Diplom Schauspiel (Acting) at Hochschule für Schauspielkunst Ernst Busch Berlin

Programme overview

Four-year Diplom course in acting, taught in small working groups through scene studies by full-time teachers and visiting actors, directors and dramaturgs. Teaching draws on the methods of Konstantin Stanislavski and Bertolt Brecht and trains work on oneself, on the role and within the ensemble.

What you will study

The foundation phase builds systematically through improvisation seminars, scene study and chosen-role work, with voice, speech, movement, singing, dramaturgy, theatre history and aesthetics. The main phase is project-based, with public performances on the university stages and at the bat studio theatre, and ends with a Diplom project.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Admission by artistic aptitude and the professional abilities required for the profession; completed compulsory schooling; adequate German for international applicants. Two-stage procedure: preliminary selection (two contrasting role excerpts of about five minutes and a song) and entrance examination (role excerpts, a song, musical and physical tests). A medical certificate and an ENT voice certificate, each under six months old, are required for the entrance examination. Applicants may take part twice. Application via the online portal; the next application window runs 21 May to 6 August 2026 (12:00) for Sommersemester 2027.

Intake: Sommersemester

Duration: 4 years (8 semesters)

Apply through the official page: https://www.hfs-berlin.de/studium/schauspiel/schauspiel-bewerbung/

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