Kennzeichnend für die BURG ist eine anregende Gesprächskultur, welche durch Exkursionen, die Teil des Curriculums sind, gefördert wird. Die Exkursionen ins In- und Ausland führen, in Seminaren thematisch vorbereitet, in Ateliers, Studios, Sammlungen, zu Fachtagungen, Kunstmessen, Biennalen sowie in öffentliche Räume als Präsentationsorte von Kunst. Fachbereichsübergreifend sind auch Kooperationen mit dem Masterstudiengang Design Studies möglich.

Die Sammlung der BURG liefert Anschauungsmaterial, sie beinhaltet Kunst- und Designobjekte, Plakate und Fotografien aus der über 100-jährigen Hochschulgeschichte. Sie hält in Verbindung mit der umfangreichen Bibliothek und einer wachsenden Materialsammlung exzellente Bedingungen für eine Vertiefung der eigenen Forschungsfragen bereit.

Ausstellungsräume wie die Burg Galerie im Volkspark und studentische Projekträume, welche die Kunst der BURG in die Öffentlichkeit tragen, werden zum Erprobungsfeld für kuratorische, reflektorische, urteilende und vermittelnde Praktiken.

Zudem besteht ein enges Netzwerk mit bedeutenden Kulturinstitutionen in der Stadt Halle, wie Museen und Kunstvereinen, der Oper Halle und den Franckeschen Stiftungen. Hinzu kommen diverse Partnerinstitutionen im In- und Ausland, mit denen eine Zusammenarbeit möglich und gewünscht ist.

Aufgrund der geografischen Lage von Halle (Saale) sind jederzeit Tagesexkursionen zu interessanten Institutionen oder Ausstellungen, unter anderem nach Berlin, Leipzig, Dresden, Dessau, Magdeburg, Naumburg und Kassel möglich.

Study schedule

A methodological preparatory course lays the foundation for independent academic work. The research approaches determined by the students themselves are continuously supervised by the teaching staff and supported by individual consultations and an interdisciplinary colloquium. Interdisciplinary work in small teams allows students to try out collaborative working processes.

As part of a project, students test the intermeshing of theory and practice as well as the practical representability of their research interests. In workshops with internationally renowned scientists and artists and through active involvement in conferences, the presentation and discussion of their own research results can be explored in a variety of ways.

Prerequisites

At least 6-semester BA, alternatively state examination or Diplom in a subject comparable to the focus of the Master's programme.

degree

Master of Arts (M.A.)

Why should you apply for the Master's course in Art Sciences at the BURG? 

The study of the art and visual culture of the 20th and 21st centuries poses a particular challenge due to the permeable boundaries between genres and disciplines and the diversity of academic methods focussed on them. The interweaving of the three disciplines of Art History, Philosophy and Art Education provides a transdisciplinary, discursive and differentiated approach to a broad spectrum of phenomena. The Master's programme focuses on knowledge as a synthesis of aesthetic experiences and their analysis and thus promotes the development of reflective judgement. Curating, the mediation of art and art criticism are exemplary reference fields of art studies, which are placed on a solid historical and methodological basis here. Art and the sciences that reflect on it are recognised as potentials that have an impact on society and develop new, responsible ways of examining and presenting cultural foundations.

Requirements

The Master's course in Art Studies at Burg Giebichenstein University of Art and Design Halle is aimed both at graduates of Bachelor's or Diploma programs of at least six semesters' duration with a primarily creative-artistic emphasis and at graduates with a Bachelor's or State Examination in subjects such as art history, philosophy, art education or related fields. All applicants are subject to a course-specific entrance examination in which their academic qualifications are assessed. 

Documents

In addition to a cover letter, a curriculum vitae, diplomas and work samples (short texts such as an excerpt from the BA thesis), a letter of motivation must be submitted, which clearly shows the special interest in the contents of the study program and, if applicable, already indicates own research questions. The documents will be reviewed by an admissions committee consisting of the professors involved in the program.

After a comparative review of all application documents submitted by the deadline, the admissions committee invites suitable candidates to a selection interview, which will take place at the end of June.