Beim St.-Katharinenstift 8, 18055 Rostock, Germany

+49 381 5108-101

Undergraduate program

Bachelor of Music. Four years. Studies include performance (classical, jazz/popular, opera, music theatre), orchestral conducting, repetiteur training, composition, theory, music history, world music, wellness for musicians, music education.

Graduate program

Master of Arts. In musicology, ethnomusicology. Master of Music. In performance, orchestral performance, opera performance, chamber music, orchestral conducting, repetiteur training, composition, theory, music pedagogy. Doctor of Philosophy.

Other programs

Konzertexamen. A post-graduate diploma for highly gifted performers and composers. Staatsexamen. To gain the qualification to teach music in schools.

This University was originally founded in 1946 and was established under its present title in 1994. It currently enrols around 500 students in its departments of music and drama. The music department consists of an Institut für Musik and an Institut für Musikwissenschaft und Musikpädagogik. There is a Centre for Ostracized Music aiming to appreciate the music of the musicians actively persecuted and murdered during the Nazi regime. Facilities include state-of-the-art sound and media studios. There are co-operative agreements with the North German Philharmonic orchestra, the opera house and the theatre in Rostock, providing students with on-the-job training. Agreements with Manchester (United Kingdom), Umea (Sweden) and Copenhagen (Denmark) allow students to study abroad for at least three months. Close relationships exist with the University of Rostock where some music subjects are taught. The Academy has instituted a system of partial tests which allows students to take some of their examinations at any time, so eliminating waiting lists for examination deadlines. The Young Academy Rostock offers music tuition to gifted young people. An active member of the Association Européenne des Conservatoires, Académies de Musique et Musikhochschulen.

October 2021