BFA Intermedia Design (Teilstudiengang Intermediales Gestalten) at Staatliche Akademie der Bildenden Künste Stuttgart

Programme overview

Intermedia Design (IMG) is a partial programme in which space and time are explored as artistic materials, through video and sound work, film observation, animation, installation, performance and participatory projects. It is taken as the artistic-scientific second main subject within art teaching.

Faculty: Art | Duration: 6 semesters (3 years) | Study mode: full-time | Intake: Wintersemester | Location: Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

What you will study

Experimental research-based practice, two semesters of tailored courses in the Architecture group, open courses in communication, textile and industrial design and stage design, and teaching in art history, aesthetics, art didactics and educational science. No Bachelor thesis is written in IMG; the Bachelor examination is taken in Fine Art.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Separate aptitude test for Intermedia Design as second subject, combined with the Fine Art application. Allgemeine Hochschulreife or Fachgebundene Hochschulreife (Fachhochschulreife with a supplementary Deltaprüfung; qualified professionals via a counselling interview or Studienkolleg aptitude test). No Numerus Clausus, lottery or waiting list; admission is by portfolio pre-selection followed by an entrance examination. 2026 application period 13-30 April, entrance examination 22-26 June.

Intake: Wintersemester

Duration: 6 semesters (3 years)

Apply through the official page: https://www.abk-stuttgart.de/bewerbung/aufnahmeverfahren/

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