Application

All applicants are required to submit the application documents specified in sections 1.1. through 1.4. Section 1.3. is only relevant for applicants who hold a university entrance qualification from / who have completed their first degree program qualifying for a profession at an institution in a non-German-speaking country and do not hold German citizenship.

Please insert page numbers on all application documents (with the exception of your work samples) corresponding to the order below and submit them in a spring binder (please do not use spiral or fixed binding). 

• the signed print-out of the online completed application form
• a table of contents (please also list your work samples)
• a CV in tabular form

For applicants holding a  Certificate for the Entrance Qualification for a Master Program from a German institution, the required certificates are specified under "German Certificates". For applicants holding a Certificate for the Entrance Qualification for a Master Program from a non-German institution, the required certificates are specified under "Foreign Certificates".  For applications to this Master program, the regulations specified in §9, paragraphs 5-6 of the Brandenburg Higher Education Act (BbgHG) are valid.

German Certificates: 

Please submit a copy of your certificate to proof the successful completion of Screenwriting / Dramaturgy Bachelor of Arts program or another relevant university degree program. In case the Bachelor's degree has not been awarded yet as the applicant still has to take a few final exams and the results of the exams taken so far suggest that the degree will be completed prior to the beginning of the Master's program, the applicant must submit a certificate issued by the registrar's office of his/her university. 

Foreign Certificates:

Applicants who have earned their degree abroad must have their certificates tested and assessed by uni-assist (further information uni-assist). Please consider that the recognition process at uni-assist can take up to 6 weeks (you need the VPD document from uni-assist before our the application deadlines end). Fees are incurred for the checking of your application documents.    

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!                                   

Notes:

• This also applies to German citizens.
• Citizens of the People's Republic of China, Republic of India and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam are asked to familiarize themselves with the special regulations for applicants from these countries.

International applicants holding a university-entrance qualification from a non-German-speaking institution are required to show that they have achieved an overall rating of at least DSH-2 in the DSH ("Deutsche Sprachprüfung für den Hochschulzugang" / German Language Test for University Admission) test or provide an equivalent language certificate complying with the Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR). Please submit a copy of the language certificate. Please inform about the accepted German language proficiency certificates of the study program.

Note: Further information if your German proficiency is lower than the required level.

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

• an outline for a feature-length cinema or television film or for a series
• a dialogue scene (max. 3 pages)
• a creative piece of work (screenplay, film, prose, theatre play, radio play or similar, PDF, 45 MB) including a synopsis (appr. 1 page, PDF, 3 MB)
• pitch paper (3 different pitches for fiction film and/or series)

All work samples should be in font size 12 with1,5 spacing.

Works samples are to be handed in digitally on USB stick as well as 3 bound print-outs.

Please save all texts in one pdf with your name and your applicant number.

All applicants to B.A. and M.A. programs must apply online via the university's application portal. Please note that an administrative will be charged for each application.

There are special requirements for applicants who hold a foreign university entrance qualification or have completed their first degree program qualifying for a profession abroad. Please note that registering with uni-assist alone is not sufficient. All applicants must additionally apply via the Film University's online application portal. 

Please indicate your name and applicant number (from the online application portal) on all application documents. Send your documents, the signed application form (from the online application portal), and your work samples to the following address within the stipulated deadline:

Filmuniversität Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF
Master-Studiengang Drehbuch/Dramaturgie
Marlene-Dietrich-Allee 11
14482 Potsdam
Germany

Notes:

• Please note that the application deadline is a receipt deadline, not a postmark deadline. Applicants who wish to personally submit their application documents can do so Monday through Friday at the university reception office / mail room.
• Postal items requiring the payment of C.O.D. or customs charges upon receipt will not be accepted.
• Applications that are incomplete and / or submitted after the specified deadline and / or for which the application fee has not been paid will not be processed.
• We will confirm the receipt of your application in writing or via the online application portal. Please do not call us to inquire about your application status.

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.

The admission test comprises an interview on the applicant's work samples and main focus of interest.

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