Study information

Study time

Start of semester    22nd of September 2025
Campus opening    22nd of September 2025

Winter semester     22nd of September 2025 – 6th of March 2026
Summer semester  6th of April 2026 – 24 of July 2026

Christmas break     22nd of December 2025 – 04th of January 2026
Semester break      9th of March 2026 –  4th of April 2026

National holidays:

3rd of October 2025      Anniversary of German unification
1st of November 2025   All Saints’ Day
25th/26th of December 2025   Christmas
1st of January 2026       New Year
3rd of April 2026           Good Friday
6th of April 2026           Easter Monday
1st of May 2026             1st May Holiday
14th of May 2026          Ascension Day
25th of May 2026         Whit Monday
4th of June 2026          Corpus Christi

Campus Magazine / Course Catalogue

Our annual campus magazine informs about the ADK and its studies as Acting, Directing and Dramaturgy, the university internal events, the teachers and many more.

The course catalogues can be found at the respective courses of study. They are the basis of planning with an overview of the classes as well as functioning as foundation for the study documents.

Contacts

Students service

Petra Kerstan
Jommelli-Haus Raum 2.06
Phone +49 7141 – 30996 – 21
petra.kerstan@adk-bw.de


Course of study Acting

Head of course: Prof. Benedikt Haubrich, Deputy: Hon.-Prof. Wulf Twiehaus
Tutor 1st year  of study: Hon.-Prof. Antje Siebers
Tutor 2nd year  of study: Hon.-Prof. Wulf Twiehaus
Tutor 3rd year  of study: Anne Greta Weber | Caspar Weimann
Tutor 4th year of study: Prof. Benedikt Haubrich

Academic Office Acting: Meral Demirdögen meral.demirdoegen@adk-bw.de |
Dr. Claudia Wolf  (Parental leave)

 

Course of study Directing

Head of course: Prof. Tómas Zielinski

Tutor 1st year of study: Hon.-Prof. Carolin Hochleichter
Tutor 2nd year of study: Melanie Mohren|Bernhard Herbordt
Tutor 3rd year of study: Prof. Tómas Zielinski
Tutor 4th year of study: Heinrich Horwitz

Academic Office Directing / Examination Office: Uemran Melissa Yunus  uemranmelissa.yunus@adk-bw.de |  Angela Staudt (Parental leave)


Course of study Dramaturgy

Head of course and tutor: Hon.-Prof. Carolin Hochleichter | Anna Haas

Academic Office Dramaturgy: Dahab Borke  dahab.borke@adk-bw.de

FAQs_

Finding a flat

The Studierendenwerk Stuttgart and the student service at ADK are helping you by finding a flat. More information via Living in Stuttgart/Ludwigsburg

Conflict management | Psychological support

Petra Kucher-Sturm and Rainer Sturm, the diploma psychologists of Studentenwerk Stuttgart, are supporting you with your personal and interpersonal problems, for example

  • Problems with your studies
  • Problems with your job
  • Problems with time management
  • Problems with motivation
  • Exam nerves or other fears
  • Restlessness, exhaustion or sleep disorders
  • Depressive moods or depression
  • A lack of self-esteem
  • Find it hard to make friends or socialize
  • Problems with your partner or family

The discussions are absolutely confidential: our psychologists are subject to secrecy. Moreover, the consultations are free of charge and you usually receive an appointment within two weeks.

Since e-mail communication with Studierendenwerk Stuttgart is not encrypted, we cannot guarantee confidentiality for the information you e-mail to us!

Office address
Studierendenwerk Stuttgart
Psychotherapeutische Beratung
Rosenbergstraße 68
70174 Stuttgart

+49 711 / 95 74-480 /-482
pbs@sw-stuttgart.de

You can make use of the psychotherapeutic counselling and conflict management at the ADK by Angelika Niermann. Registration at the students service: petra.kerstan@adk-bw.de  or  by phone: +49 7141 30996 21

Meal vouchers

Meal vouchers are available at the vending machine opposite of the entrance of Film Academy for € 3. Meal vouchers are only provided for enrolled students. For the verification of the entitlement the student card has to be held at the red button at the vending machine. For the payment you need an EC card of your current account. The requested contribution will be debited from your EC card. The maximum amount of 30 meal vouchers can be bought monthly (x € 3 = € 90). They can be redeemed at »Blauer Engel«, »Joe Penas«.

The AStA (short in German for Allgemeiner Studierendenausschuss, General Students Committee) consists of a group of students at the ADK and is elected by the student assembly. It has the duty of a mediator between concerns of the students and the management of the ADK, to question and improve the structure and teaching at ADK.

Representatives of the AStA:

Acting
Elia Breitenmoser, Matilda Kleemann, Henrik Zuber
Kioma Palmen, Geraldine Rummel, Louis Umbach, Amin Zariouh
Carl Benzschawel, Lasse Lehmann
Sophie Marleen Jany, Daria Kleyn

Directing
Miryam Falterer, Nemo Hansen
Luca Heinrich, Pia Karius
Max Porstmann, Kim Salmon
Alize Heiser, Merle Zurawski

Dramaturgy
Nina Brauch
Lilly Rößler
Danylo Symonovych

Contact asta@adk-bw.de
(Status as of winter semester 2024|25)

Tuition fee

The state of Baden-Württemberg has not been charging tuition fees since the summer semester 2012.

As of the winter semester 2017|18, international students who come from outside the EU for the purpose of studying will make a contribution of € 1.500 per semester. For the second degree, € 650 are charged per semester

Informations for educational support BAFöGhere (in German)

In 2024|25 a contribution of  € 96,50  for the Studierendenwerk and an administration and AStA fee of € 35.- is mandatory, in total € 131,50.

Informations of Studierendenwerk Stuttgart
see here: www.studierendenwerk-stuttgart.de/en

To Apply

Dear prospective students!

Welcome to the ADK website. Thank you for your interest in our degree programmes.

The application phase for the winter semester 2025|26 started with the following deadlines:

Acting: February 16th, 2025 – EXPIRED

Directing: March 23rd, 2025

Dramaturgy: March 31st, 2025

For your  application, please follow this registration link

The wintersemester starts on Monday, September 22nd, 2025.

Further information on the degree programmes can be found under the following links

Acting

Directing

Dramaturgy.

The ADK wants to be open to all people. In this context, we launched the two-year project »All Together Now« in October 2023, in which we want to review accessibility at the ADK and, in a process, question and expand our teaching events accordingly. We look forward to receiving a wide range of questions and comments in this context
Please let us know what your access requirements are so that we can discuss together how the ADK can support you.

Clicking on the icon will take you to the pdf file of the complete magazine, with information on the degree programmes and on joint campus life with the Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg