Application

All applicants must apply online. Please use the Film University's application portal for this purpose.

ATTENTION! Shortly before the application deadline, server problems and delays in the online application process may occur due to many (last minute) applications. So do not wait until the last day of the deadline! Applications and late submissions after the application deadline will not be accepted!

ATTENTION! You should have prepared all the required files before registering in the university application portal.

Please note:

• Applications in paper form will NOT be considered.
• Registration/application in the university application portal is exclusively possible during the application period. Please note that the application deadline is a cut-off deadline.
• An administrative fee is charged for the application. Applications for which the administrative fee has not been remitted will not be considered for the assessment procedure.
• Incomplete applications will not be considered for the assessment procedure.
• You can track the processing status of your application in the university application portal. Please refrain from making inquiries by telephone.

• Curriculum vitae in table form (PDF)
• Reasons for choice of study or letter of motivation (PDF)
• Proof of practical work experience (PDF)

If you have acquired your university entrance qualification in Germany, please inform yourself about the required proof in the paragraph 'German Certificate’. If you have acquired your university entrance qualification outside Germany, please inform yourself about the required documents you must submit under ‘Foreign Certificate’.

For the B.A. program Animation the regulations of Section 9 para. 2-4 BbgHG (Brandenburg Higher Education Act) apply.

German Certificate:

Please submit your university entrance qualification (PDF) with your application, usually:

• General university entrance qualification (Abitur) or subject-specific university entrance qualification
• General or subject-specific entrance qualification for universities of applied sciences
• Other university entrance qualifications as per Section 9 para. 2 BbgHG (Brandenburg Higher Education Act)
• Applicants who do not hold any of the aforementioned qualifications or an equivalent qualification are requested to submit their most recent school report (PDF)

Foreign Certificate:

If you obtained your university entrance qualification or first academic degree abroad, please submit the university entrance qualification/school leaving certificate (PDF).

Please note:

• Special regulations apply to applicants from the People's Republic of China and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, please inform yourself.

If you obtained your university entrance qualification at a non-German-speaking institution and do not hold German citizenship, you must provide evidence of sufficient German language proficiency at least at the DSH-1 level or an equivalent language certificate according to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages. Please upload this with the other application files in the university application portal.

The recognized language examinations for the Bachelor program Animation are detailed here.

Please note:

If you do not have a language certificate for the level required by the degree program by the application deadline, please  inform yourself here.

• certificates / references (originals or certified copies!) providing evidence of at least 12 weeks of practical experience in the relevant professional field at the time of applying. Certificates / references should detail the type, scope, and quality of work performed. Applicants are expected to have practical experience in the fields of animation, graphic design / visual communication, or media design. (In exceptional cases, the necessary practical experience can be acquired until the beginning of the program.)
• a table listing your professional experiences (click here for the template)

At least 20 artistic work samples produced with analogue and digital media must be uploaded. The work samples must be accompanied by a synopsis in PDF format. These work samples should demonstrate an intensive examination of their own content and themes in relation to artistic animated film.

The content of the work samples is freely selectable and should include self-made works that demonstrate both artistic and visual-narrative skills. It is recommended to submit digitised analogue and digital artistic work samples from the following areas, for example:

• Animated films, animation samples and films or videos related to animation in which applicants have participated. Works from all areas of animation are accepted (e.g. drawn animation, stop-motion, computer-animation, etc.).
• Sketches, drafts, character designs, background design and documentation material created in connection with your own films.
• Storyboards (initial visualisations of cinematic ideas in coherent image sequences, possibly an animatic/animated storyboard).
• Motion studies (graphic works in which movement sequences of people or animals are depicted).
• Drawings (e.g. nature studies, nudes, portraits, costumes, animals, people, still lifes, architecture, interiors, landscapes, etc.).
• Colour design (e.g. graphics, collage, photography, painting or analogue/digital works that deal with the artistic effect of colour).
• Sculpture and spatial studies (analogue/digital modelling, sculptures, puppet making, model making documented by photographs or 3D representations).
• Sketchbooks (drawings, visual ideas and experiments, collage, typography, drafts, etc.; sketchbooks can be submitted completely digitised).
• cross-border and interdisciplinary works (e.g. comics, caricature, graphic novels, illustration, photography, collage, video, performance, installation, games, expanded animation, etc.).

With the exception of moving images (animations, films, videos, etc.), all artistic work samples uploaded digitally in the application portal must be presented again during the aptitude test in an analogue portfolio as originals. Digital artistic work samples must be printed out, dated and signed. The analog portfolio must be accompanied by a table of contents that corresponds to the digital submission.

Based on the materials submitted, the admissions committee will decide which applicants will receive permission to take the admission test and inform them in writing. 

With the exception of moving images (animations, films, videos, etc.), all artistic work samples uploaded digitally in the application portal must be presented again during the aptitude test in an analogue portfolio as originals. Digital artistic work samples must be printed out, dated and signed. The analog portfolio must be accompanied by a table of contents that corresponds to the digital submission.

Creative / Practical Assignment:

• Practical assignment in the field of creative and subject-specific visual arts
• Animation exercise
• Storyboard
• Musical aptitude test (rhythm / melody)

Written Assignment: 

• Written part: Examination of analytical-reflective language skills

Interview: 

• Interview on the applicant's artistic and personal profile.

The result of the eligibility assessment will be communicated in writing no later than 4 weeks after the last part of the assessment.