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Aufbaustudiengang Baukunst (Architecture, postgraduate) at Kunstakademie Düsseldorf

Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, Germany

Programme overview

Baukunst is a postgraduate architecture programme taught in design classes led by four professors, with a focus on artistic, design, theoretical and craft competence in building design and urbanism. It maintains close links with the fine art classes of the academy.

Faculty: Baukunst  |  Study mode: full-time; German-taught; postgraduate (Aufbaustudiengang) programme  |  Intake: Wintersemester  |  Location: Düsseldorf, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany

What you will study

Students work in a professor-led design class on building design, urban design, contextual work in town and country, and sustainable thinking, supplemented by art history, architecture history and philosophy seminars. A first-year seminar on building law (Baurecht) is offered towards membership of the Architektenkammer NRW.

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Application information

Entry requirements

A first university degree (Bachelor) in architecture (certificate, diploma and transcript of records) plus Abitur or equivalent; at least 20 portfolio works focused on architectural design. EUR 30 aptitude assessment fee. International applicants need German at B2 (Goethe-Zertifikat B2, DSH1, TestDaF TDN 3 or telc Deutsch B2).

Intake: Wintersemester

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