Beginners

Depending on the subject you select, various admission requirements must be fulfilled, including an artistic-creative aptitude which you must demonstrate on the basis of your portfolio and in the aptitude test. An online application tool will be activated at the beginning of the application phase:

• Master’s program Live Art Forms (March 15th - April 15 th, 12:00 noon).
• Diploma Visual Arts and Art Education (March 15th - April 15 th, 12:00 noon).
   

The digital application should be a digitised portfolio with a physical form as a starting point, provided the original work was created in analogue form.

The online application portal will is opened applications. 

=> online application portal

• Information for student applicants Diploma Visual Arts and Art Education

• Information for student applicants Master’s program Live Art Forms

• Information for the digital application 2025
  
   
• FAQ - Frequently asked questions
  
   
• Declaration form (Declaration that the submitted works have be produced unaided)

• Data protection information for student applicants
   

Students changing university

Transfer students in the Fine Arts and Gymnasium Art programs require the same qualifications as regular students. An application for a change of university is only possible if you are enrolled at a university of fine arts within Germany or the EU at the time of application and wish to continue your studies with us. If you have successfully completed the basic studies or a probationary period at a university of fine arts within Germany or the EU, you can be exempted from the oral examination upon application. The application deadlines in this case are January 15 (cut-off deadline) if you begin your studies in the following summer semester and May 15 (cut-off deadline) if you begin your studies in the following winter semester. If you are interested, please contact the Student Secretariat for further information and to clarify the details.

Visting students

Visiting students may only attend the life drawing course and art history lectures. In principle, visiting students require the same qualifications as regular students, but the academy is entitled to make exceptions in special cases.