1 General Design Bachelor programme subjects

Design theory and history, visual culture, composition and colour, form and space, design methods and research, creative thinking, project development, professional ethics, interdisciplinary collaboration, professional practice placements, and final thesis.

2 Applied Photography specialisation subjects

Photography modules cover portrait, documentary, fashion, advertising, architectural, and authorial photography, studio lighting, digital processing, colour management, and audiovisual production. Students learn to work with professional photographic equipment and create high-quality visual content.

International applicants to the Photography programme are required to pass a remote entrance examination. The examination is intended to assess the applicant’s creative abilities, visual thinking, technical skills, motivation, and readiness to study the chosen programme.

The entrance examination consists of two parts: portfolio assessment and a motivational interview, conducted online via Microsoft Teams.

Portfolio

Applicants are required to submit a portfolio containing 10–15 of their strongest creative works. The portfolio should demonstrate not only the quality of the final results, but also the applicant’s creative process, visual thinking, and ability to develop an idea from concept to final work.

We recommend including:

• photography projects;
• photo series;
• personal creative projects;
• experimental photography;
• visual storytelling projects;
• portrait, documentary, fashion, conceptual, fine-art, or other photographic work;
• any other creative visual works relevant to photography.

Whenever possible, applicants should also include materials demonstrating the development and creative process behind their projects, such as:

• project descriptions;
• concept explanations;
• mood boards;
• research and reference materials;
• work-in-progress images;
• contact sheets or alternative photographs from the same shoot;
• different versions or development stages of a project;
• before-and-after editing examples.

For each project, applicants are encouraged to briefly explain:

• What was the idea or concept behind the project?
• What was the goal of the work?
• How did the project develop?
• Which photographic techniques, equipment, tools, or software were used?
• How was the work edited or post-processed?
• Why were particular creative decisions made?

Original and RAW Files

Applicants may be asked to provide original, unedited files from selected photographs included in their portfolio in order to demonstrate authorship and the development of their work.

These may include original camera RAW formats such as CR2/CR3 (Canon), NEF (Nikon), ARW (Sony), RAF (Fujifilm), ORF (OM System/Olympus), RW2 (Panasonic), DNG, or other original camera files. Where RAW files are not available, applicants may be asked to provide original JPEG/TIFF files, image metadata, contact sheets, project files, or other source materials.

For digitally edited works, applicants may also be asked to provide both the original photograph and the final edited version, and, where relevant, working files such as PSD or other layered project files.

All submitted work must be the applicant’s own original work. Portfolios may be reviewed for authenticity, including checks for AI-generated or AI-manipulated content and other forms of unauthorised assistance. Applicants must be able to explain how their photographs were created and edited, including the equipment, software, techniques, and creative decisions involved.

If additional verification of the applicant’s skills or authorship is required, the College reserves the right to assign an additional individual creative task, which may be completed under specified conditions and/or during a live online session.

Motivational Interview

During the motivational interview, the applicant’s motivation, creative interests, previous experience, visual awareness, and readiness to study Photography are assessed.

The applicant will also be asked to discuss selected works from their portfolio, including the ideas behind them, their creative process, photographic and editing techniques, sources of inspiration, and the development of the projects.

Applicants should therefore be prepared to present and discuss their own work in detail and explain the choices they made throughout the creative process.

Full-time studies – EUR 5,700 per year.

Graduates of the Photography study programme can work as photographers, creators of portrait, documentary, editorial, fashion, commercial, and fine art photography, visual content creators, post-production specialists, exhibition project coordinators, and visual communication specialists.

The acquired competencies enable graduates to work in creative agencies, photography studios, media, fashion, advertising, culture, art, and creative industries, as well as to pursue independent creative or commercial photography practice.