Second additional entrance examinations

in the study programs Digital Art, Applied art - specialisation GLASS, specialisation CERAMICS. Admission conditions and course of the admission procedure for bachelor's studies starting in 2024/2025

Who can submit an application for additional admissions for Bachelor´s degree program
When to submit an application for additional admissions for Bachelor´s degree programs
Important admission deadlines
How to submit an application for Bachelor´s degree programs
Fee
Admissions procedure
Requirements of the individual study programs
Are the conditions of admission interviews inclusive?

1. Who can submit an application for additional admissions for Bachelor´s degree programs

An application for additional admission interviews for the study program can be submitted by an applicant who did not take part in the admissions for the Applied Arts study program in the regular term.

Only the applicant who takes part in an admissions procedure can become a student for bachelor´s degree programs at AFAD. The student who has completed an advanced level of secondary education or has achieved a vocational qualification, can apply for admissions at AFAD as required.

If the admission procedure at AFAD takes place before the date of the school-leaving exam of the applicant, the applicant is admitted to studies conditionally. The final admission to study is conditional upon a successful completion of the school-leaving exam. The secondary school leaving certificate must be submitted within ten days after the completion of the school-leaving exam and no later than the date of enrolment for studies.

All foreign applicants must master Slovak language at the level B1 (except for Czech applicants) before their admission.

The foreign applicants, who studied abroad, are admitted, only if they provide a decision on the recognition of the diploma issued abroad no later than the deadline for the enrolment (September 2024).

If the university issues diplomas after the enrolment date (after September) we do not recommend students that they submit an application, instead we recommend submitting it in the next academic year.

For more information check the following links:

How to have a foreign high school diploma recognized

Recognition of foreign diplomas in general

2. When to submit an application for additional admissions for Bachelor´s study

In the period from June 11, 2024 till August 6, 2024 an applicant for a Bachelor´s degree program at AFAD fills out and submits an electronic application.

Subsequently, the application is to be printed out, signed and sent by post together with required annexes no later than August 7, 2024.

3. Important admission deadlines

from June 11, 2024 till August 6, 2024 – application
until August 6, 2024 – latest date to pay the application fee
by August 7, 2024 – latest date to send the application and attachments physically by post
until August 16, 2024, 3 p.m. CET - submit homework - first round of admission procedure
1st round: 19 – 20 August 2024 – the admissions committee will meet and assess homework sent by August 16, 2024, 3 p.m. CET at https://ulozisko.vsvu.sk/
August 23, 2024 – applicants who advance to the 2nd round will receive a notice of advancement to the 2nd round and an invitation with instructions for the 2nd round
2nd round - takes place face-to-face and lasts two days: 3 – 4 September 2024 - applicants work on tasks for 2 days (2 whole days)

4. How to submit an application for Bachelor´s degree programs

1st step:

The electronic application can be found on the AFAD webpage
Link to webpage with electronic application

The applicant fills out the application

The applicant submits the application

2nd step:

The applicant then prints the application out, signs it and sends it by post no later than August 7, 2024, together with the following annexes:

signed professional CV
certified copy of the secondary school leaving certificate
The applicant who in his/her senior year must have his/her results (transcripts of records and grades) confirmed by his/her school in the printed application. In case of a bad pandemic situation (closed schools) he/she attaches a copy of his/her last school certificate (e.g. from the 3rd grade)
proof of payment of the fee (the date of payment and the account number from which the fee was paid should be visible in the document)
declaration of medical fitness signed by the applicant:
Declaration of medical fitness
I, the undersigned, ......born on ......domiciled in .....hereby declare that my health condition is good and I do not suffer from any diseases which could adversely affect the contact with chemical or biological substances used throughout the education process.
In ...................... on ......................
Signature .....................................
recognition of educational qualification can be issued by the Regional Office of School Governance (Regionálny úrad školskej správy) (in case of documents certifying the completion of studies published by a foreign state school).

For more information check the following links:

How to have a foreign high school diploma recognized

Recognition of foreign diplomas in general
to the following address:
Vysoká škola výtvarných umení, študijné oddelenie, Hviezdoslavovo nám. 18, 814 37 Bratislava

3rd step

Digital version of homework - portfolio with attachments (see the requirements of the individual programs), will be uploaded by the applicant after submitting the electronic application and attachments in the period from August 14, 2024 from 12:00 p.m. CET until August 16, 2024 at 3:00 p.m. CET via the website: https://ulozisko.vsvu.sk/; access data and instructions will be sent to the email addresses listed in the application no later than August 14, 2024 until 12:00 p.m. CET.

