Research doctorate · PhD
PhD in Art Practice
HFBK Hamburg – University of Fine Arts · HFBK Hamburg · Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
- Official award
- PhD in Art PracticePhD
- Subject
- Fine Arts (concentration)
- Format
- On campusAdmission to the examination after five semesters
- Tuition
- Not published
About this program
Doctoral programme for artistic research within and through practice, completed in one of the artistic departments, with a 11 SWS course programme in German and English.
- Department
- HFBK Hamburg
- Awarding body
- Not stated on the pages we checked
Award and subject
The award is shown exactly as the institution titles it. A program belongs to a subject only through the link below: a dedicated degree, a named major, a formal concentration or a documented pathway.
- Official award
- PhD in Art PracticePhD
- Award family
- PhDA Doctor of Philosophy (PhD). Practice-based and practice-led PhDs are PhDs; other doctoral titles are listed under their own names.
- Academic level
- Research doctorate
- Previous degree required
- Yes
| Subject | Relationship | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| Fine Arts | Documented pathwayAn interdisciplinary program whose official page documents a pathway in this subject. | Artistic research within an HFBK departmentHow students choose it is not published“The PhD in Art Practice program can be completed in the various artistic department offered at HFBK Hamburg: Sculpture, Design, Film, Painting/Drawing, Stage Design, Time-based Media, and Graphic Arts/Photography.”Source |
Accreditation, validation and recognition
Recorded for this program and campus, with the authority’s role. Institutional accreditation, degree-awarding authority, program accreditation, professional validation and national qualification registers are different things.
No program-level accreditation or validation record has been verified yet. That does not mean none exists; check the national authority and the institution.
Study structure
- Delivery
- On campusTaught at the listed campus.
- Study mode
- Not published
- Duration
- Admission to the examination after five semesters
- Campus attendance
- Course program (11 SWS) held in person
- Thesis or dissertation
- Research-based work submitted for examination
- Intakes
- Not published
- Campus
- HFBK Hamburg
Teaching language
- Taught in
- German, English
- English
- English teaching not verifiedAn English-language website does not mean a program is taught in English.
Admissions
- Portfolio
- Portfolio requirement not published
- Interview
- Not published
Research degree details
- Department
- Artistic departments of HFBK Hamburg
- Practice-based research
- Practice-based
- Research proposal
- Summary of the proposed project, portfolio, proof of higher education degree (see application page)
- Previous qualifications
- Proof of higher education degree
- Residency expectations
- In-person course program (11 SWS)
- Deadlines
- Separate application periods apply to the Dr. phil. in art. and PhD in Art Practice programs.
Fees and costs
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The institution does not publish tuition for this program on the pages we checked. Ask for current fees, what they include and whether studio, materials, fabrication, printing, software, equipment, travel and residency costs are extra.
Sources and verification
Not published on the program’s source pages: tuition, full-time or part-time options, intakes, portfolio requirement, accreditation or validation record.
Sources and how this was checked
Last checked 23 October 2026. Each fact carries a verbatim quote that is re-checked against the live page. Research methodology.
Sources (checked 23 October 2026)