State Academy of Fine Arts Karlsruhe Rankings

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Ranking Category
#7458 of 14,131 In the World
#1649 of 2,785 In Europe
#214 of 369 In Germany
#30 of 62 In Baden-Wurttemberg
#4 of 7 In Karlsruhe

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Enrollment
341
Type
Non-profit
Funding
Public-private
partnership
Highest Degree
Bachelor
Languages
German
Acceptance rate
30%*

* The State Academy of Fine Arts Karlsruhe is among the institutions that don't provide data on acceptance rates. This might happen because the university has programs where applicants only need to meet admission requirements to enroll and don't necessarily compete with others.

We estimate the above acceptance rate based on admission statistics of closely ranked nearby universities with similar research profiles that do publish such data.

Acceptance rate & Admissions

Admissions RequirementsCompetitive admission
Enrollment341

Tuition

The tuition table for State Academy of Fine Arts Karlsruhe gives an overview of costs but prices are approximate and subject to change and don't include accommodation, textbooks, or living expenses. The costs of programs might differ significantly for local and international students. The only source of truth for current numbers is the university's official website.

Program Duration Tuition Cost (per semester)
Bachelor of Fine Arts 6 semesters €150
Master of Fine Arts 4 semesters €200
Doctorate of Fine Arts 6 semesters €250

All costs are in Euros (€).

Programs and Degrees

The table below displays academic fields with programs and courses that lead to Bachelor's, Master's, and Doctorate degrees offered by State Academy of Fine Arts Karlsruhe.

Note that the table provides a general overview and might not cover all the specific majors available at the university. Always visit the university's website for the most up-to-date information on the programs offered.

Programs Bachelor Master Doctoral
Art & Design Yes Yes TBD
Biology No No No
Business No No No
Chemistry No No No
Computer Science No No No
Economics No No No
Engineering No No No
Environmental Science No No No
Liberal Arts & Social Sciences No No No
Mathematics No No No
Medicine No No No
Physics No No No
Psychology No No No
Bachelor's Degree Art Education
Künstlerische Abschlussprüfung Graphic Arts, Painting and Drawing, Sculpture
Master Art Education
PhD Art Education, Fine Arts

State Academy of Fine Arts Karlsruhe alumni

  1. Emil Nolde

    Emil Nolde
    Born in
    Denmark Flag Denmark
    Years
    1867-1956 (aged 89)
    Enrolled in the State Academy of Fine Arts Karlsruhe
    Studied in 1889-1890
    Occupations
    architectural draftspersonxylographerlithographerprintmakerdrawer
    Biography

    Emil Nolde was a German-Danish painter and printmaker. He was one of the first Expressionists, a member of Die Brücke, and was one of the first oil painting and watercolor painters of the early 20th century to explore color. He is known for his brushwork and expressive choice of colors. Golden yellows and deep reds appear frequently in his work, giving a luminous quality to otherwise somber tones. His watercolors include vivid, brooding storm-scapes and brilliant florals.

  2. Peter Behrens

    Peter Behrens
    Born in
    Germany Flag Germany
    Years
    1868-1940 (aged 72)
    Enrolled in the State Academy of Fine Arts Karlsruhe
    Studied in 1885-1887
    Occupations
    architectillustratorgraphic designertypographeruniversity teacher
    Biography

    Peter Behrens was a leading German architect, graphic and industrial designer, best known for his early pioneering AEG Turbine Hall in Berlin in 1909. He had a long career, designing objects, typefaces, and important buildings in a range of styles from the 1900s to the 1930s. He was a foundation member of the German Werkbund in 1907, when he also began designing for AEG, pioneered corporate design, graphic design, producing typefaces, objects, and buildings for the company. In the next few years, he became a successful architect, a leader of the rationalist / classical German Reform Movement of the 1910s. After WW1 he turned to Brick Expressionism, designing the remarkable Hoechst Administration Building outside Frankfurt, and from the mid-1920s increasingly to New Objectivity. He was also an educator, heading the architecture school at Academy of Fine Arts Vienna from 1922 to 1936. As a well known architect he produced design across Germany, in other European countries, Russia and England. Several of the leading names of European modernism worked for him when they were starting out in the 1910s, including Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Le Corbusier and Walter Gropius.

  3. Max Klinger

    Max Klinger
    Born in
    Germany Flag Germany
    Years
    1857-1920 (aged 63)
    Enrolled in the State Academy of Fine Arts Karlsruhe
    Studied in 1874-1875
    Occupations
    university teachersculptorprintmakerexlibristwriter
    Biography

    Max Klinger was a German artist who produced significant work in painting, sculpture, prints and graphics, as well as writing a treatise articulating his ideas on art and the role of graphic arts and printmaking in relation to painting. He is associated with symbolism, the Vienna Secession, and Jugendstil (Youth Style) the German manifestation of Art Nouveau. He is best known today for his many prints, particularly a series entitled Paraphrase on the Finding of a Glove and his monumental sculptural installation in homage to Beethoven at the Vienna Secession in 1902.

  4. Otto Modersohn

    Otto Modersohn
    Born in
    Germany Flag Germany
    Years
    1865-1943 (aged 78)
    Enrolled in the State Academy of Fine Arts Karlsruhe
    Studied in 1888-1890
    Occupations
    painter
    Biography

    Friedrich Wilhelm Otto Modersohn was a German landscape painter. He was a co-founder of the Art Colony at Worpswede.

All 24 notable alumni

State Academy of Fine Arts Karlsruhe faculties and divisions

Course/Programme : Art and Theorie Fine Arts
Course/Programme : Art Education Art Education
Course/Programme : Art History Art History
Course/Programme : Educational Sciences Educational Sciences
Course/Programme : Fine Arts Fine Arts, Painting and Drawing

General information

Alternative names Staatliche Akademie der Bildenden Künste Karlsruhe
Founded 1854

Location and contacts

Address P.O. Box 111209 Reinhold-Frank-Str. 67
Karlsruhe, 76062
Germany
City population 307,000