MA Spiel und Objekt (Experimental Play) at Hochschule für Schauspielkunst Ernst Busch Berlin

Programme overview

Two-year Master's programme offering a small group of students time and space to develop artistic, technological, social and material skills for new cultural formats in theatre and beyond. It enrols every two years.

Faculty: Spiel und Objekt | Department: Spiel und Objekt | Duration: 2 years | Study mode: full-time; Master of Arts; German-taught (English title Experimental Play) | Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany

What you will study

Workshops, seminars and continuous mentoring build process-oriented artistic project development, critical play and interaction literacy, and work with digital technologies, new and old media and materials. The programme exchanges with all HfS disciplines and the other Berlin art universities.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Professionally qualifying university degree and conceptual artistic talent in the performing arts; German at B2 level for applicants from non-German-speaking countries. First stage: certified copy of the degree certificate, tabular CV, motivation letter in German (max. 3,000 characters) and written application tasks. Second stage: a two-day entrance examination with portfolio of work samples, a prepared examination task and an interview. Application only through the online portal; the 2026 window ran 2 February to 31 March 2026.

Duration: 2 years

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

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