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Bachelor of Arts Schauspiel (Acting) at Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst Frankfurt am Main

Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst Frankfurt am Main, Germany

Programme overview

The acting programme develops creative actors who master classical and modern techniques and can reflect on aesthetic positions. Within the Hessische Theaterakademie, students of the third year work as part of partner theatres during a Studiojahr.

Faculty: Theatre  |  Department: Schauspiel  |  Duration: 8 semesters (4 years), 240 CP  |  Study mode: full-time; German-taught; Studiojahr Schauspiel in semesters 5 and 6  |  Intake: Wintersemester  |  Location: Frankfurt am Main, Hessen, Germany

What you will study

Acting practice (role work, scenes, monologues and duo scenes for stage and camera, ensemble productions), media competence, body work, voice, theory (theatre history, dramaturgy, performance) and career-field mediation.

Career pathways

Prepares for work in theatre, film and television, with workshops on stage and employment law, casting, agencies and applications.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Abitur only, under section 54 HHG (can be replaced by outstanding artistic talent: at least 19 of 25 points in the entrance examination); artistic aptitude shown in a three-round in-person entrance examination (application window 15 January to 1 March in the cycle published for 2026).

Intake: Wintersemester

Duration: 8 semesters (4 years), 240 CP

Apply through the official page: https://www.hfmdk-frankfurt.de/thema/bewerben

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