5. Fee

Fee of € 50 must be paid by bank transfer no later than August 6, 2024.

Applicants from Ukraine are exempted from paying admissions fees.

Account number: IBAN: SK42 8180 0000 0070 0007 2516
SWIFT: SPSRSKBAXXX
Variable symbol: 648 003
Specific symbol: a six-digit number starting with the number 24, followed by a four-digit number consisting of the registration number of the application, before which it is necessary to add zeros.
Example: if the registration number of the application is 37, the specific symbol will be 240037
Additional information: applicant’s surname

In case of payments from abroad, it is necessary to provide the following details:

Account owner: Vysoká škola výtvarných umení, Hviezdoslavovo nám. 18, 814 37 Bratislava, Slovenská republika
Bank: ŠTÁTNA POKLADNICA, Radlinského 32, 810 05 Bratislava, Slovakia
SWIFT: SPSRSKBAXXX
IBAN: SK42 8180 0000 0070 0007 2516
Purpose of payment: variable symbol 648 003
Specific symbol: a six-digit number starting with the number 24, followed by a four-digit number consisting of the registration number of the application, in front of which it is necessary to add zeros.
Example: if the registration number of the application is 37, the specific symbol will be 240037
Additional information: applicant’s surname, Pk, if it is not possible to indicate the Variable and Specific symbol when paying from abroad, the applicant will indicate as additional information the Specific symbol generated according to the previous paragraph. Example of additional information: Abraham Lincoln Pk 240037.

6. Admissions procedure

Digital version of homework - a portfolio with all required parts or tasks listed according to study programs in point 8. "Requirements of individual study programs", will be uploaded by the applicant after submitting the electronic application and attachments in the period from August 14, 2024 from 12:00 p.m. CET until August 16, 2024 at 3:00 p.m. CET via the website: https://ulozisko.vsvu.sk/; access data and instructions will be sent to the email addresses listed in the application no later than August 14, 2024 until 12 p.m. CET

First round – 19 – 20 August 2024 – the admissions committee meets and assesses the portfolio of works sent to https://ulozisko.vsvu.sk untill August 16, 2024 at 3:00 p.m. CET

Second round – 3 – 4 September 2024 – is conducted in person for all study programs and lasts for two days.

AFAD determines further conditions for the admission to the individual study programmes in order to ensure that only applicants with necessary skills and potential are admitted. The determined conditions and the method of verification of their compliance must allow to choose applicants who show the highest level of talent, knowledge and skills to study the individual study programmes realized at AFAD.

Admissions committee

The assigned tasks and parts of the entrance examination are evaluated by at least five members of the admissions committee appointed by the Rector from among the university teachers performing a study programme at AFAD with an art-academic title of professor, associate professor or assistant professor. A university teacher teaching within another study programme at AFAD can also become a member of the admissions committee.

The members of the admissions committee evaluate the tasks in both rounds using a point system on a six-point scale (0-5 points) or on an eleven-point scale (0-10 points). Each task (including homework) is scored separately. In the case of the second round with a full-day assignment, the admissions committee can evaluate using a system on an eleven-point scale (0-10 points). The condition for advancing to the second round is to obtain at least 50% of the maximum possible number of points for the tasks of the first round. Depending on the situation (e.g. a small number of applicants), the commission can move the advancement limit to 45% of the points earned.

For detailed specification according to individual study programs see in point 7., "Requirements of individual study programs" point "Further details of individual tasks during the admission procedure".

The applicants who pass to the second round of the admissions procedure are informed as follows:

If the first round of the admission procedure is carried out by the distance method, the results are published on the AFAD webpage no later than 30 days from the date of the first round. The successful applicants also receive an invitation to the second round of the admissions procedure.

Whole school admissions committee

Admissions committees present the results of the evaluation of both rounds as well as applicants’ art works to the whole school committee appointed by the AFAD Rector. The members of the whole school admissions committee may be the AFAD Rector, AFAD Vice-rectors, the head of the AFAD Academic Senate, heads of the AFAD departments, heads of AFAD studios, teachers leading preparatory courses and members of the departments’ admissions committees, while the chairman of the committee is the Vice-Rector for Academic Affairs.

