Artist Diploma Regie (Directing) at Folkwang University of the Arts

Programme overview

Theatre directing programme with a practical and theoretical structure. The directing class has eight students and two new students are admitted each year; the programme welcomes applicants with disabilities.

Faculty: Theatre | Duration: 8 semesters (4 years), 300 ECTS | Study mode: full-time; German-taught; Artist Diploma (Diplom-level) | Intake: Summer semester (April) | Location: Essen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany

What you will study

Students complete the first-year acting foundation, then specialise as directors. Text as material for staging, directing actors and communication, space and stage design, body awareness, costume design, literature, dramaturgy, theatre forms and theory, theatre history, aesthetics, project acquisition and voice training; regular work with acting students.

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Application information

Entry requirements

General higher education entrance qualification (Abitur or recognised equivalent; waivable for exceptional artistic talent if at least the Mittlerer Schulabschluss is held, per the framework aptitude-test regulations). Pass the Folkwang aptitude test (Eignungsprüfung). Applicants without a German school qualification must show German at level B2 (CEFR) at enrolment. Application deadline 15 November for the following summer semester; EUR 50 application fee.

Intake: Summer semester (April)

Duration: 8 semesters (4 years), 300 ECTS

Apply through the official page: https://www.folkwang-uni.de/home/theater/studiengaenge/regie/basisinfos-bewerbung

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