Bachelor's Programme Music Studies
You would like to deal with music academically and you are interested in both European and international music cultures?
The Bachelor’s programme in Music Studies applies scholarly methods to investigate how music has developed across different historical contexts, the roles it plays in social, political, media, economic, environmental and other contexts, and how its sonic design elements relate to these factors. The repertoire studied spans a wide range of periods, places and styles—older and more recent; European and non-European; popular and less popular.
Please note: the language of instruction for this programme is German.
Bachelor of Arts
Duration/ECTS-Credits
6 semesters/180 ECTS-Credits
Mode of Study
Full-time
Language
German
Requirements
Secondary school completion certificate/equivalent
and Language Certificates
Supplemental exam
Latin
Faculty
Faculty of Philosophy and History
Level of qualification
Bachelor (First Cycle)
ISCED-11: Level 6, EQF/NQF: Level 6
ISCED-F
0215 Music and performing arts
Study Code
UC 033 636
Dates and Deadlines for admission
Bachelorstudium Musikwissenschaft
FAQ
Graduates are able to elaborate, evaluate and implement scientific developments in the field of musicological research and to apply the skills required in interdisciplinary contexts. They possess scientifically well-founded theoretical and methodical problem-solving skills.
Graduates of the Bachelor’s Programme Music Studies have basic knowledge in the subareas of this discipline, with special attention to the field of historical musicology.
Graduates are able to individually aquire and assess subject-specific information. They are qualified to adapt scientific knowledge for professional practice. They are trained for targeted reflection on individual culturally marked access which is required for critically evaluate music and statements on music. Moreover, they aquire the competence to process scientific evidence in a generally understandable way and to impart it verbally and in writing, to work bibliographically and documentary as well as to deal with technical media required for transfering scientific issues and knowledge.
Graduates work in the media sector (radio, television, print and online media); in music collections and music‑related documentation institutions (libraries, archives, museums, music information centres); in cultural management (event organisation and cultural outreach); in research; in the cultural industries; and in cultural administration and policy.
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Art, Music & Literature
Anyone wishing to study Art History, Music Studies or literary studies will find several suitable degree programmes at the University of Innsbruck.
The arts and literature disciplines form part of the Research Area: Cultural Encounters – Cultural Conflicts, one of the University of Innsbruck’s eight Research Areas, in which humanities and social sciences disciplines examine forms of cultural contact, exchange and conflict.
The University of Innsbruck also boasts extensive Archives and Collections, which are available for research and teaching.
