Roles
Research
Wireframes
Landingpage Design
Design Elements
Information Graphics
WordPress Website

Client
University of Osnabrück

Country
Germany

Timeline
March`22 – May`22

Landing Page for the study programm B.A. of Social Sciences

The Institute for Social Sciences at the University of Osnabrück – want to do a social media campaign for their B.A. of Social Sciences. They have had a declining number of applicants for several years, and they believe that it has to do with a lack of awareness of their institute and the studies they offer. They also have other programms that all have more or less the same problem. To get seen by new potential students the social media promotion and website should be finished in spring 2022.

Infos about the study programm B.A. of Social Sciences at University of Osnabrück: What does the future of the working world look like? How do wars arise and how can conflicts be resolved peacefully? What determines our understanding of family and gender? How are decisions made in the EU and how do they influence the politics and society of the member states?

 

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Requirements

The application for the B.A. studies of Social Science declined in the last past years. Through a new social media campaign conected with a seperate website new students should be aquired. With a user-friendly and appealing design students should be adresses and motivated to choose Univerity of Osnabrück for their studies.

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Research

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Wireframes

Landingpage Design

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Design Elements and Information Graphics

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Implementation in CMS-System WordPress

Briefing from the client

»In the social media campaign we want to promote four themes. We believe that combining the four themes is our USP: War and Peace, Europe, Gender and Family, Work and Economy. For each of these topics we need a campaign graphic. 

In addition, we want to set up a new landing page. We do have an overview page for the BA Social Sciences with a whole range of information on the application requirements and course plans. But the site is not visually attractive and, above all, constructed from our perspective. The landing Page is designed to appeal to prospective students. The site should contain brief content on the four main topics, a video on studying social sciences, statements by students, etc.« 

 

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Challenge & Goal

Issue & Problem
  • declining number of applicants for several years
  • lack of awareness of their institute and the programme they offer
  • not only B.A. of social studies also other programs have the same problem
Goal:
Increasing the number of applicants for B.A. Social Science in 2022 through a social media campaign and seperate online Lading Page.

 

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    Research

    Background Infomation:
    B.A. of Social Sciene of University Osnabrück

    »What does the future of labour work looks like? How do wars arise and how can conflicts be resolved peace­fully? What deter­mines our understanding of family and gender? How are decisions made in the EU and how do they influence the politics and society of the member states?«

     

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    Graphics and
    Design Elements 

    Colors

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    CMYK (24 | 100 | 71 | 21)
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    Orange
    RGB ( 225 | 155 | 33 )
    CMYK (0 | 47 | 88 | 0)
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    Blue
    RGB (25 | 26 | 70)
    CMYK (100 | 97 | 41 |41)
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    Black
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    CMYK (100 | 100 | 100 |100)
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    Light Grey
    RGB ( 242 | 242 | 242)
    CMYK (6 | 4 | 5 | 0)
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    Typography

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    Playfair Display

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    Icons

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    Graphics

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    Illustrations are a nice way to stand out, especially in a branch like uinversities. The illustrations are made by Palo Stanley and are called “Humaaans”. I chose them as they fit the topic perfect. I used especially illustration who demonstrate humans of different colors, backgrounds and handicaps which fits perfect to the study programm.

    Information Graphics

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    The first two information graphics demonstrate the two brances of the B.A. programm. The first branch is major political science and the second branch is major sociology. 

    The information graphic on the left depicts the opportuities the graduates have after they finished their study programm. So it informs about perspectives and professional fields.

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    Wireframes
    and Webdesign

    From Wireframes to Webdesign. We decided to do a fully scrollable Landingpage so that the user experience the study programm in a story. 

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    USP topics of university

    The University of Osnabrück has four main specializations in their study programm B.A. social science. The combination of these differnt topics make the university unique. Now with a illustration for each topic they stand out and the user gets an easy understanding what´s the programm about.

    1. War and Peace
    2. Labour and Economy
    3. Europe
    4. Gender and Family

    Responsive Design

    The Webdesign is also responsive and works on all devices. This is especially important for the potential applicants as they will come directly to the website through the social media campaign on their phone.

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    Achievements

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    Applications of Students

    The University of Osnabrück reached a 30% growth of applicants for the B.A. studies programm in social science in 2022.

     

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    Future Goals

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    1. Landingpages for other study programms

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    2. Optimize User Reearch