The whole school admissions committee assesses the results of the evaluation and order of the candidates presented by each departmental admissions committee, thus verifying the results of the admissions procedure. The whole school admissions committee has the right to change the order of candidates based on the evaluation of the departmental admissions committee, by open vote which requires a simple majority of the votes of the present members of the whole school admissions committee.

The whole school admissions committee has the right to propose to the AFAD Rector to increase or decrease the number of the admitted applicants for individual study programmes, or not to admit any of the applicants due to the low level of their performance. The final decision on the admission or non-admission of the applicant is made by the Rector of the school who considers the proposal of the whole school committee. The final decision is sent to the applicant by the AFAD’s office of Study Affairs by post no later than 30 days after the end of the admissions procedure.

Decision on the Admission/Non-admission

The applicant, who receives a decision on the non-admission to study, can request the review of the decision. The request must be sent to the AFAD Rector no later than 8 days after the date of the reception of the decision. If the rector does not find any infringement, the request is forwarded to the AFAD Academic Senate. The Senate does not evaluate the quality of works but the procedural side of the proceedings. The decision of the AFAD Academic Senate is final. The reply to the request to review the decision must be sent to the applicant no later than 30 days after the date of the reception of the request to review the decision of non-admission to study at AFAD.
The conditions of admission and the course of the admissions procedure for Bachelor´s degree programs are stated in detail by the Internal Regulation on the Admissions Procedure at AFAD.

7. Requirements of the individual study programs

7.1. Digital Arts

7.2. Applied Art - specialisation GLASS, specialisation CERAMICS

8. Are the conditions of admission interviews inclusive?

AFAD guarantees equal opportunities to every applicant who demonstrates the necessary prerequisites for graduating. If the applicant needs to create specific conditions for admission interviews, he must contact the study department in this matter. AFAD applies an individual approach to applicants with specific needs.

7.1. Digital Arts

^{*Requirements for entrance examination. Home assignments, further details of individual tasks, necessary tools. The requirements are current for the admission procedure at Academic year 2024/2025.}

Requirements for home assignments - portfolio

The applicant submits 3 parts:

A – Mandatory assignment on a given topic. Text description of the solution and motivation for the completed assignment should be attached. (max. 300 words)
B – Video introduction
C – Portfolio (approx. 10 works)

A – Mandatory assignment:

Topic: „ Breath “

Breath begins our life, accompanies us, and also ends it. It changes during suffering, effort, and laughter; its quality is influenced by the climate and environment. Everything alive breathes: people, animals, beings in sci-fi, and myths. Breath has various forms, derived words, and meanings. Don't be afraid to take a breath. Interpret and work with the theme of breath in your own way. Breathe life into something imaginative, beautiful, or provocative.

You can choose from several art forms to embrace the theme. Choose one and process it according to the given form and extent:

2D/3D graphics, graphic design. Create a series of graphics or a 3D scene (render) or a fictional advertisement or a photocollage.... Surprise us..
Architecture, design, public space intervention. Hand in your sketches and/or your 3D model, perhaps a collage of your design and real space. 3D designs must be rendered into images and/or videos.
Virtual and augmented reality. Sketches of the visual appearance accompanied by text description, documentation, screenshots... If you implemented the idea hand in the executable application too.
Videogame, interactive environment. Hand in an Art Design Document and Game Design Document. If you implemented the idea hand in the executable application too.
Video, animation. Video file, max 3 minutes.
Infographics. Static images and/or a PDF presentation and/or interactive online visualization
Interactive installation in space. Design elaborated in the form of sketches, or a digital 3D model. Both should be accompanied by a description of the design of the installation and of its interaction with a visitor.
… others
We invite also other forms and shapes of creative output. Please, contact us for a consultation.

B – Video application

Short video about the applicant and his/her motivation to study digital arts in a duration of maximum 3 minutes. File format MP4, maximal resolution 1920x1080. Video application itself will not be evaluated, its primary purpose is to introduce the applicant to the committee.

