Free Art Ceramics / Glass, M.F.A.
The 4-semester Master of Fine Arts course in Ceramics / Glass provides a comprehensive insight into art history and contemporary art as well as art and cultural theory and researches ceramics and glass with the aim of using these materials as an art medium to use.
Programme facts
| Degree | Master of Fine Arts (M.F.A.) |
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| Duration | 4 semesters, 120 ECTS |
| Language of instruction | German |
| Required German | B1 |
| Study mode | Full-Time |
| Start | Summer semester, winter semester |
| Application | uni-assist (VPD) + the university, winter semester until 15.05, summer semester until 15.11 |
| Tuition fee | €0 per semester for international students |
| Campus | WesterWaldCampus |
What the tuition fee consists of
Will I get in
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 Institute for Artistic Ceramics and Glass at the Koblenz University of Applied Sciences is one of the few internationally renowned fine arts institutions to offer selected, talented young people comprehensive artistic training with a focus on modern sculpture and the material fields of ceramics and Glass. The leading professors Markus Karstieß and Jens Gussek place ceramics and glass at the center of their artistic work and teaching. Unique in Germany's higher education landscape, the IKKG researches ceramics and hot glass as contemporary materials for modern sculpture and teaches them practically in addition to the other materials used in the fine arts. There is an excellent facility for this, a selected group of specialized employees was engaged as lecturers at the institute. Internationality and openness to change and experimentation, as well as the protected space that serves exclusively to support students - with the central aspect of equality, are the basic ideas of this institution.
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The institute has been in operation for 30 years, and its courses were accredited for the first time in 2007 with the degrees Bachelor and Master of Fine Arts. The institute sees itself as a place where all social, artistic and philosophical questions are discussed intensively and implemented in sculpture and painting as well as other media. The emphasis on modern art history and philosophy, the commitment of freelance artists as lecturers and international guest lecturers, as well as the cooperating partners from the art scene illustrate the decisive focus on fine arts. The cooperation with designated museums and galleries, the reputation of the invited guest lecturers and the awards of the current and former students are a valuable attribute and proof of the position the institute has achieved in art.
What you study
Semester 1
The full curriculum and the programme's parameters are part of programme selection: we compare them with your profile.
Pick programmesCost of study
| Tuition fee of the federal state (Rhineland-Palatinate), international students | €0 |
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Requirements and application
| Previous education | Completion of a bachelor's degree or a university diploma or a comparable academic degree in an artistic, creative subject. |
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| Language | German B1 — confirmed by a certificate when you apply |
| Application | uni-assist (VPD) + the university, winter semester until 15.05, summer semester until 15.11 |
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.
- 2German up to B1 and a certificateDSH or TestDaF has to be passed before you apply.
- 3Documents and translationsCertified translations of the certificate and transcript, an APS if required. 3–4 weeks.
- 4Application uni-assist (VPD) + the university until 15.11uni-assist checks documents for 4–6 weeks — send them well before the deadline.
- 5Admission, 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.
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Don't postpone the application
The deadline is 15.11.2026 (32 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.