Karlsruhe University of Arts and Design

Analyse. Create. Debate. Design: Thanks to a unique teaching, research and exhibition concept, the Karlsruhe University of Arts and Design (HfG) enables its students to think beyond their own discipline, to understand contexts and to work out complex topics in their project studies.

With communication design, product design, media art, exhibition design and scenography as well as art studies, media theory and media philosophy, the HfG thus presents itself as an art academy of a special type that has increasingly developed in Europe, the USA and Japan since the early 1990s.

Housed in a striking former industrial building, the HfG with its atriums, light bridges and adjoining rooms not only offers excellent study conditions, but also unique event and exhibition opportunities for the national art, design and performance scene.

Adress

Lorenzstraße 15
76135 Karlsruhe

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Calendar

HfG semester opening – winter semester 2026/27

12. October 2026

Welcome to new students and staff at HfG Karlsruhe.

Poster der Reihe "Kino im Blauen Salon", "Kino in der Stadt" auf einem aufklappbarem Plakataufsteller aus Holz

Cinema Above the City – Kino im Blauen Salon, Winter Semester 2026/27

09. October 2026 — 26. February 2027

In focus: films about metropolises and urban changes

Poster HfG Rundgang, 16. -19.Juli 2026

Annual Exhibition of the HfG Karlsruhe 2026

16. July 2026 — 19. July 2026

This year, approximately 100 works from all departments and degree programs offer insights into research and creative processes at the HfG.

Lichthof der HfG Karlsruhe voller Menschen, die an Biertischgarnituren vor Laptops und Kabeln sitzen

Goulash Programming Night

04. June 2026 — 07. June 2026

For the 24th time, it’s time for: Hacking, Goulash, Talks, Tschunk, Workshops, Lounge, Mate, and hands-on fun!

Kino im Blauen Salon – Summer semester 2026

10. April 2026 — 26. September 2026

For its 10th anniversary, the programme focuses on the theme of directorial debuts.