Hochschule für Künste Bremen | University of the Arts Bremen

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CONTENTS 1. PROFILE 2. STUDIES 3. DETAILS 4. REGIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS 5. PROJECTS 6. QUESTIONS / IDEAS

PROFILE

WHO - approx. 830 students

- 65 professors

- approx. 20 specialised artistic/academic lecturers

- approx. 200 other lecturers

- 16 workshops

- approx. 50 further employees (Vice Chancellor’s Office, Chancellor, departmental offices, faculty administration etc.)

WHAT - Music

- Art and Design

In a class of its own: with study programmes designed to facilitate inter- disciplinary study and cut across artistic boundaries, the University of the Arts Bremen is changing the face of tertiary art and music education in Germany.

PROFILE - a higher educational institution with specialised faculties for the study of music, art, and design

- our interdisciplinary approach encourages colla- boration across traditional disciplinary boundaries - students are encouraged to develop their own unique artistic personality

- professionalism /focus on practice

- international environment

- a family friendly institution committed to equal opportunities

WHERE

FACULTY OF MUSIC

Dechanatstrasse 13 - 15 28195 Bremen

- located in the inner city since 1991

- constructed between 1872-75 to house a technical school, now a listed building with a total floor area of 4023m²

- 2003-06 major alterations, incl. refurbishment and extension

- located in Bremen’s historical city centre, close to the Town Square, Bremen Roland and City Hall (World Heritage Site, 2004) 

WHERE FACULTY OF ART AND DESIGN

Am Speicher XI 8, 28217 Bremen - relocated to Bremen’s former harbour precinct in 2003. The University extends across 214m of the city’s longest building (400m). Total floor area: 5795m²

- other users: businesses, agencies, service providers, hospitality /eateries, Harbour Museum

- built 1909 /10, this former warehouse is now a listed building

- 2002 / 2003 converted and refurbished to meet the needs of a modern university of the arts: (studios, workshops, academic facilities)

- situated in Bremen Überseestadt, a 288-hectare urban renewal project (Hamburg’s HafenCity covers just 155 hectares)

- relocation of the university in 2003 initiates a process of urban redevelopment

FACILITIES - »Fine Arts« studios

- workshops (metalwork, bronze casting, film and video, photography, ceramics, printing, model-making, fashion, CAD, 2-D, 3-D, digital media)

- two faculty libraries 

Music Library: 17,000 musical scores, 6,000 books, 1,000 CDs, large archive of LPs, specialist journals

Art & Design Library: 53,000 books and specialist publications, 65 specialist journals for the arts, fashion and design, 5 daily and weekly newspapers

- 2 galleries (1 Speicher XI, 1 Dechanatstrasse)

- 2 canteens

- practice rooms

- concert halls

- chamber music hall

- studio for electronic music

- recording studio

- auditorium (lecture hall)

STUDIES

STUDY PROGRAMMES

FACULTY OF MUSIC

PERFORMANCE TRAINING

MUSICAL PERFORMANCE AND EDUCATION

CHURCH MUSIC

CONCERT EXAMINATIONS (POST GRADUATE)

YOUNG STUDENTS

TEACHER’S TRAINING (MUSIC)

- Bachelor of Music: WS 2010 - Master of Music: WS 2011

- Instrumental disciplines (major) - Vocals - Composition - Early Music - Jazz - Orchestral academy

- Elementary music education - Music education (postgraduate level) - Music Theory / Instrumental Education / Vocal Education - Composition - Jazz

Bachelor: WS 2010 , Master’s: WS 2011

In cooperation with the University of Bremen

STUDY PROGRAMMES FACULTY OF ART AND DESIGN

FINE ARTS

Painting, Sculpture, Drawing, Installation Art, Photography, Audio-Visual Composition, Spatial /Body Concepts, Ceramics (Diploma)

INTEGRATED DESIGN

Fashion Design, Communication Design, Corporate Design, Illustration, Typography, Moving Images, Still Images, Interface Design, Temporary Architec- ture, 3-D Design, Constructive Geometry, Computer-Aided Design (Bachelor, Master’s: WS 2012)

DIGITAL MEDIA

In cooperation with the University of Bremen (Bachelor, Master)

TOTAL approx. 830

nationality

FACULTY OF MUSIC approx. 370

FACULTY OF ART AND DESIGN approx. 470

FINE ARTS approx. 100

INTEGRATED DESIGN approx. 280

DIGITAL MEDIA approx. 90

STUDENTS

F M G I F M F M F M F M F M

F = female // M = male // G = German // I = International

PLACEMENTS AVAILABLE PER YEAR 150 to 160 (Music: approx. 80, A&D: approx. 70)

APPLICATION TRENDS

Number of applicants

Year

DETAILS

FUNDING

Annual budget of approx. €12 million

Human resources 81 %

Consumables 16 %

Infrastructure 3 %

ADMINISTRATION - Faculty Administration: Art and Design

- Faculty Administration: Music - Chancellor 

- Administrative Departments (Marketing /Public Relations, International Affairs, Diversity and Equal Opportunities)

- Units (Examinations and Student Affairs, Accounts and Acquisitions, Human Resources, Facility Management /Technical Services, IT /Controlling

- Auditing

A FAMILY FRIENDLY UNIVERSITY - The University of the Arts Bremen has been certified as a » Family Friendly University « by the Hertie Foundation’s »berufundfamilie« auditing programme - The University was certified in 2008 and is scheduled to be re-audited in 2011

- child care facilities are available on site

- the University stages holiday programmes for children in cooperation with other universities

- policies are in place to support staff /students nursing family members

- preventive care and education (qi gong, yoga, massage, back training etc.)

