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Diplom Fine Art at Staatliche Akademie der Bildenden Künste Stuttgart

Staatliche Akademie der Bildenden Künste Stuttgart, Germany

Programme overview

The Fine Art Diplom offers training supported by a broad range of workshops. Students work in foundation classes and then specialist classes, and complete a Diplom with an independent artistic project.

Faculty: Art  |  Duration: 10 semesters  |  Study mode: full-time; Diplom  |  Intake: Wintersemester  |  Location: Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

What you will study

Two semesters in a foundation class for general artistic education, then a specialist class in painting, sculpture, glass design, ceramics, free graphic art, photography and video, digital and time-based art, installation or performance, alongside art history, theory, aesthetics and didactics. An intermediate Diplom preliminary examination takes place between the fourth and sixth semester.

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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: 10 semesters

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