Diplom Malerei/Grafik (Diplom Bildende Kunst) at Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst Leipzig

Programme overview

Diplom programme that develops each student's creative and imaginative potential through traditional and new techniques of painting, in dialogue with other contemporary artistic practices. The degree is Diplom Bildende Kunst.

Duration: 10 semesters (5 years): 2-year foundation studies (Grundstudium) and 3-year main studies (Hauptstudium) | Study mode: full-time; Diplom; German-taught | Intake: Wintersemester | Location: Leipzig, Sachsen, Germany

What you will study

Teaching in four painting and graphics classes through individual and group instruction, supplemented by optional seminars and projects, so that graduates can establish an independent artistic position. Theory teaching and a theoretical Diplom thesis accompany the practice.

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Entry requirements

Evidence of artistic aptitude through an online portfolio of about 20 to 30 own works (Malerei/Grafik: analogue portfolio) and an entrance examination with practical tasks and an interview; Abitur or Fachabitur Gestaltung (Fachhochschulreife is not sufficient), submitted after the entrance examination is passed, or exceptionally proof of outstanding talent in the examination. Application deadline 1 February for the following winter semester. International applicants whose first language is not German need German proficiency (DSH, TestDaF TDN 3 in all parts, telc Deutsch C1 Hochschule, or equivalent). A pre-study internship is recommended but not required. Portfolio of 20 to 30 original works is submitted in analogue form (maximum 75 x 105 cm and 10 kg; up to three sketchbooks may be added) between 15 December and 1 February.

Intake: Wintersemester

Duration: 10 semesters (5 years): 2-year foundation studies (Grundstudium) and 3-year main studies (Hauptstudi

Apply through the official page: https://www.hgb-leipzig.de/studium/bewerbung/

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