Braunschweig University of Art is a public university of art and design in Braunschweig, Lower Saxony. Braunschweig University of Art is a public artistic-academic university combining Fine Arts, visual communication, digital and transformation design, art and theater education, art science, media studies, and doctoral research. Its institutional development includes 1790 — an architectural-technical drawing institute opened under ducal authority in Braunschweig. 1842 — Johannes Selenka helped found the drawing school of the Braunschweig trade association. Today, its academic profile is shaped by fine arts, visual communication, digital design, transformation design, art pedagogy, inclusive art education, performing arts, art science, media studies, design research, and artistic-scientific experimentation. The location is important because The Johannes-Selenka-Platz campus combines studios, workshops, exhibition areas, research institutes, a library partly built from the EXPO 2000 Mexican Pavilion, and links to Braunschweig's museums, theaters, technology sector, schools, and cultural organizations.

The course portfolio represented in this master file contains 7 undergraduate entries and 7 postgraduate entries, with subject combinations consolidated under their parent degrees where appropriate. Undergraduate examples include Fine Arts, Visual Communication, Design in the Digital Society, Art Pedagogy, Art in Special Education, Performing Arts, while later entries cover Art in Special Education, Performing Arts, Art Science. Postgraduate study ranges from Visual Communication, Transformation Design, Art Education, Art in Special Education, Performing Arts, Art Science to Performing Arts, Art Science, Media Studies. Each course remains a parent qualification, and specializations are recorded within the course entry instead of being misrepresented as separate degrees. Fine Arts remains a long-cycle Diploma. Bachelor's, master's, and teacher-education routes are listed separately, as are research doctorates in design research, art pedagogy, art science, and media studies.

Admission is controlled at program level. Artistic and design applications generally open February 1 and close March 15. Candidates upload documents and portfolios, then complete program-specific aptitude stages; international applicants submit B1 or B2 German at application and higher evidence for enrollment depending on the course. Applicants must verify the teaching language, entry semester, subject prerequisites, selection procedure, and document route before submission. International school or university qualifications may require external evaluation, certified translations, APS documentation for applicable countries, or additional evidence of academic equivalence. Master's committees can request module descriptions, portfolios, writing samples, professional experience, or interviews. Doctoral entry is separate from bachelor's or master's admission and normally requires a viable research proposal, eligible supervision, and formal acceptance by the responsible faculty.

Regular degree study has no general tuition. Students pay the semester contribution published in the binding enrollment or re-registration notice; portfolios, materials, workshop consumables, media production, software, excursions, insurance, and living costs remain additional. These institutional charges do not include rent, health insurance, food, learning materials, residence formalities, project costs, or personal travel. Special tuition can apply to continuing-education, distance-learning, joint, second-degree, or long-term study formats when the relevant law or program regulation provides for it. Funding may include BAföG for eligible students, the Deutschlandstipendium, DAAD and Erasmus+ mobility support, foundations, research employment, or university-specific awards, but every funding application is assessed independently from admission.

Career preparation reflects the university's subject mix and does not constitute a guaranteed placement scheme. Students can improve professional readiness through internships, applied projects, research assistantships, employer events, language development, entrepreneurship services, international mobility, and an externally partnered thesis.