STATUTORY BODIES /SELF-GOVERNANCE / CO-DETERMINATION

- Academic Senate

- Vice Chancellor’s Office

- Faculty Board: A&D / Faculty Board: Music

- Dean’s Office: A&D / Dean’s Office: Music

- Student Representatives (AStA)

- Staff Council

- Gender Equality Officer

START-UP LABORATORY - a platform to assist graduates and start-up founders with 8 placements at present

- supports self-employed young artists and creative individuals - coaching and supervision (business plans, marketing, customer relations)

- affordable rents in facilities close to the university (professors, co-students)

- Aims: establish a start-up centre / build Bremen’s creative economy (Senate /Bremen Economic Development)

HISTORY 1873 Technical School of Commerce and Design (Museum of Arts & Crafts)

1892 Conservatory of Music 

1922 School of Applied Arts 

1933 Nordic Art College 

1942 Nordic Music College 

1946 Bremen State Art College 

1948 Bremen School of Music (e.V.) 

1965 Bremen State Conservatory 

1970 College of Design (Polytechnic)

1979 University of Design, Art and Music

1982 University of Visual Arts and Music 

1993 Incorporation of the »Academy of Early Music«

1988 »University of the Arts Bremen«

REGIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS

A CULTURAL INSTITUTION - the University is an important cultural institution in Bremen and the wider region

- approx. 300 public concerts, exhibitions, matinées, workshops, conferences, fashion shows annually

- cooperation with a range of cultural institutions in Bremen (Kunsthalle Bremen, Theater Bremen, Bremen Phil- harmonic Orchestra, Weserburg Museum, Städtische Galerie Bremen, Wilhelm Wagenfeld Haus, bremer shakespeare company, churches, childcare centres, school, community groups)

- active engagement with children and young people through special educational programmes - »Amadeo« musical kindergarten - cooperative project with Auf den Heuen Primary School - Gipsy Sound - Young Students Programme - Young Designer Competitions

INTERNATIONAL Students from over 50 nations study in Bremen, and one third of all students are from abroad.

- Key countries: Asia (South Korea, China, Japan)

- 25% of all teaching staff are from abroad

- over 60 cooperation agreements, programmes, and partnerships with universities around the world

- signatory to the National Codex for Foreign Students

- the University supports both students studying abroad and international students spending a semester in Bremen

Partner Universities

AWARDS

Students and teaching staff won around 65 national and international awards between 2006 – 2009, including:

- red dot award (multiple awards)

- Certifi cate of Typographic Excellence / TDC New York (multiple awards)

- Best of Corporate Publishing (VIER / multiple awards)

- German Design Award (multiple awards)

- European Fashion Award

- Germany’s Most Beautiful Books

- German Music University Awards (multiple awards) - Grammy

- Echo Klassik

- Federal Foreign Offi ce

PROJECTS

HOCHSCHULTAGE – OPEN DAYS - Open days at Speicher XI (held annually at the end of the winter semester)

- showcases works by students (painting, photography, sculpture, installation art, design, fashion, illustration, film, video, music etc.)

- regularly attracts 5-8000 visitors

OPERA AT THE UNIVERSITY

OPERA AT THE UNIVERSITY

- spectacular operatic performances »made in Bremen«

- cross-faculty interdisciplinary collaboration - Music: vocals and orchestra

- Art and Design: stage design, costumes, props

- in cooperation with Theater Bremen, shakespeare company, e.g.

- Claudio Monteverdi, L‘Orfeo (2011) - La Betulia Liberata (2010) - La Didone (2009) - The White Horse Inn (2009) - Orpheus in the Underworld (2008)

VIER - The University‘s Magazine - an annual publication with a print run of 7,300 copies

- topical features, projects, and research findings

- contributions from renowned guest authors, students, and teaching staff

- an acclaimed and award-winning magazine (incl. BCP Award, TDC, DDC)

YOUNG MASTERS ExHIBITION - annual exhibition of works by master students (Fine Arts)

- in cooperation with the Städtische Galerie Bremen

- Friends of the University of the Arts Bremen Award - one of Germany’s most generous awards for works by young artists (€15,000), donated by the Karin and Uwe Hollweg Foundation

ORCHESTRAL CONCERTS /ACADEMY - this collaborative partnership between the Univer- sity of the Arts and Bremen Philharmonic Orchestra was established in 2010

- Orchestra Academy: orchestral training programme for (Master’s) students (symphony orchestra)

- Philharmonic musicians mentor students

- annual joint orchestral performance (alternates yearly: Bremen Philharmonic Orchestra /Prins Claus Conservatoire, Groningen)

 

NORTHERN GERMAN ORGAN CENTRE - Bremen lies at the geographic centre of a rich heritage landscape - 200 organs, from Late Gothic to contemporary designs - The »home« of Arp Schnittger (1648-1719) - »the Stradivarius of organ building« and the most influential organ builder of the Baroque period

- University-led research and preservation initiative   - »Norddeutschen Orgelzentrums Bremen« and the »Instituts für Orgel und Orgelbau« established at the University of the Arts Bremen

- Tasks and aims: Archival research, promotion of organ music, technical documentation and reconstruction, international organ competition (Musikfest Bremen) - the University now has its own organ for practice and teaching (2010)

THANK YOU FOR YOUR INTEREST! www.hfk-bremen.de

THANK YOU FOR YOUR INTEREST! www.hfk-bremen.de CONTACT Thorrid Dalter Room 3-9-030 (Speicher XI) T 04 21 / 95 95 11 11 F 04 21 / 95 95 21 11 M t.dalter@hfk-bremen.de

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