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Costume Design Master

General information

Application deadline

15. October till 15. November for the summer semester

    • Bachelors* degree Costume Design from the Berlin University of the Arts or an equivalent degree from another university
    • Special artistic talent
    • german language skills B2 according to CEFR

    • Standard period of study: 4 semesters, 120 credit points
    • Degree: Master of Arst (MA)

Your application – step by step

All of the steps listed below must be completed within the application period for the respective study programme. We recommend that you submit your application as early as possible within the application period so that you can clarify any questions that may arise with our StudyGuide in good time.

  • Register and verify your identity (if you have not already done so) on the UdK Berlin application portal: https://my.udk-berlin.de

     

  • Fee per application: EUR 30.00 (plus fees for international transfers)

    Proof of payment: bank statement or transfer confirmation with value date

    Universität der Künste Berlin
    IBAN: DE 72 1009 0000 8841 0150 46
    BIC: BEVO DE BB XXX
    Payment reference: 35/01036, study programme, name, application number

    Berliner Volksbank eG
    Budapester Straße 35
    10787 Berlin
    Germany
     

    For international transfers:
    Please ensure that you cover all transfer fees incurred (OUR – sender pays costs) when making the transfer.

  • During the application process, you will be asked to submit formal documents. Please prepare these as individual PDF files (max. 5 MB each).

    Formal documents:

    • Curriculum vitae
    • University degree certificate
    • Transcript of records for the BA degree
    • Preliminary examination document (VPD) from uni-assist, if applicable (see FAQs)
    • Proof of German language proficiency at B2 level according to CEFR for international applicants (see FAQs)
      • Application also possible with German B1
    • Proof of payment of application fees
    • Proof of practical training or internship, if applicable

  • Log in to the application portal (https://my.udk-berlin.de) and submit an application for admission to your desired study programme within the application period and upload the formal documents.

FAQs and Tutorials

Submitting application documents at a later date

Are you unable to submit your school leaving certificate or university degree certificate within the application deadline? 

Studying without a school leaving certificate (section ‘General university entrance qualification - §11 BerlHG’)

Changing universities / Applying for a higher semester

Recognition of international educational qualifications (VPD and APS)

Language certificates (requirements and accepted certificates)

Help and tutorials for the my.udk application portal

Help and tutorials for the Bemus upload portal

 

 

Portfolio

A digital portfolio must be uploaded to bemus within the application deadline.
Upload period: 15 October - 20 November
The digital portfolio should contain at least 20 recent self-made artistic/creative works (such as drawings, sketches, paintings, storyboards, narrative designs, photo stagings or documentary photos, photographically documented sculptural designs, photographically documented filmic and performative works).
- Samples of work from the Bachelor's degree programme and own artistic work
- Presentation of the Bachelor's thesis
- Documentation of realised theatre work (within and, if applicable, outside of the Bachelor's programme).
- The presented works should be dated and development series chronologically numbered.
- The work samples are to be summarised as a multi-page PDF file (max. 150 MB). Include title /year/ size (height x width x depth) / material with a short explanation and in which context the work was created (e.g. school, course, independent).
- In addition, a video file can be used for the presentation (MP4, max. 4 min, max. 500 MB).
- In addition, a PDF should be attached in which you answer the following questions:
Why do you want to study costume design? (approx. half a DIN A4 page

Admission procedure

What happens after the application?

The admission procedure consists of the pre-selection and the entrance examination.

Both parts will take place digitally for the summer semester 2022..

All selected applicants will receive information about the aptitude test by e-mail in due time.

As a rule the entrance exam consists of an interview with the admission committee.

All applicants must demonstrate an artistic development potential that is clearly above the level of the Bachelor's degree and that leads to the expectation of a successful completion of the Master's program.