SRH University of Popular Arts (hdpk)

The SRH Start-up Lab of the Berlin SRH universities is an area to meet up, to exchange ideas, to experiment, to work, to study, to relax and to party. It supports our students in developing their entrepreneurial personalities.

It is equipped with workstations, whiteboards and wifi and is open to our hdpk students and to all students of design akademie berlin - SRH Hochschule für Kommunikation & Design, to Berlin and Dresden students of SRH Hochschule Berlin.

Aside from talks, workshops, meetups and other events, the lab offers advice on all stages of the company founding process. We are pleased that from 19 January on we can further support our students in finding their entrepreneurial future!

The hdpk library is the scientific lending library for students and staff at the SRH Hochschule der populären Künste (hdpk).

Its collection is orientated towards the reading requirements of courses offered by the hdpk and features textbooks, specialist literature, sheet music, periodicals, magazines, CDs and DVDs. There is a specialised collection in the field of popular music.

The library also holds student dissertations and artistic and musical productions. The hdpk library offers a programme of support for students, to help them finding their way within the information jungle while researching for their course-work or dissertations. These workshops are open to all hdpk students, and can be seen as supplementary to the University’s lectures and seminars. We are also always happy to provide individual advice.

The Student Parliament (StuPa) serves to provide a voice for hdpk students with regard to University affairs. It comprises not just course representatives from each semester of each course, but also all those who, alongside their studies, want to get involved with how the University is run – and make a contribution for the benefit of all.

We function as a link between the University management and the student body, discussing problems, concerns and requests for changes in regular meetings and then submitting them to the appropriate department with the aim of working constructively towards a positive solution.

The Student Parliament works to serve the needs of all students; to achieve this, it relies on students’ creativity and their constant feedback.

For example, at University events the StuBar provides drinks for participants. One of the StuPa’s project groups plans and organises the First Semester party, where new faces at the University are made to feel at home.

At the hdpk, the Student Secretariat and the Campus Service Centre work closely together.

For your initial queries, all questions relating to records and proofs of performance and the submission of applications and certificates, please come to the Student Secretariat.

The Campus Service Centre will assist you with questions about course fees and provide advice about administrative matters. They will also be happy to help with certificates, applications and other issues relating to certification.

Berlin is highly attractive for creative minds, and has more than 160,000 students. The housing market offers a wide range of situations, and the Berlin StudierendenWERK (office of student activities) can support in in finding rooms in special student Dormitories. No matter what you’re looking for, shared flat or your own four walls, accommodations in Berlin are affordable (compared to other metropolitan regions).

Many of our students use Internet platforms for finding rooms; asking your fellow students may still be one of the best strategies.

Student office and Campus Service work closely together. The Student office will gladly support you with all your initial queries concerning your performance records, submission of applications and certificates.