C – Portfolio

Submission of the selection of works (approx. 10 works). Suitable media are: drawing and painting (also digital forms), photography, video, animation, 3D modelling, infographics and data visualization, architecture, graphic design, web design, computer applications and games, user interfaces, performance, installation, social activism, online marketing. These works can be also presented as proposals for projects.

Technical requirements concerning formats:

The portfolio is submitted in one PDF file in which every work is presented on the individual page (or more pages) together with a title and short annotation to the work. Each work is accompanied with at least one picture (or photograph, screenshot, render, etc.). If the work already exists, hyperlink should be attached to the annotation. Pages in the file have a width orientation (1920 x 1080 pixels or 297x210mm)

If the portfolio contains videos or animations, they must be uploaded in a single video file as consecutive segments.
Pictures, photographs, graphic design: JPEG or PDF format. The screen with the title and applicant´s name or a short annotation should precede every segment. File MP4 format, maximum resolution of 1920 x 1080.

If the portfolio also contains video programs, demos or games, they are to be submitted in an executable form for the Windows or Mac platform, packed in a ZIP file.

How to submit works:

All files (home assignment, video introduction and portfolio) will be uploaded by the applicant after submitting the electronic application and attachments in the period from August 14, 2024 from 12:00 p.m. CET until August 16, 2024 at 3:00 p.m. CET via the website: https://ulozisko.vsvu.sk/; access data and instructions will be sent to the email addresses listed in the application no later than August 14, 2024 (to 12 p.m.).
Each file must be named in format: name_surname_item (e.g.: Andrea_Schwartz_Videointroduction.mp4)

Further details of individual tasks during the admissions procedure:

First round

by the distance method, without the applicant’s physical presence
assessment of all portfolio components listed in homework requirements (portfolio). Each member of the admissions committee evaluates on a six-point scale (0-5 points).
assessment of mandatory assignment. Each member of the admissions committee evaluates on a six-point scale (0-5 points).

Second round

in person, with the participation of the applicant who passes to the second round from the first round. The second round of the admissions procedure lasts for two days.

working on creative assignments specified by the committee. For example, a drawing representation of a given story, ideas behind functionality design and graphic design of a mobile application’s user interface, a logo design or a campaign on a given topic...
Each member of the admissions committee evaluates each task on a six-point scale (0-5 points), if a full-day task is assigned, it is evaluated on an eleven-point scale (0-10 points).

An interview with the applicant in front of the commission, where the applicant demonstrates his knowledge of the field he is applying for; a discussion about housework is part of the interview. We ask applicants about their interests outside of school, we talk about favorite books, movies, video games. We are interested in what appealed to the applicants in art, culture or social events, or which authors inspire them and why. Each member of the admissions committee evaluates the interview on a six-point scale (0-5 points).
Part of the interview is aimed at finding out an overall overview of the high school curriculum in history, literature, history of visual arts and orientation in contemporary art and socio-cultural overview. It is evaluated in a six-point scale (0-5 points) separately by two members of the commission designated for this part of the admission interviews from among internal and external teachers of the Department of Theory and History of Art.
Applicants from abroad will be allowed to complete the interview in English, but in the case of successful acceptance, they will continue their studies in the Slovak language (minimum level B1 is required).

Tools required for entrance examination

Pencil and eraser
Drawing pen
Recommended: coloured pencils or coloured markers

Recommended sources

Gombrich, H. E.: The Story of Art
Mirzoeff, N.: How to See the World
Gibson, W. : Neuromancer
Liou Cch’-sin: Three Body Problem
Ted Chiang: Stories of Your Life and Others; Exhalation
Blade Runner (movie, r. Ridley Scott, 1982)
Pi (movie, r. Darren Aronofsky, 1998)
Dear Esther (videogame, The Chinese Room, 2012)
The Stanley Parable (videogame, Wreden & Pugh, 2013)
Baba is You (videogame, Hempuli, 2021)

Consultations – Digital arts

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7.2. Applied Art - specialisation GLASS, specialisation CERAMICS

^{*Requirements for entrance examination. Home assignments, further details of individual tasks, necessary tools. The requirements are current for the admission procedure at Academic year 2024/2025.}

To apply for Applied Arts (specialization - ceramics, glass) no training or special experience in the given field is necessary.

Requirements for homeworks - portfolio

The portfolio should include school and independent homework.

