Applications may only be made for the winter semester of an academic year, usually beginning in October. To apply, please pursue the following steps during the limited application periods mentioned below.
Step 1: Online Application
From 8th February to 5th March, 2012: Please create your applicant account on CampusNet »
As soon as you initiate the application process, you will be given a tracking number to refer to. Please attach your tracking number on the outside of your portfolio.
Step 2: Portfolio Submission
From 1st to 5th March, 2012, the following documents are to be submitted by international applicants:
- Curriculum vitae in English or German language
- Certified copy of the necessary qualification (school graduation certificate, diploma etc.) and an accredited translation into German or English.
Chinese applicants are requested to have the translation approved by the academic examinations office of the cultural affairs department at the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany in Peking (APS). - A passport photo
- A portfolio of artistic work completed by the applicant. The portfolio should contain about 20 to 30 works in original. It is also possible to send in DVDs or CDs. 3D works should not be larger than 40 x 40 cm. Original paintings should not exceed DIN A 0 (84 x 119 cm). For the department »Film« should be submitted film work of all types completed during the past two years as DVD video. For longer films, compilations of extracts are acceptable. Draft scripts, storyboards, photographs, drawings, collages, sketchbooks or anything else that clearly shows the working style of applicants should also be submitted. All work must be signed and dated.
- Proof of proficiency in the German language by either
- the German Abitur (university qualification certificate); or
- attendance at a German school abroad; or
- attendance at a German-speaking University; or
- the applicants must provide evidence of having participated in a German language course in compliance with Common European Framework of Reference for Languages incl. grade A2 (approx. 360 study hours) at the Goethe-Institute or another officially accredited language school. During the first two semesters, existing knowledge of the German language must be intensified within the framework of a rigorous language course and a certificate testifying to successful participation must be submitted to the Service Office. For the successful participation in this language course, the students will be awarded with credits for modules in the »Academic Studies«.
Please attach your tracking number on the outside of your portfolio.
The application portfolio must reach the HFBK by 16.00 h on 5th March 2012 at the latest.
Address:
Hochschule für bildende Künste
Lerchenfeld 2
22081 Hamburg, GERMANY
- For portfolios sent from foreign countries: Please claim "no commercial value" on the customs sticker in order to avoid delay.
The receipt of your portfolio at HFBK will be indicated in your CampusNet account.
Personal submission
On 1st, 2nd and 5th of March, 2012, application portfolios can be dropped off personally. They will be accepted between 9.30 and 12.00 and between 13.30 and 16.00 h.
The rooms for submission will be indicated by signs during this period. We would like to point out that applicants should expect to wait a long time, especially on the final day.
Step 3: Pick-up of Portfolios
As soon as you have received your selection results, please pick up your portfolio at the HFBK Hamburg (please bring the notification of acceptance or rejection).
Pick-up dates:
15./16./17. March 2012
22./23./24. March 2012
29./30./31. March 2012
5. April 2012
12./13./14. April 2012
Opening hours: 9.30 - 18.00 h
Location: in the Aula room at HFBK Hamburg (address: Lerchenfeld 2).
Bachelor application portfolios will not be sent back by mail!
If you send any other person to pick up your portfolio, they must bring a written mandate and their identity card.
- Requirements for Admission
- Application and Deadlines
- Selection Procedure
Contact
Susanne Dudda
Room 144
Tel.: +49 40 428989 - 264
E-Mail: susanne.dudda@hfbk.hamburg.de
Download
- Study Guidelines for the Bachelor study programme »Fine Arts«
- Examination Regulations for the Bachelor study programme »Fine Arts«