Information and deadlines for portfolio submission
Online registration for the entrance examination or an application will be possible again from November 1, 2025.
Deadline: January 5, 2026, 12:00 noon.
A digital portfolio with your own artistic works must be submitted with the online application. The relevant guidelines can be found below.
The dates for the portfolio consultations and information events can be found here!
Based on your work, the next step is to decide on admission to the entrance examination.
You will receive further information and the exact dates for the entrance examination (16-20.02.2026) in the invitation letter, which you will receive no later than four weeks after the application deadline.
Notes and advise on digital portfolio in the department of Fashion Design
Detailed instructions for creating the portfolio and the homework assignment will be published here from November 1, 2025!
General information
Portfolio Size__________________
Porttfolio size in total maximum 20 MB. Up to 30 images (scans or photos, presented together in one pdf document: an explanatory help on data size reduction can be found as a download pdf, right.
The portfolio pdf document should contain a collection of current artistic works such as paintings, watercolors, prints, drawings, etc. and can also contain works such as sketches of ideas, photographs, textile works, experiments and designs.
No general theme or continuous narrative is necessary. Unfortunately, the commission can not open films, software, sounds, texts, websites such as Instagram or external links.Your works and not their presentation will be evaluated.We therefore ask to refrain from adding decorative elements such as passepartouts, typography, gifs or clipart.Please sort your work according to importance and topicality. Your most important work should open the portfolio.
Naming your works__________________
We ask for very brief, simple, keyword information about each work, such as medium/size, date of creation and the context in which the work was created. In case of a group project, please also name co-authors. In case of a supervised work, please name supervising persons and the course/project/institution.Please collect the information on a separate Info sheet.
Example info sheet1 Cotton jersey T-shirt Design/Author_in: John Doe (design and production), Jane Doe (print), Jim Doe (photo) Date of origin: 20.11.2020 Place of origin: private
2. Nude drawing, penci lDesign/Author_in: John Doe Date of origin: 20.11.2020 Place of origin: Evening drawing class
3. Design project Design/Author: Group work John Doe + Jane Doe Date of origin: 20.11.2019 Place of origin: Advanced level art course 12th grade
Commission___________
The admission commission who will evaluate your artistic aptitude consists of fashion designers: Teachers of the Academy and students of the Fashion Department. Above all, the commission is interested to see what you are interested in and how you are already working — artistically or creatively. An interest in fashion, clothing, art and design should be recognizable.