Information days on 12 and 13 February

The most northerly art academy in Germany invites you to its Study Information Days on Wednesday 12 and Thursday 13 February 2025.

On Wednesday, 12 February, from 2 p.m., all those interested can get to know the courses of study online in direct exchange with students and professors, while on Thursday, 13 February, the Muthesius University of Fine Arts and Design will open its doors to high school students and all those interested. The varied programme allows visitors to get to know the courses in Fine Art, Art Education at Grammar Schools, Spatial Strategies, Industrial Design and Communication Design on this day from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Questions about the application and admission process as well as everyday life at the art academy will be answered, portfolios will be shown, guided tours for classes and individuals will be offered, workshops, studios and ateliers will be opened, and roundtable discussions will be held. In addition, exhibitions and presentations of artistic works can be seen throughout the building.

Participation in the ‘alles offen’ study information days is free of charge. Those who would like to take part in a guided tour of the art academy on Thursday, 13 February, are requested to register online here. The detailed programme and, shortly, the dial-in details for the online afternoon can also be found on the website.

Founded in 2005 as the first and only art academy in Schleswig-Holstein, the Muthesius Academy of Fine Arts and Design is not only a place that enables biographies that are becoming culturally relevant. With its project-based studies, the state art academy also offers space for special experiments and a wide range of artistic, creative and scientific work.

At Muthesius University of Fine Arts and Design, students can study fine art, art education at grammar schools, spatial strategies, industrial design and communication design. Today, around 650 students are enrolled in the fields of art and design; they come from more than 30 countries.

The dates at a glance:

  • Wednesday, 12 February, 2 to 6 p.m.: digital study information via Zoom (no registration necessary, link will follow).
  • Thursday, 13 February, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.: Information day for all courses of study at the Muthesius Academy of Fine Arts and Design, Legienstraße 35, Kiel. Registration for guided tours on the website.

For details of the programme and to register for tours: https://infotage.muthesius-kunsthochschule.de/

Design: Elisabeth Gerberding and Malin Peymann, Photos: Lea Kötting

28. January 2025

In Focus

The main goal of the Muthesius University in Kiel is to promote art, design and spatial strategies via research and development projects as a focal point for work and intellectual debates. As the only art university in the State of Schleswig-Holstein, the Muthesius is not only a place to develop culturally relevant biographies but with its project studies also a place of particular experimentation and realisation. To a certain extent, the profile of the Master’s programme represents study courses and development possibilities for students unique in the Federal Republic of Germany.

“At the centre of the Muthesius University’s focus is art and design, the creative and productive. Around this centre there revolves the fundamental relationship between theory and practice. This reciprocal relationship is a permanent process, a circular movement around the centre held by art and design. It needs free space to move. Thus, the firt condition for art and design at our university is freedom! To study at the Muthesius is the desire to use this freedom to mature into an equally creative and productive personality. In this way, we can provide our students with personal biographies”, promises President Dr. Arne Zerbst.

Around 630 study places are currently spread across the study courses in Fine Arts, Art Teaching at Grammar Schools, Scenography/Interior Design/Spatial Strategies, Communication Design and Industrial Design.

RESEARCH AND PROJECTS

Training and education at the Muthesius are project-oriented. Students are encourage early to gain experience with real clients. The Project Office, the Publication Office and the Centre for Media are interdisciplinary departments which help students to complete their projects successfully.
By particpating in the excellence clusters the Muthesius University is one of the internationally visible and competitive research institutes contributing to the sustainability of research in Germany. Numerous cooperation partners at local, national and international level appreciate the Muthesius University’s interdisciplinary structure and the personal atmosphere of the class sizes of a maximum to 20 students – an excellent basis for discourse leading to innovation.

INTERNATIONALITY

Each term, students and lecturers discuss national and international positions in art and design within the framework of interdisciplinary workshop weeks and internally organised, public symposia. International lecturers are always a part of these required courses. Young people from over 30 countries around the world come together in Kiel to study art and design. They make up 14 per cent of the student body, with an increasing tendency. This puts the Muthesius University above the national average.

WEBLOGS OF THE FIELDS OF STUDY (In German)

In order to make the variety of the Muthesius University more informative, in addition to the »official« information pages (the coloured half of the website) there are over 30 weblogs (the white half of this website) updated by the individual study courses/departments themselves (in German only).

 

SEMESTER TIMES

Winter Semester 2024/2025
Semester period: 01.10.2024 – 31.03.2025
Lecture period: 14.10.2024 – 14.02.2025
(Non-lecture period: 21.12.2024 – 06.01.2025)

Summer Semester 2025
Semester period: 01.04.2025 – 30.09.2025
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