BA Musikwissenschaft (Musicology) at Folkwang University of the Arts

Programme overview

Three-year bachelor leading to the first professional qualification, including an area of optional studies for related sciences and key skills such as foreign languages and IT. Master programmes with different profiles build on it.

Faculty: Science and Pedagogy | Duration: 6 semesters (3 years), 180 ECTS | Study mode: full-time (part-time only if combined with a science subject at the University of Duisburg-Essen); German-taught | Intake: Winter semester (October) | Location: Essen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany

What you will study

Two-subject bachelor: Musicology as first subject combined either with an artistic subject at Folkwang (instrument, choral and ensemble conducting, music theory or voice) or with a humanities subject at the University of Duisburg-Essen.

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Application information

Entry requirements

General or subject-specific higher education entrance qualification or equivalent, and proof of subject-specific music-theoretical and musical prior knowledge (with an artistic second subject, also artistic aptitude) through the Folkwang aptitude test. Applicants without a German school qualification must show German at level B2 (CEFR) at enrolment. Application deadline 15 March for the following winter semester; EUR 50 application fee.

Intake: Winter semester (October)

Duration: 6 semesters (3 years), 180 ECTS

Apply through the official page: https://www.folkwang-uni.de/home/wissenschaft/studiengaenge/musikwissenschaft/musikwissenschaft-ba/basisinfos-bewerbung

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