Information day about studying at the KHM - December 3, 2025
Drone flight through the KHM Rundgang in July 2025
The info day takes place digitally. There is a rich offer of video conferences on the different aspects and artistic focuses of the study program "Media Arts" at the KHM, which you can dial into.
Anyone interested in studying “Media Arts” and applying for the winter semester 2026/27 at the Academy of Media Arts Cologne is welcome to take a digital stroll!
The study office and teaching staff of the KHM will talk about and provide insights into the goals and possibilities of studying at the KHM - “Media Arts” in 9 semesters (undergraduate, diploma 1) or 4 semesters (postgraduate, diploma 2).
What is the difference between undergraduate and postgraduate studies at the KHM? What should I apply for and by when? What artistic specialisations are hidden behind the umbrella term “Media Arts”?
Majors such as Animation, Cinematography, Experimental Film, Video Art, Experimental Computer Science, Sound Art, Artistic Photography, Art and Media Studies, Installation, Performance, Literary Writing, Screenwriting and Directing for Feature and Documentary Film will be presented throughout the day.
The program starts via Zoom at 10 am and ends at 6 pm. The Zoom links will be published at the latest on this page two days in advance.
HEIMSPIEL presents: Reminiscences of a Moviegoer. Documentary film by Christiane Büchner 7 p.m., KHM auditorium, free admission
If you can make it to the KHM in the evening, come to the film night in the auditorium or click on the livestream. Link to follow.
Anyone interested in exemplary student projects should take a look here:
Program:
Wednesday, December 3, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
10.00 - 11.00 a.m.: Study and application procedure - Information about study/application procedure with the Office of Student Affairs and International Affairs.
Zoom Meeting
Please also note this information:
14.00 - 15.00: Art and Media Studies
With lecturers on the subject areas of Art Studies with an expanded concept of material, Queer studies, Transversal Aesthetics.
Zoom Meeting
15.00 - 16.00: exMedia
Featuring faculty on the artistic focus areas of Animation/3D, Experimental computer Science, Literary writing, Sound Art, Globalization Discourse and Transformational Design.
Zoom Meeting
16.00 - 17.00: Art
Featuring faculty on artistic focus areas of Networks, Video Art & Performance, Artistic Photography, Multispecies Storytelling, Public Art, Contemporary Art/Global South, Experimental Film, Painting & Sculpture.
Zoom Meeting
17.00 - 18.00: Film & Television
With lecturers from the artistic departments:
Tom Uhlenbruck (Screenwriting / Fiction Film)
Philipp Scheffner (Documentary Film)
Melanie Andernach (Creative Producing)
Marcel Kolvenbach (Television & Live Direction)
Ernesto Ojeda Sosa (Cinematography)
Zoom Meeting
Meeting ID: 638 7597 1636
Passcode: 047954
Changes possible ...
Netiquette for Zoom Meetings
- Use your real name - Use your real name
- Turn on camera, if possible - Turn on camera, if possible
- Turn on microphone only if asked to do so - Turn on microphone only if asked to do so
- Write your name in the chat if you have any questions - Write your name in the chat if you have any questions.
- Screenshots and recordings are not permitted - No screenshots or recordings
Student office
Karin Cordes
Juliane Schwibbert
Claudia Warnecke
Heumarkt 14, 50667 Köln
+49 221 20189 - 194 /119 / 187 / 249
studoffice@khm.de
Opening hours: Mondays + Tuesdays from 10 a.m. - 1 p.m. + Thursdays from 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.
For enquiries or appointments, please call us, Mon - Thu 9.30 to 1 p.m., or send us an e-mail.
Summer semester 2025
Lecture period:
Apr. 14, 2025 until Jul. 25, 2025
Winter semester 2025/26
Lecture period:
Oct. 20, 2025 until Feb. 13, 2026
