Berlin School of Business and Innovation (BSBI)

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BA (Hons) Illustration

Study detals

Course type: Undergraduate Degree: BA (Hons) Illustration Study mode: Full time Duration : 36-48 Month

Requirements

BA (Hons)

Minimum Age: 18 (titles awarded upon completion of at least 12 years of schooling)

For direct Year 1 BA entry you’ll be required to submit an online portfolio via our BSBI Applicant Portal.

Academic qualifications: A school leaving certificate with a pass to pursue higher education in Germany e.g. Abitur, Fachhochschulreife or Matura. Alternatively, an international baccalaureate, international school leaving certificates, BTEC/national diploma or advanced vocational certificate of education will be accepted.

If you do not meet the above academic requirements, applicants with professional qualifications and/or four years of full-time work experience will be considered on an individual basis.

English Language Requirements:

IELTS - OS 6.0 (no less than 5.5 in any component) or Equivalent.

Your Portfolio Submission

For year 1 entry you’ll be required to submit an online portfolio via our BSBI Applicant Portal.

What is a portfolio?

*Your portfolio is a collection of your best work. We want to see what inspires you, how you develop your work, your creative thinking processes, how and what you create and what makes you a unique creative individual.

What should my portfolio contain?

*Your portfolio might contain sketches and paintings, digital art and design. It might also contain sound work, short films.
*Upload up to 12 pieces of work which can include audio or video files.

How do I submit my portfolio?

*We’ll only be accepting portfolios digitally. You can do this once you’ve applied via our online submission system within the Applicant Portal.
*You can also link to external websites such as Vimeo and YouTube.

Technical Entry Requirements

MacOS / Apple

Minimum
15“ 2019 MacBook Pro 2,0 GHz Quad-Core Intel i5
512GB SSD 8GB RAM Radeon Pro 555X

Optimum – before April 2022*
16“ 2021 MacBook Pro 2,3 GHz 8-Core Intel i9 1TB SSD
16GB RAM AMD Radeon Pro 5500M

OR

Windows

Minimum
15“ Laptop 2,4 GHz 4-Core Intel i5-9300H 512GB SSD
16GB RAM Intel UHD

Optimum
15“ Laptop 2,4GHz 8-Core Intel i9-10750H 1TB SSD
16GB RAM Nvidia GeForce 1650 Ti

Speciality

Additional information

Essential tools taught in this programme include narrative, drawing skills and self-directed study which is progressively introduced and encouraged. Students will learn through studio time, seminars and workshops accompanied by subject specific tutorials. Your learning experiences will be enriched as you will be studying in Hamburg, one of Europe’s most exciting creative and leading industry hubs which is in close proximity to the start-up capital of Berlin.

Students will have additional access to course and reading materials via the University for the Creative Arts platform.
You will earn a bachelor’s degree with 120 UK credits per year (equivalent to 60 ECTS per year). This helps student mobility in the EU when it comes to transferring credits from one higher education institution to another.
We encourage students to use illustration as a visual platform for communication of ideas and opinions. These ideas will be linked to contemporary socio-political and cultural developments with a special focus on independent visual communication to boost your employability upon graduation. This course aims to encourage you to delve into the exciting possibilities and routes of illustration in an industry related context and develop through individual originality your own personal style.

Location: Hamburg

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