CV and Motivation letter of the applicant

must be attached to the portfolio

Mandatory homework

mandatory part of the portfolio with proper labeling and annotation, processed individually in the form of a proposal for implementation in the medium of the specialization for which the applicant is applying (ceramics, glass)

CERAMICS – THEME: Set the table!
- Develop and submit together with homework - portfolio a design, model or visualization for realization in ceramics (it can be anything from design, through free sculpture, to installation).

GLASS - THEME: In hand
- Develop and submit together with the homework - portfolio a design, model or visualization for realization from glass.

How to submit works:

Digital version of homework - portfolio (including CV and Motivation letter) will be uploaded by the applicant after submitting the electronic application and attachments in the period from August 14, 2024 from 12:00 p.m. CET until August 16, 2024 at 3:00 p.m. CET via the website: https://ulozisko.vsvu.sk/;Access details and instructions will be sent no later than August 14, 2024 (to 12 p.m.) by e-mail to the addresses stated in the application.
The digital portfolio, CV and motivation letter must be included in one joint PDF format (maximum up to 10 MB) titled as name_surname_study programme applied arts. Individual works must be marked.
The applicant brings the original versions of his/her portfolio directly to the second round of the admissions procedure, including the obligatory assignment completed in accordance with the instructions.

Further details of individual tasks during the admission procedure:

1st round

by the distance method, without the applicant’s physical presence
assessment of all portfolio components listed in homework requirements (portfolio). Each member of the admissions committee evaluates on a six-point scale (0-5 points).
evaluation of the mandatory assignment. Each member of the admissions committee evaluates on a six-point scale (0-5 points).

2nd round

in person, with the participation of the applicant who passes to the second round from the first round. The second round of the admissions procedure lasts for two days.
Four topics (assignments) ranging from practical to free creation will be assigned, which will test the applicant's creative thinking and skills.
Each member of the admissions committee evaluates each task on a six-point scale (0-5 points).
Interview with the applicant

Interview - all specializations

an interview with the applicant in front of the admissions committee, where the applicant demonstrates his knowledge of the field he is applying for; a discussion about housework is part of the interview. Each member of the admissions committee evaluates the interview on a six-point scale (0-5 points).
Part of the interview is aimed at finding out an overall overview of the high school curriculum in history, literature, history of visual arts and orientation in contemporary art and socio-cultural overview. It is evaluated separately by two members of the commission designated for this part of the admission interviews from among internal and external teachers of the Department of Theory and History of Art on a six-point scale (0-5 points).
Applicants from abroad will be allowed to complete the interview in English, but in the case of successful acceptance, they will continue their studies in the Slovak language (minimum level B1 is required).

Tools needed at the admission exam:

Ceramics

pencils, charcoals, drawing rods, brushes, paints - tempera and watercolor or water-based, eyes and spatulas for modeling, scissors, twine, water containers, ruler, compass, glue, adhesive tape, cutter

Glass

pencil, charcoal, eraser, water colors, scissors, cutter, colored drawings, glue, tape, rulers, modeling spatulas, etc.

Recommended literature

Pijoan, J.: Dejiny umenia 1 – 10. Bratislava, 1982 – 1986.
Pijoan, J.: Dejiny umenia 11 – 12. Bratislava, 2002.
Gombrich, H. E.: Príbeh umenia. Bratislava, 2000.
Rusinová, Z. (ed.): Dejiny slovenského výtvarného umenia – 20.storočie. Bratislava, 2000.
Křižová, Alena. Šperk od antiky po současnost. Praha. 2015.
Křižová, Alena. Proměny českého šperku na konci 20. století. Praha. 2002.
Rada, Pravoslav: Techniky keramiky. Praha, 1989.
orientation in periodical professional press in the field of contemporary art, architecture, applied art and design from domestic ones, for example Designum, Remeslo Umenie Dizajn and others.

Recommended web pages

Consultations are recommended.

Consultations – Applied arts

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Information on the admission procedure for bachelor studies is provided by the AFAD’s study office:

M.Eng. Sylvia Kozáková

Position: Administrator of AIS, Application forms
Phone: +421 2 5942 8519
Email: kozakova(a)vsvu.sk

Information for applicants from Ukraine is provided by:

General consultations refer to Applicants guide