Technical requirements

For studies of Game Design, Media Design and Evening courses, you need to bring your own device. Please read the following requirements regarding a suitable device:

 

Game Design

Games Design programme requires work on a computer, to be used during lectures and as part of student projects. Students need to ensure they bring their own suitable device.
PC-Laptop with Windows and the technical requirements outlined below is needed:

Minimum:

  • Prozessor: i5-11500H / Ryzen 5 5600H
  • Arbeitsspeicher: 16 GB
  • Festplatte: 500 GB SSD
  • Grafikkarte: RTX 2060 / Radeon RX 6600
  • Display Resolution: 1080p (Full HD)

Recommended:

  • Prozessor: i7-11800H / Ryzen 7 5800H
  • Arbeitsspeicher: 32 GB
  • Festplatte: 1 TB SSD
  • Grafikkarte: RTX 3070 / Radeon RX 6800
  • Display Resolution: 1440p (QHD)

Tip: The mdh recommends students to rent devices at discounted rates (student rates) from the IT online experts www.grover.com.

The following software packages and licenses (limited to educational and personal use) will be made available to the student by the mdh until the end of the study relationship:

  • Adobe Creative Cloud (2 simultaneous activations)
  • Microsoft office 365 (5 simultaneous activations)

During your studies, you can expect the following support for your private device from the IT Support team:

  • Support installing the software provided by the university
  • Support setting up access to the university's WLAN
  • Support with accessing all portals of the university

 

Media Design

Media Design programme requires work on a computer, to be used during lectures and as part of student projects. Students need to ensure they bring their own suitable device.
iMac/MacBook is recommended with the following requirements:

Minimum:

  • Prozessor: Apple M1
  • Arbeitsspeicher: 16 GB
  • Festplatte: 500 GB SSD
  • Display resolution: Retina Display (2560 x 1600)

Recommended:

  • Prozessor: Apple M2
  • Arbeitsspeicher: 32 GB
  • Festplatte: 1 TB SSD
  • Display Resolution: Retina Display (2560 x 1600)

Tip: The mdh recommends students to rent devices at discounted rates (student rates) from the IT online experts www.grover.com

The following software packages and licenses (limited to educational and personal use) will be made available to the student by the mdh until the end of the study relationship:
•    Adobe Creative Cloud (2 simultaneous activations)
•    Microsoft office 365 (5 simultaneous activations)

During your studies, you can expect the following support for your private device from the IT Support team:
•    Support installing the software provided by the university
•    Support setting up access to the university's WLAN
•    Support with accessing all portals of the university

 

Evening courses

Participation in the online evening course requires a mid-range laptop, which must be provided by the participant. The computer should meet the following requirements:

  • be a maximum of 4 to 5 years old
  • have at least 8 GB of memory (RAM)
  • have at least 100 GB of free space on the internal hard drive
  • be equipped with a newer operating system version so that the Adobe apps can be installed