MMus Music Therapy at Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg

Programme overview

The part-time Master's course in Music Therapy is taught in block seminars. Its therapeutic orientation is psychodynamic and developmental-psychological with a body-oriented focus, and it is closely linked to music therapy practice through cooperation with the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE).

Faculty: Faculty of Education, Therapy and Science (Deanery III) | Department: Music therapy | Duration: 6 semesters (120 ECTS), part-time | Study mode: part-time (block seminars) | Intake: Winter semester (every three years; next start 2026) | Location: Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany

What you will study

Eight extended weekends (Thursday to Sunday) and two block weeks per year, at least 210 hours of practical training, 75 hours of teaching music therapy and 50 hours of supervision, plus scientific-theoretical knowledge from medicine, psychology, social sciences and musicology.

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Application information

Entry requirements

At least a Bachelor's degree (180 ECTS) in music, psychology, medicine, education or social sciences. Admission every three years; application 15 February to 1 April 2026 for winter semester 2026/27.

EUR 9,250 for the whole programme. Approximate costs for music therapy instruction and supervision over the programme. Source

Intake: Winter semester (every three years; next start 2026)

Duration: 6 semesters (120 ECTS), part-time

Apply through the official page: https://hfmt.hispro.de/qisserver/pages/cs/sys/portal/hisinoneStartPage.faces

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