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Diplom Communication Design at Staatliche Akademie der Bildenden Künste Stuttgart

Staatliche Akademie der Bildenden Künste Stuttgart, Germany

Programme overview

The Communication Design Diplom is taught in small classes of at most 25 first-year students with student studios, within an academy of many artistic and design courses.

Faculty: Design  |  Duration: 9 semesters  |  Study mode: full-time; Diplom  |  Intake: Wintersemester  |  Location: Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

What you will study

A two-semester foundation in communication design (typography, printing technique, photography, bookbinding), a third and fourth semester focused on typography and film/animation, then a main study in one of four specialist classes: illustration and poster, book design and corporate design, exhibition design, or photography. The programme ends with the Diplom thesis, an independent design project.

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Application information

Entry requirements

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: 9 semesters

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