University in Germany
München, Bayern, Germany
University profile
The Hochschule für Musik und Theater München (HMTM) is a state higher education institution in Munich, a public-law corporation (Körperschaft des öffentlichen Rechts) under Art. 4 Abs. 1 BayHIG, and the largest state arts university in Bavaria. It trains musicians, dancers, actors and culture managers and counts itself among the most significant and diverse institutions for music, dance and theatre in Europe. Its mission statement of 2015 stresses individual support, a balance of artistic, academic and pedagogical content, and a particular responsibility towards children and young people through its Young Academy and Ballet Academy.
Teaching takes place at several sites in central Munich: Campus Arcisstraße (Arcisstr. 12, Brienner Str. 32, Barer Str. 19/19a), Luisenstraße 37a, Wilhelmstraße 19, Gasteig HP8, the Prinzregententheater (home of the Bavarian Theatre Academy August Everding) and an interim site at Frankenthaler Straße 23. The location in the city's cultural centre ties students into the concert halls, opera houses and theatres of the Bavarian capital.
The university is organised into twelve institutes and academies: Institute for Artistic Instrumental Studies, Ballet Academy, Institute for Artistic Vocal and Theatre Training, Institute for Artistic-Pedagogical Studies, Institute for School Music, Institute for Church Music, Jazz Institute, Institute for Historical Performance Practice, Institute for New Music, Composition and Conducting, Institute for Culture Management and Media, Institute of Musicology, and the HMTM Young Academy. More than 100 study variants are offered across music, dance, theatre, culture management and communication, and academic study and research, at every qualification level from the Young Academy and Jungstudium to Bachelor, Master, Lehramt, the Zertifikat Meisterklasse, Excellence in Performance and doctorates.
The Ballet Academy, founded for the 1964/65 study year by Konstanze Vernon, is the only state institution for professional stage dance in Bavaria and has more than 100 students, from children in the Jungstudium to young adults in the Bachelor and Meisterklasse. The Jazz Institute, founded in the late 1980s at the Richard-Strauss-Konservatorium by Kurt Maas and part of HMTM since 2008, has around 80 students from about 20 countries. The Wavelab start-up centre runs an incubator for founding teams, and the Ben-Haim Research Centre holds archival sources on Jewish musical life.
Around 40 per cent of the students come from abroad, and the International Office, the internationals@home programme, German courses and ERASMUS+ and other exchange partnerships support them. Student housing is arranged through the Studierendenwerk München Oberbayern halls, a quota in the hall at Ismaninger Straße, and, for Ballet Academy students aged 16 and over, the Heinz-Bosl-Stiftung residence. The library holds more than 180,000 media units, mostly sheet music.
For Bachelor, Master, Lehramt and doctoral programmes, only the semester contribution (Semesterbeitrag) is charged: EUR 97 for winter semester 2026/27. This is not tuition. The Jungstudium costs EUR 300, the Talent-Programm EUR 100 and the Zertifikat Meisterklasse EUR 2,097 for the same semester.
Awarded at the start of the winter semester to particularly talented and committed students with excellent study results, at EUR 300 per month.
Awarded once a year for 12 months to needy final-year students (except Zertifikat Meisterklasse) with a refugee or migration background, at EUR 500 per month.
Awarded once a year for 12 months to socially needy, excellent and committed female Bachelor or Master students with piano as the main subject in the artistic-pedagogical track, at EUR 600 per month, with a guaranteed place in the Frauendorfer-Haus student residence.
A degree-completion scholarship for international students, who must finish their studies within a year of applying. Application periods: 15 February to 15 March for the summer semester and 28 September to 18 October for the winter semester.
PROMOS (DAAD-funded) supports competition trips, language courses, study and internship stays abroad, with application periods 15 February to 15 March and 28 September to 18 October. ERASMUS+ advice is given by the International Office. Enquiries: [email protected].
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View scholarships for Hochschule für Musik und Theater München →Every degree programme requires an aptitude test (Eignungsprüfung or Eignungsverfahren). Applications are made exclusively through the online application portal. The aptitude test for artistic and artistic-pedagogical programmes (Jungstudium, Bachelor, Master, Zertifikat Meisterklasse, Excellence in Performance) and for teacher-training programmes takes place on site in Munich and cannot be replaced, even in part, by a virtual examination. Some programmes require a video pre-selection uploaded with the application documents, and some Master programmes (for example Jazz and Excellence in Performance) include the video as part of the first stage.
For most programmes the application must be received by 5 March, 23:59. Different dates apply to the cooperation programmes with the Theaterakademie August Everding, Dance (Bachelor and Jungstudium) and the Master programmes in Digital Communication in the Music and Entertainment Industry, Culture and Music Management (application deadline 31 May for Culture and Music Management), Cultural Journalism, Sound Art and Music Mediation. On-site aptitude tests take place 12 to 22 June 2027 and 10 to 20 June 2028. Doctoral applications can be made at any time.
The registration fee for the aptitude procedure is EUR 50.00, with EUR 10.00 for each further programme applied for at the same time, paid by ePayment in the portal and non-refundable.
The language of instruction is German. Applicants from countries where German is not spoken, or whose first language is not German, must present a language certificate on the day of matriculation; the level depends on the programme. Examples from programme pages are German B1 for the Bachelor of Music Violin, no certificate for the Master of Music Violin, and C1 for the Master Culture and Music Management. Intensive German courses before the start of study and German courses of levels A1, B1 and B2/C1 during the semester are offered to international students.
Bachelor of Music programmes run for 8 semesters (240 ECTS) and Master of Music programmes for 4 semesters (120 ECTS). The artistic requirements for each instrument or subject are set in the programme-specific requirements for the aptitude test, and sample papers in general music theory and ear training are available for Bachelor applicants.
The university awards the degree Dr. phil. in Musicology, Music Education and Music-Media Management on the basis of a dissertation and an oral examination (Rigorosum). Applicants submit the registration form, curriculum vitae, certificates and an exposé of the dissertation project to the Prüfungsamt, and the Promotionsausschuss decides on admission. Documents are due at least two weeks before the next committee meeting.
After admission, students accept the place in the portal, pay the semester fee and upload the enrolment documents, then enrol in person at Arcisstr. 12. Proof of sufficient health insurance must be provided electronically by a German statutory health insurer. Teacher-training students must also enrol at LMU Munich for educational science.
All sites are in central Munich.
The library holds more than 180,000 media units, mainly sheet music, plus audio-visual media, books, journals and theses, with access to subscription databases and a digital collection in open access; it is also the archive library for music published in Bavaria alongside the Bavarian State Library. Student housing is available through the Studierendenwerk München Oberbayern, the Ismaninger Straße hall (limited quota) and, for Ballet Academy students, the Heinz-Bosl-Stiftung residence with furnished single and double rooms.
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