SRH University

Photography

Bachelor of Arts | Berlin

Styling models, building sets, setting up lighting, obsessing with details. Scouting locations, capturing moments. Merging analog and digital. If this is your world, then our B.A. Photography degree is perfect to help you develop your own visual language.

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All Facts at a glance
Degree:
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)
Start:
1st april; 1st october
Model:
full time
Language:
English
ECTS:
210
Info:
accredited
Duration:
7 semesters/3.5 years
Location:
Berlin
Costs:
from €690 per month
Content of your studies

Learn about artistic & press photography, CGI, ...

The B.A. Photography programme will teach you how pictures work and what they can achieve. You will learn how to design and stage information using analog and digital image recording techniques. In the programme, you will be able to explore all image design possibilities and find your style with artistic freedom. You will work on your projects and learn to handle customer orders professionally. The content of your studies will include advertising photography, press photography and photojournalism, artistic photography, product and documentary photography.

Career Opportunities

Become a Photojournalist, Fashion Photographer, ..

Upon completing your studies, you will have mastered various forms of photographic image design and possess extensive systematic, strategic and conceptual media skills.

You will work, for example, in the applied field of portrait, fashion, editorial, advertising, product or reportage photography.
Further professional fields arise within the new image media (computer-generated imagery, Stereo3D, 360 x 180°, virtual & augmented reality) or in curation and image editing, as well as artistic photography.

In addition, your Bachelor of Arts degree enables you to access numerous postgraduate and Master's degrees in Germany and abroad.

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Your modules
Your modules

Explore the world of photography

Whether portrait, architectural or product photography, whether in the studio, in the city or in nature - in your Bachelor's programme, we prepare you for photography in a wide variety of settings. In addition to theoretical background knowledge, e.g. on photographic techniques and history or image processing, we offer you practical modules in which you can expand your skills and (further) develop your own artistic style.

We will be happy to send you further information material, including the complete curriculum.

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Our CORE principle
Our CORE principle

Apply your skills in real life

Today, soft and social skills are crucial in addition to hard skills and expertise. That's why SRH University's innovative, successful, and award-winning CORE principle promotes independent and active learning so that you can apply your knowledge directly to projects and your future career—for a clear competitive advantage.

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Costs

Smart financing

As a state-recognised private university, SRH University is financed by tuition fees. The fees go towards equipping our campuses, providing services for our students, and ensuring quality assurance. This way, we ensure you receive the best possible education under optimal study conditions.

Tuition fees

  • EU/EEA citizenship, including Switzerland, Western Balkans and Ukraine: €690 per month
  • Non-EU/EEA citizenship: €4,725 per semester

The monthly/semester tuition fees remain the same for the entire duration of the study programme. A one-off enrolment fee of €750 (EU/EEA) or €1000 (non-EU/EEA) is to be paid once

Goal-oriented studies require good organisational skills and solid financial planning on how to pay rent, living costs, and tuition fees. Various financing options, such as educational loans or scholarship programmes, are available for students.

We have summarised all financing options for you.

Admission requirements and application

Admission

You can apply at any time via our online portal. We will then check your application documents and invite you to a personal interview.

To apply for the Bachelor's programme in Photography, you will need to provide

  • General higher education entrance qualification (Abitur) or university of applied sciences entrance qualification (Fachhochschulreife)
  • Portfolio with approx. 15-20 creative works*
  • Proof of English language proficiency
  • Curriculum Vitae with a current passport photo
  • Copy of your identity card or passport

*Convince us with your talent: we are looking forward to assessing your portfolio with approx. 15-20 of your own creative works. You can upload the portfolio together with your application, send it to us or simply bring it to a personal interview.

More information about the admission requirements

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Application process

We look forward to welcoming you to SRH University. This is what our application process looks like:

  1. You submit your online application via the SRH application portal
  2. If you meet the admission requirements, we will invite you to a personal/phone interview
  3. If the interview is successful, you will receive an acceptance letter and the study contract
  4. You sign the study contract and send it back to us
  5. You pay the enrolment fee
  6. You will receive your letter of admission
  7. You take part in our Welcome Week and then you are good to go!
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