DAAD Prize for Outstanding International Students (DAAD-Preis), HfBK Dresden

• One-off prize of EUR 1,000 per year.
• Splitting the prize is only possible in exceptional cases, for example an artist duo.

2026 call: application deadline 30 April 2026 (digital file and signed form by post, postmark counts). Jury meeting in early May 2026; the award is announced at the opening of the Rundgang 2026. The call is invited during the summer semester each year.

1. Complete the application form (Bewerbungsbogen) and participation form.
2. Prepare the portfolio and other documents and combine them into one PDF of at most 10 MB.
3. Upload the PDF under the name 'DAAD_Preis_First name Last name Matriculation number' via the link given in the call.
4. Send the signed form by post, marked 'DAAD Preis 2026', or hand it in at the Referat Studienangelegenheiten, Guentzstrasse 34, 01307 Dresden.
5. Ask a professor to email a short recommendation directly to [email protected].

• Application form and participation form (also on paper).
• Portfolio, maximum DIN A3, with short CV and study history, a short description of your artistic or academic position, and up to 15 images (4 stills, a short description and a suitable data carrier for digital works).
• Short recommendation from a professor or a artistic or academic staff member.
• Current transcript of records.

An interdisciplinary jury, whose members change every year, decides. Its decision is binding and legal recourse is excluded. Providing false information leads to exclusion and repayment.