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BSBI Portfolio Scholarship Competition
Join the BSBI portfolio scholarship competition and showcase your creativity!
Have you read the Portfolio Cookbook?
The Portfolio Cookbook guide is to help candidates carefully select their artwork and showcase their workflow and creative thinking process. Before you enter the competition, please make sure you read through the Cookbook guide to give you a better chance to be considered for the competition. The Cookbook will show you the Do's and Don'ts, what you should include in your portfolio, what it should look like and many more. View the Portfolio Cookbook.
Next Competition
Best Portfolio (Study for Free!)
1 Student | 100% Scholarship on Tuition
Second Best Portfolio
10 Students | 50% Scholarship on Tuition
Third Best Portfolio
20 Students | 40% Scholarship on Tuition
Additional portfolio scholarship for MA User Experience Design and MA Visual Communication programmes:
20 Students | 50% Scholarship on Tuition
5 Students | 100% scholarship on Tuition
Watch out for the announcement of the date for the next portfolio scholarship competition.
1 Student | 100% Scholarship on Tuition
Second Best Portfolio
10 Students | 50% Scholarship on Tuition
Third Best Portfolio
20 Students | 40% Scholarship on Tuition
Additional portfolio scholarship for MA User Experience Design and MA Visual Communication programmes:
20 Students | 50% Scholarship on Tuition
5 Students | 100% scholarship on Tuition
Watch out for the announcement of the date for the next portfolio scholarship competition.
The winners of the Ninth Competition
View the winning portfolios2nd Place Winners
50% Scholarship on Tuition
Defne Sevinc
Dhara Raja Agath
Eylul Oztabak
Meetkumar Pravinkumar Patel
Mehmet Ediz Bas
Anastasiya Lipnitskaya
Nazifenur Cetin
Nika Esteghamat
Samarth Shailesh Udasi
Abha Vaijnath
3rd Place Winners
40% Scholarship on Tuition
Behice Asya Colak
Gulce Celikoglu
Gamken Yonggam
Hosna Rezaeimalek
Nang Noom Noom Mwe Khaung
Atika Bashiru
Vishal Kumar
Akshit
Maria-Crina Ghebu
Gabriela Sponda Santana
Meta Hendrikson
Muhammed Hakyar Karatepe
Tharun Kumar Reddy Gopi Reddy
Varunan Balamohan
Portfolio Scholarship Winners for MA User Experience Design and MA Visual Communication
100% Scholarship on Tuition
Hasan Baris Uz
Nihal Girish Berde
Osman Gelmez
Maria Sophie Heydorn
Zhamila Dukenbayeva
50% Scholarship on Tuition
Ahmed Alam Siddiqui
Arkin Tyagi
Furkan Arslan
AVINASH Meena
Azar Karimi
Fatemeh Arian
Carolina Beatriz Lezcano Fondeur
Chiraag Danapath Rao
Kadir Doga Saglik
Farnaz Habibi
Gunes Uz
Kafui Papa Anamua Agbewoavi
Reyna Sena Kaynak
Elham Mahbood
Oyku Sahin
Sadaf Shadjoo
Shamim Nourbakhsh Jafari Dehkordi
Shayan Askari
Victor Uchenna Okoro
Keerthana Venkatesh
The winners of the Eighth Competition
View the winning portfolios3rd Place Winners
40% Scholarship on Tuition
The winners of the Seventh Competition
View the winning portfolios2nd Place Winners
50% Scholarship on Tuition
Valeriya Khaymovskaya
Yuan Mengying
Lukas Gamtsemlidze
Vu Tien Dat
Linh Nguyen
Maanini Mishra
Ankita Sunil Nagweka
Kamil Maidanov
Valeriya Khaymovskaya
Yuan Mengying
Lukas Gamtsemlidze
Vu Tien Dat
Linh Nguyen
Maanini Mishra
Ankita Sunil Nagweka
Kamil Maidanov
The winners of the Sixth Competition
View the winning portfolios3rd Place Winners
40% Scholarship on Tuition
The winners of the Fifth Competition
View the winning portfoliosThe winners of the Fourth Competition
View the winning portfoliosThe winners of the Third Competition
2nd Place Winners
50% Scholarship on Tuition
Dayana Zhumabek
Isac Samuel Da Silva
Matheus Lima Da Silva
View their workDayana Zhumabek
Isac Samuel Da Silva
Matheus Lima Da Silva
The winners of the Second Competition
The winners of the First Competition
2nd Place Winners
50% Scholarship
H. Moutaz
J. Morales
O. Chang
R. Fereira
C. Affat
V. Texeira
View their workH. Moutaz
J. Morales
O. Chang
R. Fereira
C. Affat
V. Texeira
3rd Place Winners
40% Scholarship
C. Morchheiser
C. Davies
A. Lauz
A. Khan
L. Munien
M. Pavon
O. Gerard
N. Alexander
J. Robinson
View their workC. Morchheiser
C. Davies
A. Lauz
A. Khan
L. Munien
M. Pavon
O. Gerard
N. Alexander
J. Robinson
How to Apply?
