Bachelor of Fine Arts (B.F.A.) Bildende Künste at Hochschule für bildende Künste Hamburg

Programme overview

Interdisciplinary Bachelor of Fine Arts covering all artistic and academic subjects offered at HFBK Hamburg. Students have access to all focus areas and workshops, and the degree awarded is the Bachelor of Fine Arts (B.F.A.).

Duration: 8 semesters (4 years) | Study mode: full-time; language of instruction not specified | Intake: Winter semester | Location: Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany

What you will study

The first two semesters offer intensive supervision and orientation in methods and working formats. Later study is driven by the student's own artistic development projects with individual and group consultations, workshops for material and technical skills, and optional academic focus. Focus areas: Sculpture, Stage Design, Design, Film, Graphics/Photography, Painting/Drawing, Time-based Media, and Theory and History, freely combinable.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Admission test demonstrating special artistic aptitude (Hamburg Higher Education Act, section 37(3)) via a digital portfolio of work from the last two years; a short interview with the original portfolio may follow. CV (German or English), school and any university certificates, and proof of German: German school-leaving certificate, TestDaF TDN 4 in all parts, DSH-2, or a language-course certificate up to CEFR A2 (about 360 teaching hours) with intensified German study in the first two semesters. Winter semester only; application 4 February to 5 March 2027 (16:00) via HISinOne.

Intake: Winter semester

Duration: 8 semesters (4 years)

Apply through the official page: https://hfbk-hamburg.de/de/informationen/studieninteressierte/bewerben/bewerbung-bachelor-bildende-kuenste

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