Art and Art Professions

Study at NYU BERLIN (Fall Junior Year)

Berlin is a cosmopolitan city that holds a complex and crucial place in modern European history. Youthful, artistic, and cutting-edge, it is home to the most innovative contemporary art scene in Europe. You’ll have an unparalleled studio experience with the Steinhardt Studio Art Program at NYU Berlin

• Engage with Berlin-based artists through courses, gallery openings, and visits to artists’ studios.
• Explore Berlin’s many museums and study the city’s rich architectural legacy through art history courses.
• Take your studio classes in our newly renovated studio space at St. Agnes, a converted former church complex in the Kreuzberg district not far from student housing. This 1,446-square-foot teaching and working studio provides standard equipment and basic hand tools.
  • Work on photo and video projects at our creative stations.
  • Take advantage of our computer lab, which has 16 Macintosh computers installed with a variety of software and a printer pool housing two professional plotters and one printer/scanner workstation.

Berlin: Courses and Electives

Core Courses 

• ART-UE 9921 Interdisciplinary Projects: Guided Practice (fall only) 
• ART-UE 9381 Projects in Digital Art: Sound 

Electives 

• Art and Ideas: The Art World Today – Berlin and Beyond 
• Ancient Art in Berlin: Discovering the Collections of Museum Island 
• Place-Building-Time: The Architecture of Berlin

Student Life

Our on-site staff will provide support for you during your time abroad. We’ll help you connect with your host culture throughout your stay with orientation, trips, student clubs, and language exchanges. Housing is guaranteed to all students and will vary by location.

Further Opportunities

Our NYU Abu Dhabi and NYU Shanghai campuses offer additional art courses to give you a global perspectve. We offer many core, liberal arts, and content elective courses abroad that allow you to explore your interests across continents and cultures. 

No matter where you choose to spend a semester abroad, you can gain an understanding of how global cultures are influencing contemporary art.

Please talk with your academic adviser about making our global locations work with your program of study.