Application

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

If you hold a foreign certificate and have already registered and applied using uni-assist, you must additionally apply on the Film University's application portal regardless of this.

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.

• Table of contents of all submitted documents, materials, and work samples (PDF)

• Curriculum vitae in table form (PDF)

If you have acquired your master program entrance qualification in Germany, please inform yourself about the required proof in the paragraph 'German Certificate’. If you have acquired your qualification outside Germany, please inform yourself about the required documents you must submit under ‘Foreign Certificate’. For the M.A. Film Music the regulations of Section 10 para. 5-6 BbgHG (Brandenburg Higher Education Act) apply.

German Certificate:

Please submit proof (PDF) of a completed Music Bachelor of Fine Arts (B.F.A.) degree or a comparable subject-specific degree.

Please note: In the event that the Bachelor degree is not yet available due to missing individual examination achievements, please submit certification (PDF) from the examination office of your current university. The certification must show that, based on your examination results to date, you can be expected to complete your Bachelor degree in good time before starting your Master program.

Foreign Certificate:

If you have gained your Master program entrance qualification abroad, you must have your certificates reviewed and evaluated by uni-assist e.V. before applying. The processing time can be up to 6 weeks. Please take this into account in your scheduling. The examination is subject to a fee and must be completed before the end of the application deadline. Please upload the pre-verification document (Vorprüfungsdokument, VPD), which you will receive from uni-assist e. V., together with the other application files in the university application portal.

In the event that you are unable to submit your Master's entrance qualification (Bachelor's, Diplom, ....), which you will acquire abroad, by the end of the application deadline due to missing individual examinations, please submit a current transcript of records from your current university to uni-assist e.V.. Then uni-assist will check in advance whether your university and your planned degree are recognized. At uni-assist, you will then be listed as a so-called "case of doubt (ZF)" until you submit your successful degree to uni-assist. After another check, you may receive a "preliminary examination document (VPD)", which you must then submit to us!

Please note:

• This requirement also applies if you are a German citizen.
• Special regulations apply to applicants from the Republic of India, the People's Republic of China and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, please inform yourself.

The entrance examination is only for applicants without a professionally qualifying university degree, i.e. not for applicants who have already obtained a professionally qualifying university degree (Bachelor, Diplom,...) or will still obtain one due to missing individual examinations!  
 

Professionally qualified applicants who do not have a professionally qualifying university degree according to § 10 para. 5 sentence 2 BbgHG are eligible to participate if:

- they have a university entrance qualification corresponding to the degree programme applied for in accordance with § 10 para. 2 to para. 4 BbgHG in conjunction with the regulations for determining aptitude for the Bachelor's degree programmes at the Film University Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF (§ 2 Assessment Regulations BA) and

- when examining the admission requirements for the Master's degree programmes as part of the assessment of the submitted documents and work samples, the artistic aptitude for the degree programme in accordance with the regulations for determining the aptitude for the Master's degree programmes of the Film University Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF is recognisable and

- they can provide evidence of at least three years of relevant professional activity for the degree programme applied for or a corresponding qualification through successful completion of study-specific modules at a university outside a Bachelor's degree programme, if the coursework and examinations completed as part of the certificate modules do not differ significantly from the coursework and examinations of the Bachelor's degree programme, which usually opens up access to the Master's degree programme.


The following documents (summarised in a pdf file!) must be uploaded to the Studienbewerbungsportal:

- an application for admission to the aptitude test in German.

- a signed curriculum vitae in tabular form (in addition to the curriculum vitae already submitted!) with essential information on previous training and artistic activities.

- proof of the relevant university entrance qualification in accordance with § 10 Para. 2 to Para. 4 BbgHG in conjunction with the regulations for determining aptitude for the Bachelor's degree programmes at the Film University Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF.

- can provide evidence of at least three years of relevant professional experience for the degree programme applied for or a corresponding qualification through successful completion of study-specific modules at a university outside of a Bachelor's degree programme, if the study and examination achievements completed as part of the certificate modules do not differ significantly from the study and examination achievements of the Bachelor's degree programme, which as a rule opens up access to the Master's degree programme.

- a signed written justification (max. two pages) stating how knowledge and skills were acquired that correspond to parts of a Bachelor's degree programme in terms of content and requirements.

- Complete proof of relevant coursework and examinations already completed and certificates of preliminary, intermediate and final examinations already taken or their recognition.
If no evidence of relevant study and examination achievements is available, this must be declared in writing.

- Documented evidence of the type, scope and quality of relevant professional activities. All professional activities must be listed in tabular form and the overview must be signed.

- a notification that, when examining the admission requirements for the Master's degree programmes as part of the assessment of the submitted documents and work samples, the artistic aptitude for the degree programme in accordance with the regulations for determining the aptitude for the Master's degree programmes at the Film University Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF is recognisable and that it is therefore possible to take part in the entrance examination.

Eingangsprüfungsordnung MA

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 Master program Film Music are detailed here.

Work samples showing the applicant's suitability for the program, including each of the following: 

• compilation of own compositions (provided as scores, recordings, and / or audio-visual media) allowing for the overall assessment of the applicant's composition skills and style (WAV, AIFF, FLAC, MP3, OGG, MOV, MP4, MPG, max. 10 GB).
• Applicants should also provide evidence of experience in the fields of electronic music production and media practice.

In any case, the submitted work samples must include the following:

• 1 score for a piano piece
• at least 2 scores for any instrumental cast
• audio material related (but not necessarily limited) to the scores

Submitted work should contain:

• audiovisual material
• 1 score for a large orchestra piece

Applicants submitting a large number of work samples are asked to enclose a list detailing which samples should be given priority (WAV, AIFF, FLAC, MP3, OGG, MOV, MP4, MPG, 5 GB).

The restrictions specified by the university application portal apply. Video files must be playable in current browsers without additional software/codecs.

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.

Prior to the admission test, applicants will be sent a download link to a film clip, along with the task to compose music accompanying the clip. Applicants may bring their composition with them on a data carrier or audio-visual storage medium or make it digitally available beforehand.

Creative / Practical Assignment:

• Piano audition: Applicants will be ask to play a piece from piano literature (from an epoch of their choice) as well as a piece of their own composition. Alternatively, applicants may play their own composition on a different instrument.
• Playing at sight (piano)
• Applicants will be asked to identify intervals and chords, tap notated rhythms at sight, and hum melodies at sight

Interview:

• short presentation and description (10 minutes maximum) of a composition included in the application
• presentation of the composition accompanying the film clip
• discussion of the works submitted and the applicant's specific interests and motivations

The admission test results will be communicated in writing to the applicant no later than 4 weeks after the last test.