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Status: 12.07.2025

Application

BA (Bachelor of Arts)

Application period:
October 15 – November 15 for the summer semester

Admission requirements:
❶ Proof of artistic aptitude
❷ For international applicants: sufficient German language skills (For application German language certificate at level B1 and for enrollment German language certificate at level B2)

Duration of studies and degree awarded:
Standard period of study: 6 semesters, 180 credit points
Degree: Bachelor of Arts (BA)

MA (Master of Arts)

Application period:
October 15 – November 15 for the summer semester

Admission requirements:
❶ A university degree in the Bachelor’s program in Costume Design at the Berlin University of the Arts or in an equivalent program at another university
❷ Proof of artistic aptitude
❸ German language skills at level B2 (CEFR)

Duration of studies and degree awarded:
Standard period of study: 4 semesters, 120 credit points
Degree: Master of Arts (MA)

Your application – Step by step

https://www.udk-berlin.de/bewerbung/bewerbungsguide/kostuembild-bachelor/
https://www.udk-berlin.de/bewerbung/bewerbungsguide/kostuembild-master/

Faculty

Prof. Beatrix von Pilgrim (Interim)
Costume Design Theater/Film/Program Director

Stage designer, costume designer, visual artist, creates theatrical spaces and costumes for theater productions and performances. Works in the field of visual arts in exhibitions with film, video and light installations. Studio in Berlin/Braunschweig/Genoa.

bvpilgrim(at)udk- berlin.de
www.bvpilgrim.com

Prof. Anette Guther (Interim)
Film Costume Design

Anette Guther works as a film costume designer collaborating with directors such as Angela Schanelec, Christian Paetzold, Thomas Arslan, and Maria Schrader, and creates costumes for theater productions including collaborations with Thorsten Lensing.

anguther(at)web.de

Dr. Stefan Tigges
Dramaturgy/Artistic Conception

Stefan Tigges (Private Lecturer Dr. phil.) teaches and researches at the intersections of theoretical and artistic educational practice (UDK Berlin, Theater Academy Baden-Württemberg, University of Graz, Institute for Theater, Film and Media Studies Vienna). Following a collaboration with Johan Simons (Thalia Theater Hamburg 02/2025), he is currently working on a joint book with Jens Harzer. Stefan Tigges has been working as head dramaturge at the Zimmertheater Tübingen since September 2025.

stefantigges(at)web.de

Dr. Julia Burde
Cultural History of Clothing

Parallel to her work as a costume and stage designer (opera and theater), Julia Burde began teaching Cultural History of Clothing in 1995. She currently teaches at UdK Berlin, ABK Stuttgart, and HS Hannover. In 2019, Julia Burde’s dissertation on the straightening of the waist contour in 19th-century men’s fashion was published. She has also published contributions on film costume, dandy caricatures, historical fashion dolls, and the history of theater costume.

Julia.burde(at)t-online.de

Prof. Renata Helker
Film and Media Theory

Renata Helker. Film scholar, author, curator. Studied Theater and Film Studies, German Literature, and Philosophy at FU Berlin. Teaches at Film University Babelsberg Konrad Wolf, University of the Arts Berlin, University of Television and Film Munich. Research areas and focus: Film and acting aesthetics, Queer Cinema, film history.

Renata-helker(at)t-online.de

Hanna Lenz
Fundamentals

Hanna Lenz works as a scenographer and costume designer primarily in independent theater and film (dance productions, among others). She also creates theatrical spaces in the fashion sector.

mail@hanna-lenz.de

Christian Schiebe
Presentation Techniques

Christian Schiebe works as a freelance artist and curator for various exhibition formats.

Christian.schiebe(at)googlemail.com
www.christian-schiebe.de

Birte Meier
Makeup

Birte Meier works as a freelance makeup artist for theater and film productions.

birtemeier(at)hotmail.de

Vivien Waneck
Experimental Design

Vivien Waneck co-founded the Werkstattkollektiv in Berlin and creates costumes and special objects for theater, film, or exhibitions of all kinds.

v.waneck(at)gmail.com

Eva Rach
Sewing Workshop

Works as a freelance seamstress for various productions including the Salzburg Festival.

eva.rach(at)gmx.de

Karolina Serafin
Video Projection

Works as a video artist and scenographer for independent theater projects in the areas of drama, dance, and opera.

mail(at)karoserafin.de

Lottie Sebes/Haesoo Jung

The young sound artists Sebes and Jung work as composers (Sound Studies UDK Berlin) in the field of experimental sound.

Eshu1023(at)gmail.com
c.sebes@udk-berlin.de
www.lottiesebes.com
www.junghaesoo.com

Sara Migliorati

Sara Migliorati is a recognized specialist in historical corset patterns and manufacturing.

imsaraz(at)yahoo.it

Ben Tyrell/Jan Dieckmann
Patina

Ben Tyrell and Jan Dieckmann are patina specialists in the film industry with diverse experience.

kostuemmaler(at)gmail.com 
benjamintyrrell(at)gmx.net

Student Employees

Momo Reß
j.ress_(at)udk-berlin.de

Ella Tümpel
e.tuempel_(at)udk-berlin.de

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