interaction design course that will open your eyes.
Aspect 3: Improve your own background and social practice
CMU Interaction Design Postgraduate Admission Profile
Judging from the enrollment situation in recent years, generally the students who can apply for CMU graduate programs have outstanding backgrounds. For example, they have studied undergraduate or graduate programs in famous foreign schools such as the United States and the United Kingdom, or graduated from key domestic universities. There are also some applicants who have rich social practices and have worked or interned in well-known Internet enterprises. The background of the students is fixed. If you study in an ordinary university, it cannot be changed, but you can try to improve your practical experience and participate in more meaningful activities. For example, participating in some design competitions, charity activities, and having some inventions and creations are also highlights, or you have expertise in some aspects, which can also increase the chances of being admitted. For example, this year there was a student who was particularly good at writing poems, so he won the favor of SVA interviewers.
Interactive Design Portfolio Tutor
Mr. Wei graduated from the University of Sydney with a master's degree in digital media/electronic interactive art. Mr. Wei has studied in Australia for five years since 2004. After returning to China, he worked as an interactive media designer in several design companies, responsible for the design and development of interactive images, new media devices and interactive systems, including Samsung's intelligent education interactive system, intelligent e-book bag interactive system, etc. He has served as a HND bilingual teacher in Capital Normal University and Beijing International Studies University, and published many 3D production tutorials in 3D China magazine. 30 students have been successfully tutored into Parsons, Carnegie Mellon, ACCD, SVA, Rochester Institute of Technology, NYU, Sydney University, London University of the Arts and other famous schools, and all the tutored students have won generous scholarships. Good at: interaction design, new media devices, game development
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