Diplom Bühnen- und Kostümbild at Kunsthochschule Berlin-Weißensee

Programme overview

Ten-semester artistic Diplom in stage and costume design. Building on the foundation year, the programme explores the possibilities of stage and costume historically and in contemporary theatre, with the aim of training stage and costume designers as independent artists and equal partners in staging.

Faculty: Freie Kunst | Duration: 10 semesters (5 years, 300 ECTS) | Study mode: German-taught; full-time; Diplom | Intake: Wintersemester | Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany

What you will study

The focus is developing artistic concepts, with equal weight on concept and theory and on stage and costume, across the field between stage, dramaturgy and directing and the emphases on new media and costume design. A two-semester Meisterschüler study can follow.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Artistic aptitude shown through a portfolio (pre-selection) and a two-day on-site artistic entrance examination with interview; a higher education entrance qualification or secondary school leaving certificate (applicants may be admitted without one with proof of exceptional artistic talent under § 1 Abs. 3 KunstHZVO). International applicants: German is the language of instruction: C1 level (TestDaF 4, DSH 2, telc Deutsch C1 Hochschule, DSD II or Goethe C1) by the start of study. No numerus clausus average is stated. Application window for Wintersemester 2027/28: 1 November to 5 January (noon).

Intake: Wintersemester

Duration: 10 semesters (5 years, 300 ECTS)

Apply through the official page: https://kh-berlin.de/kunst/buehnen-und-kostuembild/bewerbung

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