Diplom Freie Kunst (Fine Art) at Akademie der Bildenden Künste München

Programme overview

The Diplom in Fine Art develops and tests an independent artistic practice within a chosen studio class led by a professor. Graduates are equipped to take an independent artistic position and contribute to international discourse. The academic degree awarded is Diplom with the specialisation Freie Kunst.

Faculty: Fine Art | Study mode: full-time; German-taught; Diplom | Intake: Wintersemester | Location: München, Bayern, Germany

What you will study

Study is organised in classes for Contextual Practice, Sculpture, Stage Design and Costume, Painting and Graphics, Media Art, Performance, Jewellery and Object, and Artistic Writing and Research, with trial-period examination, Vordiplom and Diplom stages.

Career pathways

Graduates enter artistic professional fields.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Admission is by portfolio selection (Mappenauswahl); applications are submitted via the online application portal, with the portfolio and documents sent to the Academy by 15 May for the following winter semester. There is no practical or oral examination for Freie Kunst; admission is based on the submitted artistic work. Students are admitted on probation and sit a probationary examination in the second semester. German level B1 is required for applicants with a non-German qualification (A2 accepted if B1 is submitted within one year). Application deadline 15 May; admission for the winter semester only.

Intake: Wintersemester

Apply through the official page: https://www.adbk.de/de/studium/bewerbung/ueberblick.html

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