Intercultural Pre-College for Refugees at the University of the Arts (UdK) BerlinNovember 7th, 2017 through January 25th, 2018

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You are less than 30 years old. You have a talent for the arts, music, theatre, design or architecture. You arrived as a refu-gee in Germany. You are looking for the possibility to study visual arts, design, architecture, film, music, stagecraft or other creative fields at a university in Germany. You already speak, read and write in Ger-man. You have reached language proficiency B1? If so, this course can be useful for you…

You would like to have a better insight how artistic studies at a German university work. You would like to improve your German in order to be able to study. You are ready to invest ca. 16 hours a week in an academic preparation course over two months from November on?If so, this intensive course at the Berlin University of the Arts is helpful for you.

Intercultural Pre-College for Refugees at the University of the Arts (UdK) BerlinNovember 7th, 2017 through January 25th, 2018

What is in the course program included?

The Intercultural Pre-College for Refugees, taking place November 7th, 2017 through January 25th, 2018, covers inten-sive communication training on the one hand and academic as well as practical orientation for studying arts, music and design in Germany on the other.

A) Theory: Introduction and reflection of studying arts, music and design in Germany (50 hours)What are the implications of university education in Germany? How do studying arts, music and design differ from studying those fields in oth-er countries? How and why to apply scientific methods in creative stud-ies? How and where does studying of arts take place: in seminars, lectures, group sessions, one-to-one classes, in workshops, studios or in rehearsal rooms? Where do you get help if you are a study applicant and student from abroad?

B) Practice: Communication tools and cultural competence for studying (84 hours)Learn and practice how to: deal with every-day-situations and use German media – cope with typical communication situations at the university – read German texts and practice reading and understanding strategies – write in German for diverse purposes – present your projects and academic topics in German – know how to give feedback – work project oriented in groups.

C) Mentoring (40 hours) Individual guidance and counseling, talks with students of the UdK Berlin, group activities and excursions to the art and cultural scene of Berlin.

Successful participants receive an official document after finishing the intercultural pre-college courses at the Berlin University of the Arts.

What is not part of this course?

• Noportfoliocounseling,noaudition• Noguidanceonhowtoprepareanartisticportfolioforapplication• Noexampreparationforaspecificlanguagecertificate• Stillwecanguideyoutosuchkindofinformationorgiveyouhints

how to find the right offer for your needs.

Contact & Information

Ms. Flóra TálasiCoordinationStudiumGenerale/HeadofInterculturalMentoringHardenbergstr. 33, 10623 Berlin, room 104a, 10623 BerlinPhone No.: (030) 3185-2878Email: studium-generale@udk-berlin.dewww.interkulturelles-mentoring.udk-berlin.de

The Intercultural Pre-College „How to study Arts, Music or De-sign in Germany“ at the Berlin University of the Arts is funded intheframeworkofDAAD‘sINTEGRAProgram2017/2018.

Photos: Marion Borriss

Where and when takes the course place? Who are the teachers?

How to Apply? What are the criteria of admission?

The course covers 10 weeks from November 7th, 2017 on. Classes take place every Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday 9:30 to ca. 14 h. Group ac-tivities in the Berlin cultural scene are part of the course and will take place every Thursday afternoon. Additionally, counseling and visiting programs at study sites at the UdK Berlin will be offered on individual basis outside the above announced course times. At the end of the course participants will be offered a special visiting program at studios and rehearsal places of the UdK Berlin.

Course venue: UdK Berlin, Bundesallee 1-12, room 104Course opening: Tuesday, November 7th, 2017 at 9:30 h there.

Who can participate? • Refugeesagedbetween17and30years(„anerkannteFlüchtlinge“,

„Duldung“)• Explainedinterestforstudyingarts,musicordesign(letterof

motivation)• Artistictalent/designcapabilityasapreconditionforstudyingvisual

or performing arts, music, design, visual communication or architec-ture (work sampling)

• Secondaryschooleducation(ideallyequivalenttoGerman„Abitur“)• Germanlanguageproficiency:B1certificateorabilityofspeaking

in German about every day topics, reading and understanding short news, writing short texts (a letter, an e-mail etc.)

What rules are set out for participants?Participants are obliged to be present and active in the course units on a regular basis, after having been admitted to the Intercultural Pre-Col-lege „How to study Arts, Music or Design in Germany“. Official final doc-ument on attendance will be awarded to participants who took active part in 80% of all announced pre-college units including mentoring activities.

There is no tuition fee. The course is funded by the DAAD in the framework of INTEGRA program 2017/2018.

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Classes take place:every Tuesday and Wednesday 9:30 - 13:45 hevery Thursday 9:30 - 18 h

Teachers:Prof.SylviawächterandJessicaHaß

(intercultural theory and study practice)Prof.ulrikeHentschelandDr.SilviaMazzini

(project and team work in the arts)MeltemNilandGeraldSpeckmann

(German language skills and communication training)Flóra Tálasi, Barbara Garnier etc.

(counseling on study and admissions, visiting program)ThomasEcke,BrigitteSchröder,limavafadar(mentoringactivities)

How to apply for the participation?Deadline for the application: October 25th, 2017.Application documents have to include the following: • Applicationformfilledinwithpersonaldata• letterofintentinGerman(1or2DINA4pages):describingwhatfieldofartistic/creativestudiesyouareinterestedinandwhythisintercul-tural pre-college is of interest for you (don’t mind mistakes)

• CopyofyourpassportorotherpersonalIDwithphoto,name,dateofbirth,copyofresidencypermissioninGermany/documentofrefugeestatus in Germany with the allowance for staying in Berlin

• CertificateofyourGermanproficiency(atleastB1certificate)orexpla-nationwhereandhowequivalentGermanknowledgewasreached

•worksample(drawings/imagesofsmallsize,audioCDorDvD)Submission of the application and detailed information: person-ally Monday to Friday, 11-13 h, 11-13 h in our office, Berlin-Char-lottenburg, Hardenbergstr. 33, room 104a. Number of participants: max. 20 to be admitted. Applications are processed if the following conditions are met: complete application documents reach us before the deadline and the submission fulfils all criteria that are set out for applications. Admission will be awarded in timely order.

We look forward to welcome you as a participant!

www.udk-berlin.dewww.interkulturelles-mentoring.udk-berlin.de