Complete an online application
Start Your Application NowSubmit a scanned image of your passport (page with student’s details and picture)
Submit your creative portfolio
- A panel of industry experts will be part the reviewing committee.
- The list of winners will be published on the berlinsbi.com website.
- Study at one of the top universities in the UK and earn an accredited degree while enjoying the beautiful city of Hamburg.
Congratulations to the winners of the latest Competition!
Our Academic Partner
The programmes in Hamburg campus are awarded by the University for the Creative Arts (UCA), a highly ranked specialist creative university based in the UK.
Rules of the Competition
This offer is not cumulative. Winners cannot use this discount on top of additional discounts or scholarships.
This is only applicable to the Faculty of Creative Industries programmes being offered on the Hamburg campus.
The courses below are awarded by the top ranked creative specialist university in the UK, University for the Creative Arts (UCA).
This is only applicable to the Faculty of Creative Industries programmes being offered on the Hamburg campus.
The courses below are awarded by the top ranked creative specialist university in the UK, University for the Creative Arts (UCA).
- Arts Foundation Year
- BA (Hons) Animation
- BA (Hons) Graphic Design
- BA (Hons) Game Design
- BA (Hons) Photography
- BA (Hons) Comic and Concept Art
Scholarships can only be used for the October 2025 intakes.
Final approval into the programme and issuing of Acceptance Letter will only occur if the student sends the required documents and these documents must be accepted. Winning the scholarship does not entitle the student to direct entry into the programme. The student must send all the required documents in order to be accepted at BSBI.
This scholarship is non-transferable, therefore, students can’t transfer it to other students.
If the portfolio is made by someone else, and the student wins the competition, the student will be disqualified. Plagiarism will not be tolerated
For any comments or questions regarding the winning portfolio submissions, please email us at info@berlinsbi.com.
Faculty of Creative Industries
Anchored by the BSBI core values - Enterprise, Leadership and Success - the Faculty of Creative Industries brings an impactful set of creative arts programmes that are not only significant to our current economy but also a promising and commercially relevant career pathway for the future.
Anticipating the demands of a digital and knowledge-based economy, the creative arts industry is in a transformative age and is becoming more valuable than ever. Modern-day artistry encompasses the ability to translate ideas to a meaningful output from visual interpretation to storytelling that automation cannot fully dictate, inspire and accomplish.
Creative innovations happen in a setting where it is encouraged and at the same time, challenged. This type of environment is provided at BSBI, encouraging our students to nurture and improve their skill set to enable them to build a thriving career in the creative economy when they graduate.
Learn more about the Faculty of Creative IndustriesAnticipating the demands of a digital and knowledge-based economy, the creative arts industry is in a transformative age and is becoming more valuable than ever. Modern-day artistry encompasses the ability to translate ideas to a meaningful output from visual interpretation to storytelling that automation cannot fully dictate, inspire and accomplish.
Creative innovations happen in a setting where it is encouraged and at the same time, challenged. This type of environment is provided at BSBI, encouraging our students to nurture and improve their skill set to enable them to build a thriving career in the creative economy when they graduate.