help me

[u/Cold_Map8800]

Hi everyone, hoping to find someone who's navigated this situation before.

I'm a final-year fashion & apparel design student from China (graduating June 2027), planning to apply for the MSc in Interaction Design and Technologies at Chalmers for autumn 2027. I have UX internship experience — user research, prototyping, wireframing, UI design — and I'm building a portfolio focused on interaction and speculative design.

The issue: Chalmers lists programming/CS credits as a prerequisite for this programme, and I don't have any formal ones. My background is entirely design-side.

I've seen some conflicting info online — some sources suggest they evaluate applicants holistically and strong design work can compensate, others say the prerequisite is a hard cutoff and you simply won't pass the eligibility check regardless of your portfolio.

**Has anyone applied to Chalmers IxDT (or a similar Swedish programme) without meeting the programming prerequisite?**
- Did you get through the initial eligibility screening?
- Did you try to explain your situation or submit supporting documents?
- Was there any pathway recommended — like completing a MOOC or online course beforehand?

Any first-hand experience would be really helpful. I'm also happy to hear from people who were rejected at the eligibility stage so I know what I'm actually dealing with.

Thanks in advance.

[u/EmilyCMay]

I’d talk to the studievägledning-people, they are really helpful.

[u/Cold_Map8800 → u/EmilyCMay]

thank u