In the master's programme Music Studies, you can specialise in such areas as the cultural history of music, systematic music studies, or music and media.
The aim is to enable students to engage in independent critical reflection on phenomena of musical culture and to actively shape current musical life. Students acquire methodological, practical, theoretical, analytical as well as organisational and communication skills. The challenges of the cultural, social and economic shift in the past and present (mediatisation, globalisation, interculturality, demographic changes), as opposed to a normative concept of music, form the basis of musicological work.
This course of studies lasts 4 semesters. Part time study is possible. You will complete 120 credit points in the following areas:
Methods in music studies
Music studies overview
Music practice and theory
Elective areas
Cultural history of music / gender studies
Systematic music studies
Music and media
Interdisciplinary module in languages and cultural studies Area of professionalisation (languages, offers in other subjects, internships, projects, study abroad, etc.) Master's thesis module
connection between music practice and theory and music studies related contents
Internationally recognised research
Opportunity to spend an Erasmus semester abroad at a partner university in for example Romania, Greece, the UK or Ireland.
Opportunity to take other language and cultural studies related modules in areas such as German studies, English studies, Slavic studies, art, media, or material culture up to 30 credit points.
Opportunities for individual professionalisation modules up to 15 credit points.
Internships, study abroad, study assistance (conference organisation, tutorials, etc.), languages, journalistic writing, workshops, self-organised learning forms, choice of classes or modules in other subject areas
This is an open admissions degree course, and applications are accepted for both the winter and summer semesters. The application deadline for the winter semester is 30 September. The application deadline for the summer semester is 31 March.
Please note For open-admission Master's degree programmes it is strongly recommended to submit their applications as early as possible before 15 July for the winter semester and before 15 January for the summer semester. If the supporting documents are submitted after these dates but before the standard application deadlines, your application can only be processed at the start of the lecture period in the new semester. This may result serious problems (German document).
The master's programme in Music Studies offers a way into an academic career, and also paves the way to leading positions in institutions and projects in modern musical life. Institutions, businesses, projects, and initiatives in today's music world need qualified people with flexible, overlapping skills. This programme qualifies you for a number of diverse career fields: locally specific, globally networked, socially aware, demand oriented, self-employed or employed by someone else. The range of possible professional activities includes academic employment, publishing, local music policy and administration, organising musical events, and cultural or music work with adults and seniors.