The State Academy of Fine Arts Karlsruhe is a public academy of fine arts in the city of Karlsruhe in Baden-Württemberg. The Staatliche Akademie für Bildende Künste Karlsruhe is a small public academy of art that qualifies fine artists and art teachers through independent studio work, small, professor-led classes and artistic discourse. In its institutional development, 1854 – Grand Duke Friedrich I founded the art school in Karlsruhe. The founding director was the landscape painter Johann Wilhelm Schirmer . Today, its academic profile is characterised by painting, graphic arts, sculpture, intermedial design, artistic research, art history, art theory, art education and subject didactics. Location is important, and Karlsruhe has a strong museum and media-art environment, combined with the academy's compact studios, exhibition spaces, workshops and access to cultural institutions across the Upper Rhine region.

This master file records the course portfolio in 3 undergraduate and 3 postgraduate entries with subject combinations grouped under their parent degrees as applicable. Examples from the undergraduate level include: Fine Arts, Fine Arts Teacher Education, Intermedial Design Teacher-Education Component, and later examples include Fine Arts, Fine Arts Teacher Education, Intermedial Design Teacher-Education Component. Postgraduate study includes Master-Class Student Program, Fine Arts Teacher Education, Intermedial Design Teacher-Education Component to Master-Class Student Program, Fine Arts Teacher Education, Intermedial Design Teacher-Education Component. The parent qualification is kept for each course, and specialisations are not misrepresented as separate degrees but stored in the course entry. The academy offers two main degree paths, Fine Arts Diplom and Fine Arts Teacher Education. Intermedial Design can be taken as a second subject in teacher education and has master-class status after eligible study.

Admission is processed at program level. Winter entry applicants apply via HISinOne and are subject to an artistic selection process involving work samples and the academy’s aptitude review; international applicants must additionally provide documentation of qualification equivalence and German proficiency. Applicants are required to check the language of instruction, entry semester, subject specific requirements, selection process and document route before submission. International School or University Qualifications External evaluation, certified translations, APS documentation where applicable or other proof of academic equivalence may be required. Master’s committees may require module descriptions, portfolios, writing samples, professional experience or interviews. Admission for a doctorate is separate from admission for a bachelor or master degree and usually requires a feasible research proposal, available supervision and formal acceptance by the responsible faculty.

General tuition is free for most first-degree students in the EU and EEA. According to state law, most non-EU students are charged €1,500 per semester and second-degree students €650 in addition to the current semester charges published for enrolment. These institutional fees do not include: rent, health insurance, food, learning materials, residence formalities, project costs or personal travel. If provided for by the relevant law or program regulation, special tuition may be provided for continuing-education, distance-learning, joint, second-degree, or long-term study formats. Funding (e.g. BAföG for eligible students, Deutschlandstipendium, DAAD and Erasmus+ mobility support, foundations, research employment or university-specific awards) is available, but each funding application is evaluated separately from admission.

Career preparation reflects the mix of subjects of the university and is not a guarantyd placement scheme. Studio classes, academy exhibitions, visiting artists, school-practice modules, workshops, museums, galleries and the media-art institutions in Karlsruhe support professional development throughout. Students increase professional readiness through internships, applied projects, research assistantships, employer events, language development, entrepreneurship services, international mobility and an externally partnered thesis.