A higher education degree is required to be admitted to the Master study programme »Fine Arts« with the degree title Master of Fine Arts. Applicants who do not have a higher education degree at the time of application but who will acquire one in the six months following the end of the application period may also apply.

Applicants must also demonstrate an independent artistic position during an entrance exam.

Proof of proficiency in the German language is not required.

Applications are only possible for the winter semester. The following application steps are required for the application period indicated below:

Step 1: Online application

From February 2, 2021 to March 5, 2021, 4 p.m.: Please create an applicant account in CampusNet. As soon as you start your application, it will receive a number to which you can refer if you have any questions.

Step 2: physical application folder

• Approx. 20 self-made artistic work samples (please submit not only prints but also originals) from the last two years. Of three-dimensional works, please submit only photo prints. All works must be labelled with name and date of creation. The format of the application folder should not exceed DIN A0.
  
  
• For the major field of study "Painting/Drawing", printed illustrations (DVDs or sticks only for digital works or films) and an appropriate number of original works are required. For applications from abroad, provided that a written explanation is enclosed with the application, original works may be omitted and only photo-prints may be submitted instead.
  
  
• A draft for an artistic project, which is to be pursued as a focus of study
  
  
• A printout of the online application
  
  
• Curriculum vitae in German or English language
  
  
• A passport photo
  
  
• A certified copy of your university degree
  (Certificate or, if applicable, provisional certificate from the respective examination office)
  Applicants whose university degree(s) were not written in German or English must also attach a certified copy of their original certificates with a translation in German or English.
  
  

Please place your application number clearly visible on the outside of the folder.

Submit the application folder:

On Wednesday, March 3, Thursday, March 4, and Friday, March 5, 2021, application folders can be handed in personally. Acceptance times are 9.30 - 12.00 and 13.30 - 16.00 hours, Lerchenfeld 2 building, 22081 Hamburg.
The rooms in question will be marked with signs during these times. We would like to point out that especially on the last day of delivery, longer waiting times are to be expected. If you send in your application folder by mail, this will be possible from February 2, 2021. Please mark your application with your application number so that it is clearly visible from outside.

All documents must be received by the HFBK Hamburg by 4 p.m. on Friday, March 5, 2021 at the latest. Late applications and/or applications received by e-mail or documents submitted subsequently cannot be considered.

Postal address:

Hamburg University of Fine Arts, Lerchenfeld 2, 22081 Hamburg

Urgent recommendation for shipments from abroad: Do not indicate an amount on the customs sticker for "value of shipment" to avoid costs and lengthy formalities!

Depending on developments, it is not impossible that it will not be possible to hand in the application folder personally at short notice. Please send us your application folder between February 02 and March 05, 2021 by 4 p.m. at the latest, if possible by mail.

The information on our homepage is continuously updated and adapted to developments. We therefore recommend that you inform yourself here at the end of January 2021 about any changes regarding the submission of your application folder.

Step 3: Picking up the application folder

As soon as the result of your application is visible in CampusNet, your application folder can be picked up either personally against presentation of the notification and the waiver of objection or, if picked up by a third party, with a power of attorney and identity card on the dates listed below

Dates:

You will find the dates for picking up your application folder here from March 2021.

Important: Masks are required for collection.

Further information can be found in the current FAQs on the Corona Pandemic.

We would like to point out that application folders not picked up within the specified period will be destroyed immediately after the last date.

Applicants* who are invited to an interview can only take their application folders with them directly after the interview.

It is not possible to pick up the application folder until you can retrieve your notification in your CampusNet account.

It is not possible to return your application folder by mail or to keep it for a longer period of time!

And further:

The decision on admission to the program is made until the mid of June of the application year at the latest. Please refrain from making inquiries until then!
You will find all information and decisions in your applicant account in CampusNet.
Your application data will be stored for a maximum of 12 months.

At the end of the application period, an entrance examination committee will examine the application folders. The commission is composed of three professors, two members of the intermediate academic staff with voting rights and two students without voting rights.

The commission evaluates the application folders in categories from A to C. Applicants who are rated A can begin their studies in the following winter semester. Applicants who are graded B have the opportunity to take part in a succession procedure. In those cases in which an evaluation is not possible on the basis of the application file alone, applicants will be invited for an interview. The interviews usually take place from mid to end of May.