Tuition fee €4,725 per semester
Application fee €1,000 one-time

Overview

Manual printing techniques such as silkscreen, risography and etching make up the curriculum along with digital applications and software, typography, editorial design and editorial illustration. Learn to transport your illustrations to three-dimensional spaces and make them interact with their environment. Help shape tomorrow’s design solutions today.

Our programme encourages you to work with professional clients on real assignments. Find yourself visiting illustration and animation studios on a regular basis for a chance to experience firsthand what it’s like to work in the creative industries.

Programme structure

7 SEMESTERS 210 ECTS

1. SEMESTER 30 ECTS

  • Design Basics I
  • Design Basics II
  • Design Basics III
  • Design / Communication Sciences
  • Media Lab
  • Elective

2. SEMESTER 30 ECTS

  • Illustration Basics I
  • Illustration Basics II
  • Illustration Basics III
  • Design / Media Sciences
  • Character Design
  • Elective

3. SEMESTER 30 ECTS

  • Animation I
  • Animation II
  • Visual Essay
  • Artistic Research I
  • Concept Art
  • Elective

4. SEMESTER 30 ECTS

  • Narrative Illustration I
  • Narrative Illustration II
  • Narrative Illustration III
  • SRH Lab
  • Editorial Design I
  • Elective

5. SEMESTER

  • Internship in Germany or abroad
  • Independent illustration project

6. SEMESTER 30 ECTS

  • Editorial Illustration I
  • Editorial Illustration II
  • Research Colloquium
  • Artistic Research II
  • Practical project / Project-oriented work
  • Elective

7. SEMESTER 30 ECTS

  • Portfolio I
  • Portfolio II
  • Entrepreneurship + Media Law
  • Writing Workshop / Colloquium
  • Bachelor’s Thesis

Career opportunities

As an illustrator you can work for all kinds of media companies. Start your own business and offer professional services to cultural and scientific institutions, advertising agencies and publishing houses. In addition, your job profile can include editorial, advisory and coordinating activities.

Illustrate digital and interactive media, print, websites, 3D animations, cartoons and motion pictures, computer games. Create special effects and character designs.

You’ll possess the know-how to craft elaborate narratives for literary works and design children’s books, non-fiction and graphic novels for publishing houses.
Our internationally-accredited Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) degree serves as a professional foundation for immediate employment. In addition, the internationally acclaimed Bachelor of Arts degree entitles you to pursue numerous postgraduate and master’s degree programmes in Germany and beyond.

Apply now! Winter semester 2023/24
This intake is not applicable
Studies commence
1 Oct 2023
Apply now! Summer semester 2024
Application period has ended
Studies commence
1 Apr 2024
Apply now! Winter semester 2024/25
This is a rolling intake - applications are accepted all year round.
Studies commence
1 Oct 2024

Application deadlines apply to citizens of: United States

Apply now! Winter semester 2023/24
This intake is not applicable
Studies commence
1 Oct 2023
Apply now! Summer semester 2024
Application period has ended
Studies commence
1 Apr 2024
Apply now! Winter semester 2024/25
This is a rolling intake - applications are accepted all year round.
Studies commence
1 Oct 2024

Application deadlines apply to citizens of: United States

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