Master’s Programme Music Studies

Graduates possess highly specialised knowledge. They are able to apply their knowledge by independently formulate and substantiate scientific arguments and to find innovative solutions to problems.

The Master's Programme Music Studies is grouped among the Humanities.

The master's programme serves as an in-depth and complementary vocational education based on a relevant bachelor's programme. Special attention in the master’s programme is to be given to an increasingly autonomous approach of scientific issues, problem-solving skills as well as promoting critical reflection of research results and methodological approaches.

Graduates of the Master’s Programme Music Studies have highly specialized knowledge in different disciplines of music studies, which qualify them for innovative and original research. They are able to elaborate new problem statements and to achive methodically secured results, with special attention to the current state of research. They are able to apply their knowledge and understanding in terms of subject-specific skills and the competence of scientific integration of knowledge from different areas.  

Career paths range from research and teaching at universities, universities of the arts, conservatoires, music schools and in adult education to roles in music collections and music‑related documentation institutions (libraries, archives, museums, music information centres); in the media (radio, television, print and online); in cultural management (event organisation and cultural outreach/education); in dramaturgy; in the cultural industries (publishing, recorded music); and in cultural administration and policy.

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