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Diplom Mediale Künste (Diplom 2) at Kunsthochschule für Medien Köln

Kunsthochschule für Medien Köln, Germany

Programme overview

Diplom 2 is a four-semester postgraduate-style route into the main phase of the Mediale Künste Diplom at the Academy of Media Arts Cologne. It offers a range of electives and lectures with intensive supervision of project work and individual guidance.

Duration: 4 semesters (2 years)  |  Study mode: full-time; Diplom (postgraduate character); taught primarily in German, occasionally in English  |  Intake: Wintersemester (October)  |  Location: Köln, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany

What you will study

Requirements are 2 theory seminars, 2 specialist seminars, 1 project and a Diplom project, with direct entry to the Hauptstudium of the Diplom programme.

Career pathways

Graduates are prepared for careers as artists, filmmakers, programmers and media professionals.

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Application information

Entry requirements

General or subject-specific university entrance qualification, plus a completed higher-education degree in a relevant field (for example art, literature, theatre, film and television, communication design, cultural studies, computer science) or at least two years of documented artistic-design professional practice. Application with portfolio work samples demonstrating artistic aptitude. Non-German-speaking applicants need German at B2 level. Application period from late October to mid-January; start in the Wintersemester only.

Intake: Wintersemester (October)

Duration: 4 semesters (2 years)

Apply through the official page: https://www.khm.de/Studium/

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