The call is aimed at the 25 academies, art colleges and universities organized in the Kunsthochschulenkonferenz. They are invited to nominate two students or teams. Individual applications are not possible.
The selection procedure is determined by the universities themselves. As a rule, they send two individuals to the competition, but they can also be student teams, which are then judged as a single position.
The 25 participating art academies:
- Berlin University of the Arts
- Weißensee Academy of Art Berlin
- Braunschweig University of Art
- University of the Arts Bremen
- Dresden University of Fine Arts
- Kunstakademie Düsseldorf
- Städelschule, Frankfurt am Main
- Burg Giebichenstein University of Art and Design Halle
- Hochschule für bildende Künste Hamburg
- Staatliche Akademie der Bildenden Künste Karlsruhe
- Karlsruhe University of Arts and Design
- Kunsthochschule Kassel
- Muthesius Academy of Fine Arts, Kiel
- Academy of Media Arts Cologne
- Academy of Visual Arts Leipzig
- Mainz Academy of Fine Arts
- Munich Academy of Fine Arts
- Munich Academy of Television and Film
- Münster Academy of Fine Arts
- Academy of Fine Arts Nuremberg
- Offenbach University of Art and Design
- Film University Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF, Potsdam
- University of Fine Arts Saar
- State Academy of Fine Arts Stuttgart
- Bauhaus University Weimar