Studying away brings your NYU Steinhardt education into a new global context, giving you the opportunity to experience your field from a different perspective, build connections across cultures, and make the world part of your classroom.
Your program’s Global Pathway shows you when and where study away fits best within your degree, with recommended courses to keep you on track toward graduation. You may also explore other NYU global locations, provided your study away plans align with your degree requirements and academic progress.
Explore your pathway below, review Steinhardt's Core Equivalencies for global course offerings, and connect with your academic advisor to start planning your global experience.
NYU Berlin
The Steinhardt Studio Art Program partners with NYU Berlin to provide an unparalleled studio experience for art majors during their junior year. Berlin is home to the most innovative contemporary art scene in Europe, with an ever-expanding, diverse art community. Art students here work in newly renovated studio spaces dedicated to digital art, painting, drawing, and exhibition.
NYU Berlin integrates the best aspects of the NYU experience, as a university “in and of the city,” while also promoting an immersion into German and European culture.
NYU Berlin's Academic Center is located in the heart of the lively and vibrant Prenzlauer Berg district, amidst numerous restaurants and outdoor cafes. The Center is housed in the KulturBrauerei, a converted former brewery complex that is home to a movie theatre, shops, cafes, and even yoga and dance studios.
The program is affiliated with Humboldt University, and students have access to its facilities, including its libraries and dining halls.
Classes
In Berlin, you’ll develop your artistic voice while completing degree requirements in an immersive, professionally equipped studio environment.
Classes are experimental and interdisciplinary in nature, featuring performances, installations, and visits from international artists and art professionals. Berlin-based artists engage the students in the local art scene through studio courses, gallery openings, and visits to artists' studios. Recent part-time lecturers include Kimberly Bradley and Aleksander Komarov.
Recommended Fall & Spring Courses:
Core
- Interdisciplinary Projects: Guided Practice (ART-UE 9921) (Fall)
- Projects in Digital Art: Sound (ART-UE 9381)
Electives
- Art and Ideas: The Art World Today – Berlin and Beyond (ARTCR-UE 9153)
- Ancient Art in Berlin: Discovering the Collections of Museum Island (ARTH-UA 9150) (Fall)
- Place - Building - Time: The Architecture of Berlin (ARTH-UA 9651)
- Shaping an Educational Landscape: Museum Island (ARTH-UA 9850)
- Augmenting the Gallery (IMNY-UT 9001)
- Topics in Media Art: Transmedia Storytelling (IMNY-UT 9281)
- Arts Marketing (MKTG-UB 9024) (Spring)
Artist Studios
Most art classes are held at NYU Berlin at St. Agnes. The Studio Space is situated in a landmarked brutalist church complex built in the 1960s in Kreuzberg and is within a 15-minute walk to the student residence.
The Gerald Pryor Art Award
The Gerald Pryor Art Award honors the 44-year legacy of Gerald Pryor as a professor, artist-in-residence, and head of photography in the Department of Art and Art Professions. Each year, this award supports Studio Art majors in their studies abroad and artistic practice at NYU Berlin.
Open Studios
NYU Berlin lets students engage with art, galleries, and artists that spark new ideas, techniques, and even languages. At the end of the semester, art students exhibit their work in an Open Studio showcase.
Study Away Year and Term
- Junior Fall
- Junior Spring
Questions
Have questions about taking your degree global? Reach out to your academic advisor at bfa.inquiries@nyu.edu to start planning your study away adventure today!