Partially funded

Deutschlandstipendium at HfBK Dresden

Hochschule für Bildende Künste Dresden, Germany

Scholarship overview

The Deutschlandstipendium supports particularly talented students who have achieved or are expected to achieve outstanding results in their studies or profession. HfBK Dresden awards 12 scholarships across both faculties; two of them are reserved for Meisterschueler of Faculty I (the Hegenbarth scholarships).

Besides talent and performance, selection takes account of engagement outside the field of study, personal background, educational background, social and family circumstances or financial need. Students of all nationalities can be funded. The call follows the Stipendienprogrammgesetz (StipG) and the HfBK regulations for the award of Deutschlandstipendien. The Hegenbarth scholarships also include an exhibition in the project space Neue Galerie of the Staedtische Galerie Dresden.

Private funders in previous years include the Dresdner Stiftung Kunst und Kultur of the Ostsaechsische Sparkasse Dresden, the Liebelt Stiftung Hamburg, the Verband der Restauratoren and the Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden.

Award Information

  • Student of HfBK Dresden with outstanding achievements or potential, of any nationality.
  • First degree programmes are eligible; so are second or complementary studies and the Meisterschueler programme.
  • Double funding by other state scholarship providers (for example Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes, political or church foundations) is not possible.
  • The scholarship is independent of income and can be combined with BAfoeG.
  • Payment is suspended during a leave of absence.
  • EUR 300 per month per scholarship.
  • Paid retroactively from 1 October; no payment during a leave of absence.
  • Hegenbarth scholarships: 2 per year of EUR 3,600, paid in 12 monthly instalments of EUR 300, plus an exhibition.

Awards are decided at the end of November or beginning of December, with payments backdated to 1 October. HfBK Dresden is seeking the private funding for a new call for winter semester 2026; the application deadline is set in the call.

  1. Apply through the application portal on the HfBK Dresden website.
  2. Upload the portfolio and all additional documents as ONE file.

Official links

Documents you will need

  • Portfolio and additional documents in one file (details in the portal).
  • Recommendation letter sent directly by the recommender.

How selection works

Applications first pass an internal pre-selection in the study programmes. The selection committee (Rector, Deans, one representative each of Fine Art, Conservation, Stage and Costume Design with Theatre Design, and Art Therapy, with advisory private funders) nominates the recipients based on talent and performance, plus social engagement or overcoming biographical obstacles.

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