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BA Lehramt Kunst (Teaching Art, Gymnasium and Gesamtschule) at Kunstakademie Düsseldorf

Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, Germany

Programme overview

The Bachelor stage of the Lehramt Kunst programme prepares students for teaching art at Gymnasien and Gesamtschulen, with artistic study at its centre. Students work in the same studio classes as Freie Kunst students.

Faculty: Fachbereich 1 Kunst  |  Duration: 6 semesters (3 years)  |  Study mode: full-time; German-taught; teacher education, single subject Art or combined with a second subject at Universität Duisburg-Essen  |  Intake: Wintersemester  |  Location: Düsseldorf, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany

What you will study

Two semesters in the Orientierungsbereich, then studio work in an artist professor's class from the third semester, with art-related sciences including art history, philosophy, pedagogy and didactics of the visual arts. Two practical elements are included: the Eignungs- und Orientierungspraktikum and the Berufsfeldpraktikum. A second subject, if chosen, is studied at the University of Duisburg-Essen.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Entry is by an artistic aptitude assessment of a portfolio (20-25 original works for painting, sculpture, photography, graphics and stage design; at least 2 works in mp4 plus up to 15 further samples for film and video). Application fee of EUR 30 for the aptitude assessment; applications via the online portal (Feb to 10 March for the following winter semester). Abitur; vocationally qualified applicants may be admitted in some cases. International applicants need German at C1 (Goethe-Zertifikat C1, DSH2, TestDaF TDN 4 or telc Deutsch C1).

Intake: Wintersemester

Duration: 6 semesters (3 years)

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