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 for Diploma Visual Arts and Art Education and the Master’s program Live Art Forms (March 15th - April 15 th).

You can only apply for one degree program: Fine Arts, Art Education, or the MA Live Art Forms.
In the Fine Arts and Art Education degree programs, studies are completed in a class setting. The classes are each led by a professor. In the application portal, you have the option of specifying an artistic class or “preferred professors.” To do so, you will be asked in the application portal to list one to four classes in which you can imagine studying at the AdBK, in your preferred order. It is a good idea to visit the websites of the individual classes in advance of the registration process to find out about their focus and working methods. Upon admission to the program, you will be enrolled in a class; depending on available capacity and other factors, your class selection as indicated on the portal will be taken into account.

The digital application should be a digitized portfolio, with a physical form as a starting point, provided that the original works were created in analog form.

We look forward to receiving your application.

=> online application portal

• Information for student applicants Diploma Visual Arts and Art Education

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

• Information sheet for the 2026/27 digital application
  
   
• 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/or art-related sciences lectures and/or art classes. In principle, visiting students require the same qualifications as regular students, but the academy is entitled to make exceptions in special cases. 

Information for Visiting Students

Admission Requirements