title: Dessau Institute of Architecture
text: # Dessau Institute of Architecture
  
  Dessau Institute of Architecture (DIA) is a graduate unit within the Faculty of Architecture and Building Engineering in Anhalt University of Applied Sciences (Hochschule Anhalt) in Dessau, Germany. The institute runs a four semester professional master's program in architecture, which is taught in English. The institute is located partly within the historic Bauhaus building designed by Walter Gropius. DIA's students come from more than thirty different countries, making it one of the most international schools in Europe. The institute was run by Alfred Jacoby until 2017. The current director is Prof. Ralf Niebergall.
  
  ## Teachers 2020
  
  Faculty Staff
  
  * Prof. Ralf Niebergall – DIA Director
  * Prof. Johannes Kalvelage
  * Prof. Johannes Kister
  * Prof. dott. arch. Christoph Kohl (Substitute Professor)
  * Prof. Dr. Natascha Meuser [www.nataschameuser.com]
  * Prof. Dr. Stefan Reich.
  * Prof. Stefan Worbes
  * Prof. Dr. Gernot Weckherlin (Substitute Professor)
  * Juanfra Garcia Guillen
  
  Guests Studio Masters
  
  * Peter Apel
  * Clément Blanchet
  * Roger Bundschuh
  * Ivan Kucina
  * Johanna Meyer-Grohbrügge
  * Dr. Sina Mostafavi
  * Amelie Rost
  * Prof. Peter Ruge
  * Fredrik Skåtar
  
  Electives/CAD-Logic
  
  * Torsten Blume
  * Marco Mondello
  * Esteban Lamm
  * Alexander Lech
  * Prof. Dieter Raffler
  * Nico Steinborn
  * Fredrik Skåtar
  * Ines Toscano
  
  Some of the visiting professors were:
  
  * Gabriel Feld (RISD)
  * Roger Bundschuh (Bundschuh Architekten)
  * Neil Leach (USC)
  * Lara Schrijver (TU Delft)
  * Arie Graafland (TU Delft)
  * Max Cohen de Lara and David Mulder (XML Architecture Research Urbanism)
  * Jasper de Haan (Jasper de Haan Architecten)
  * Joris Fach (Department of Architecture, University of Cambridge)
  * Mathias del Campo (SPAN architects)
  * Lars Lerup (Rice University)
  * Christos Passas (Zaha Hadid Architects)
  * Daniel Dendra (Another Architect)
  * Immanuel Koh
  * Andong Lu (Department of Architecture, University of Cambridge)
  * Senan Abdelqader (Senan Abdelqader Architects)
  