Cologne University of Music - Page

The Cologne University of Music, founded in 1845, is a state-run music university seated in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia. It is the largest music university throughout Europe. More than 1,500 students spread across the three departments of Cologne, Aachen, and Wuppertal. The University offers study opportunities at Bachelor’s level and Master’s level in the following fields of study: Composition, Keyboard Instruments, Texture, Auditory Education, Plucked Instruments, Contemporary Music, Electronic Compositions; String Instruments, Orchestra Conducting, Early Music; Wind Instruments, Percussions, Harp; Voice, Music Theater; Musicology, Music Education, Church Music, Choir Conducting; Jazz/Pop. In terms of Bachelor studies, the University offers the study courses “Orchestral Instruments“, “Keyboard Instruments“, “Plucked Instruments and Other Instruments“, “Voice“, “Conducting“, “Composition“, “Church Music“, “Jazz/Pop“, “Instrumental/Voice Education“, “Elementary Music Education“ and “Dance“. The scope of Master studies includes “Voice“, “Historical Instruments and Baroque Voice“, “Interpretation of Comtemporary Music“, “Jazz/Pop“, “Chamber Music“, “Composition/Arrangement“, “Electronic Composition“, “Instrumental Composition“, “Song Interpretation for Pianists“, “Contemporary Piano Music“, “Orchestral Performance“, “Production“, as well as “Solo Instrument“, “Dance Studies“, “Musicology“, and “Music Education“. Being a university with the right to confer doctoral degrees, the Cologne University of Music provides the opportunity for doctorates in the fields of Music Education, Musiciology, Dance Studies, and Musicians‘ Medicine. The following degrees can be obtained at the Cologne University of Music: B.A., B.Mus., M.A., M.Mus., State Examination, Concert Examination, and Dr. phil.