Arts Management and Cultural Work (BA)

The subject of cultural and social change reflects on processes of change in their historical conditionality on a social science basis. The examination of classical and contemporary cultural studies theories enables access to different conditions of cultural action. The study of empirical cultural research sharpens the view of transformations on a local, regional and global level.

The subject culture and management reflects the economic and legal dimensions in cultural enterprises across the public, private and non-profit sectors and teaches management skills, especially in project management.

The teaching area of culture and mediation sees its task as translation work that focuses on the space between recipients, cultural and artistic productions and institutions. The interdisciplinary field teaches theoretical foundations against the background of an expanded concept of mediation and develops a theory-guided practice from this, which is applied in project seminars.

The field of media cultural work is dedicated to the medial constitution of cultures in a historical and systematic perspective. For this purpose, content from the history of media, technology and culture, philosophy and aesthetics is taught and applied to artistic and cultural practices, which extend to the programming of digital devices and their critique.

The teaching area of aesthetics in theory and practice is a cross-sectional task for all teachers. It teaches the most important positions and discourses of aesthetics as well as the theory and history of cultural genres and formats. The focus is on the connections between aesthetic reflection, cultural practice and social and media development.

In the international studies field, inter- and transcultural aspects of cultural work are examined and reflected upon. Semesters and excursions abroad as well as international projects offer the opportunity for cross-border experiences and exchange.

Project work takes place in all teaching areas of the degree programme. During the basic studies, theoretical and practical basic knowledge is taught and applied within the framework of the project workshop. In the advanced studies, further research and teaching projects are added, which include, for example, exhibitions, publications or concerts.

The degree programme participates in the central allocation of study places, the dialogue-oriented service procedure (DoSV) via hochschulstart.de. For the winter semester, you must register at hochschulstart. de from 15 May to 15 July and then create and submit your application in the MyCampus university portal of the University of Applied Sciences Potsdam.

Let us guide you through the procedure step by step and use our DoSV-Guide.

Documents to be submitted

When applying online in the MyCampus university portal, the following documents must be submitted as PDF files in the application portal:

• If applicable, university entrance qualification
• Proof of professional or other previous experience relevant to the field of work, if applicable
• If applicable, university degree certificate and justification for taking up a second course of study
• Proof of service, if applicable
• Proof(s) of hardship application or application for compensation for disadvantages, if applicable

Checklist

After you have completed your online application in the MyCampus university portal, you will receive a personal checklist with the following information:

• List of all supporting documents that you have uploaded as PDF files according to the information you provided in your online application.
• Notes on the further course of the procedure

Selection procedure

Applicants who fulfil the admission requirements take part in the procedure for awarding places.
In the allocation procedure for the first semester, the following are deducted in advance from the number of places to be allocated:

• All applicants who could not accept an earlier admission due to service and all applicants who belong to the national squad of a national sports federation of the German Olympic Sports Confederation
• 11 % for applicants with a foreign university entrance qualification
• 3 % for applicants for a second degree
• 3 % for applicants who are to be considered on the basis of hardship.

The remaining places are allocated 80 % according to the result of a university selection procedure and 20% according to waiting time.

The result of the university selection procedure is determined on the basis of the following criteria (weighting in brackets):

• Average grade of the higher education entrance qualification (60 %)
• Selection interview (40%)

Notes on the selection interview

• The number of participants in the selection interview will be limited to three times the number of places to be awarded in the university selection procedure. The order of the applicants to be invited (the so-called ranking list) is determined on the basis of the average grade of the university entrance qualification.
• Applicants who occupy a correspondingly high place on the ranking list receive further information on the selection interview with the personal checklist.
• The criteria for the selection interview can be found in the selection statutes, which can be found on the pages of the study organisation in the arts management and cultural work programme.

Admission

Following the university selection procedure, places are awarded in the dialogue-oriented service procedure via hochschulstart.de. Applicants with a correspondingly high ranking receive a temporary offer of admission via Hochschulstart, which they can actively accept. Further information on the coordination phase on hochschulstart.de can be found in our DoSV Guide.

Once you have accepted the offer of admission, you will receive your notification of admission from Hochschulstart. If you do not accept the offer of admission by the deadline, the ranking list will continue to be processed and the study place will be reallocated.

Have you accepted your place at university via hochschulstart.de? Then you have the option of submitting an enrolment application for the upcoming winter semester in the MyCampus university portal of the Potsdam University of Applied Sciences.

Once you have submitted your online application for enrolment, please submit the printed and signed application together with all required documents in paper form by the deadline. The day of the enrolment deadline is decisive for the submission of the documents, whereby the date of receipt by post at the University of Applied Sciences Potsdam is decisive.

Documents to be submitted

• University entrance qualification
• If applicable, further documents according to the enrolment application form.

Do you have questions about the enrolment process at the University of Applied Sciences Potsdam? We have compiled frequently asked questions and answers regarding enrolment and admission.

Start your studies

After you have successfully completed the application process, we recommend that you take a look at the start of studies page of the degree programme in arts management and cultural work. There you will find important information and dates regarding the start of your studies at the University of Applied Sciences Potsdam.