Academy for transcultural exchange (ATA)

No call for applications for 2024

Unfortunately, no new students can be admitted to the Academy for Transcultural Exchange in the summer and winter semesters of 2024. We are forced to pause the inclusion in the program this year for financial reasons, which we very much regret. We are working hard to acquire funding so that we can hopefully welcome students back to the Academy for Transcultural Exchange in 2025.

We ask you not to send us any applications. The homepage is updated regularly. If a new application phase begins, you will be informed here.

The programme is limited to a maximum of four semesters. After finishing this programme, students can enrol in a Diploma degree programme, if they have reached the required language proficiency and artistic maturity. Students can obtain a Diploma degree in one of the specialist classes. The ATA (Academy for transcultural exchange) programme does not result in a degree, but the modules completed will be credited, when the students enrol afterwards in a Diploma degree programme at the HGB Leipzig (Academy of Fine Arts Leipzig).

Courses in German as a foreign language are offered for refugee students enrolled at the Academy for Transcultural Exchange in order to gain the required language proficiency. So students can acquire or improve their language skills through German courses at different levels (A1 to C1), by this the ATA aims to address the different language levels of the students. These courses are taught in small groups, in accordance with the teaching methods at the HGB Leipzig. In these language courses students can reach the level of language skills required for an enrolment in a Diploma programme at the HGB Leipzig (according to § 28 Abs. 5 of the study regulations). In addition to the usual language lessons, the courses include theory lessons relevant to the degree programmes, as well as necessary subject-specific and scientific vocabulary. Additional intensive courses are offered in between terms. The language lessons are open to interested students also after passing the required language level, if students need additional help concerning language problems with their subjects.

The students get to know the different graphic and audiovisual workshops in weekly changing courses.

AtA workshop program

The AtA workshop program supplements the content of the course and is specifically geared towards the interests and needs of the students in the AtA program, but is available to all students. Workshops in the program can be taken and credited as elective courses by AtA students. The AtA workshop program can be found in the course catalog.

Sommersemester 2024

In various excursions we talk to curators, producer galleries and gallery owners about their curatorial practice. How does the GfZK select its artists? How are exhibitions in Halle 14 curated? In the expert talks, art students gain an insight into the curatorial practice of important art institutions. How can I establish myself as an artist on the art market, what strategies and tips can gallery owners and curators give? All entries are free! You can register for one or all days.

registration/ Anmeldung: ina@hgb-leipzig.de

Dates 2024:

G2 - Museum für zeitgenössische Kunst in Leipzig
When? 11.04.2024
Time: 11:00 bis 12:30
Meeting Point: 10:30 HGB Lichthof
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Adress: G2 Kunsthalle, Dittrichring 13, 04109 Leipzig

a&o Kunsthalle Leipzig
When? 12.04.2024
Time: 14:00 – 15:30
Meeting Point: 13:40 Central Station Leipzig, Main Entrance East side
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Adress: Brandenburger Straße 2 Leipzig, 04103 (next to central station)

Galerie KUB
When? 18.04.2024
Time: 16:00 – 17:30 (Vernissage afterwards)
Meetingpoint: 15:30 HGB Lichthof
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Adress: Kantstraße 18, 04275 Leipzig

By joining the classes of the Diploma courses, ATA-students learn the basics of the intended degree-course.

The application takes place digitally via the online platform of the HGB Leipzig:

• 31 May for admission to the following winter semester
• 30 November for admission to the following summer semester

Applications submitted after these deadlines cannot be considered for admission to the following semester.
 
The application must include the following documents, without the documents an admission is not possible:

1. a selection of degree course-related / subject-related art and design samples
2. letter of motivation including the intended specialist class and the semester you want to join
3. CV with essential information about previous education and artistic activities
4. complete and authorised transcript of your university entrance qualification / graduation certificate / final school report
5. Complete proof of credits you already obtained and certificates of exams you took before
6. a photo of yourself (attached to the application)
7. proof of language poficiency in German by one of the following certificates:

• “Deutsche Sprachprüfung für den Hochschulzugang” (DSH)
• “Test Deutsch als Fremdsprache” (TestDaF) achieving at least level 3 in all parts of the test
• “telc Deutsch C1 Hochschule”
• “Prüfungsteil Deutsch” as part of a preparation course

Proof of language proficiency is not required for:

• international applicants who are German native speakers
• applicants who acquired their university admission certificate (Abitur, completed professional education, completed degree course) at a German-speaking institution,
• applicants who got the certificate of the Deutsches Sprachdiplom der Kultusministerkonferenz - Level II (DSD II);
• applicants who got the certificate of the Zentrale Oberstufenprüfung (ZOP) issued by the Goethe-Institut or an institution commissioned by the Goethe-Institut
• applicants who got the certificate of the Großes Deutsches Sprachdiplom (level C2) or Kleines Deutsches Sprachdiplom (level C1) issued by the Goethe-Institut.

Scholarship Regulations (August 2021)
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