Konrad Wolf Film University of Babelsberg

The Konrad Wolf Film University of Babelsberg (German: Filmuniversität Babelsberg Konrad Wolf) is the oldest and largest film school in Germany. The university offers undergraduate, graduate, as well as post-graduate studies in all fields of the process of filmmaking. In addition, it is the only art school in Brandenburg, situated together with the Babelsberg Film Studio in Babelsberg. Different departments have been established in order to expand research, teaching, and studies, as well as for the improvement of its national and international affiliations. Among them are the Institute for Artistic Research (Institut für künstlerische Forschung) and the Potsdam Film Museum (Filmmusem Potsdam). With the same objective, the university is also affiliated with the Erich Pommer Institute and the Institute for Career Research and Business Planning in Media (Institut für Berufsforschung und Unternehmensplanung Medien). History The institution was founded on 1 November 1954 as a German Academy of Film Art at Babelsberg Palace in Potsdam-Babelsberg, and in 1969, it was renamed the Film and Television Academy of the GDR. In 1985, it was named after director Konrad Wolf; the institute was renamed in 1990 to Academy for Film and Television. On 8 July 2014, the school was granted university status and renamed Konrad Wolf Film University of Babelsberg, after 60 years of existence.