Folkwang

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Our offers for you

We are the contact point both for students at the Folkwang University of the Arts in all academic phases and prospective students as well as their relatives. We would be delighted to be of assistance to you with all questions and problems relating directly or indirectly to your study (see below). If you are not getting anywhere on your own, we will gladly support you in communicating with internal and external bodies in study-related matters.
Starting from your individual situation, we would like to provide you with decision-making support and identify solutions for you. The advice is confidential, free and available either in German or English. You are welcome to contact us in person, by telephone or email during our consulting hours or, alternatively, by individual arrangement. For longer discussions, we would request a prior appointment to be made.

Furthermore, in cooperation with the faculties and other service facilities we offer introductory events at the start of a study course as well as study-related information events in the course of the study. We also provide information to prospective students at a wide range of Information Days, say, at the Music Study Course Information Day of the Landesmusikakademie Heek (Regional Music Academy) or at the School Information Day at the University of Duisburg-Essen.

For a subject-related student advisory service, say, for the purpose of assessing your artistic performance level, please contact the teaching staff of the relevant study course or visit the Study Course Information  Days of the individual study courses and faculties. Appointments for portfolio advice for the Photography, Industrial Design and Communication Design Bachelor study courses are coordinated by Sonja Zenker.

What information and advice we provide for you

Before starting the study:

  • Course options (i.e. contents, structure and requirements of the study courses at Folkwang as well as the Junior Study Course)
  • Entrance requirements (e.g. a study without school-leaving certificate qualifying for university admittance)
  • Application procedure and aptitude tests
  • Choice of study course (clarification of interests/wishes/strengths, planning the educational path, decision-making)

During the study:

  • Formal questions about the study (e.g. help in understanding examination regulations)
  • Study planning/organisation (e.g. uncertainty in the choice of / attendance at courses, planning study sections, recognition of examination performances, handling the overlapping of, say, required courses with university/non-university projects or obligations)
  • Study-related difficulties (e.g. problems with the study plan, personal difficulties relating to the study)
  • Transition to post-graduate study courses at the Folkwang University of the Arts
  • Re-orientation (change of subject, dropping out of the study and change of university: alternatives, steps to implementation and effects)
  • Maternity protection

General aspects:

  • Part-time study, cross-registration, Guest Student Programmes
  • The special situation of international students and prospective students (e.g. residence stay in Germany)
  • Explanation of technical academic terms, the university system (changed framework conditions vis-à-vis school), university structures in Germany, special features of the teaching and learning forms at an art and music university
  • Living and accommodation (e.g. residence halls)
  • Searching for the right contact partners at the university
  • Contact to external advisory services