Art History, B.A.
The subject studied in art history is European-American fine arts and visual culture from Late Antiquity to the present. Included besides architecture, sculpture, painting, graphics, and artisan craftwork are new and avant garde media, such as photography, film, and video as well as art forms like performance and room installations.
Programme facts
| Degree | Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) |
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| Duration | 6 semesters, 120 ECTS |
| Language of instruction | German |
| Study mode | Full-Time |
| Start | Winter semester |
| Application | Directly to the university, winter semester until 15.07 |
| Admission | No admission restriction: every eligible applicant is admitted |
| Tuition fee | €1,500 per semester for international students |
| Semester contribution | €184 per semester |
What the tuition fee consists of
Will I get in
Every applicant who meets the formal requirements is admitted — but places can run out before the deadline, so apply at the start of the window.
How the selection works and how strong the competition is — we go through it against your certificate when we select programmes for you.
Programme selection →About the programme
The study program mediates a comprehensive knowledge of these areas and the specialized terminology that comes with them. In addition, it will impart the ability to analyze and interpret works of art and other visual creations independently and critically regarding provenance, form, content, and meaning. Fundamental for this is a thoughtful interaction with the research literature, with the sources and with scientific working methods.
What you study
Subject combinations in the two-subject Bachelor of Arts with major and minor:
The full curriculum and the programme's parameters are part of programme selection: we compare them with your profile.
Pick programmesCareer
The professional spectrum of art history studies is wide-ranging. Bachelor and Master degrees can be used in many areas of culture, e.g.:
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- Galleries
- Auction Houses
- Journalism
- Publications
A doctorate is a prerequisite for many professions (e.g. volunteer / museum activity, monument conservation, university); the master's degree entitles the holder to do so.
Cost of study
| Tuition fee of the federal state (Baden-Württemberg), international students | €1,500 |
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| Semester contribution | €184 |
Requirements and application
| Previous education | You should be interested analyzing and describing works of art on their historical classification Language requirements Because the specialist literature is not only available in German, knowledge of other modern foreign languages is an advantage. |
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| Application | Directly to the university, winter semester until 15.07 |
The procedure and the set of documents depend on your certificate. We check the university's requirements against your documents and give you a list: what to submit, how to certify and translate it, where and when to apply.
Check the requirementsHow to get into this programme
- 1Check your certificate and its recognitionDirect admission, a year at a university at home, or Studienkolleg first — this decides the whole plan.
- 2Documents and translationsCertified translations of the certificate and transcript, an APS if required. 3–4 weeks.
- 3Application directly to the university until 15.07Send the documents well before the deadline — an incomplete application cannot be completed after it.
- 4Admission, visa, movingPlan 2–3 months for the visa and the blocked account in parallel.
How to apply
You can submit the application yourself or with our help — the university decides on admission in both cases.
Applications go through the university's portal or uni-assist. Typical mistakes:
- ×incorrectly made certified copies and translations
- ×a wrong set of documents
- ×the application submitted the wrong way
- ×errors or gaps in the application form
- ×the application submitted at the wrong time — too early or too late
An incomplete or incorrectly prepared application is excluded from the selection — it can no longer be corrected after the deadline.
StudyInFocus does not represent the university and does not influence the admission decision. We do not sell study places and do not guarantee admission — this is a service for preparing and submitting documents on the applicant's side.
If your level is not enough yet
The two most common stoppers are a language level below the requirement and a certificate without direct admission. Both can be solved, but they take months — plan them now, not after a rejection.
Questions about this programme
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Don't postpone the application
The deadline is 15.07.2027 (273 days left). Language, translations and the document check take months, not weeks. In 30 minutes we will build a plan backwards from the deadline and tell you honestly whether you can make it.