BA Music Education (Musikpädagogik) at Justus Liebig University Giessen

Programme overview

Students approach music scholarly from systematic, historical and comparative perspectives and combine music-education theory with applied music theory and musical practice, preparing for non-school music education work.

Faculty: Fachbereich 03 - Social and Cultural Sciences | Department: Institute for Musicology and Music Education | Duration: 6 semesters (3 years), 180 CP | Study mode: full-time; German-taught | Intake: Winter semester | Location: Gießen, Hessen, Germany

What you will study

A two-year basic phase and a one-year specialisation phase, supplemented by two reference subjects of 30 CP each: Musicology is compulsory and the second reference subject comes from cooperating departments.

Career pathways

Graduates can work across a broad range of areas, especially the cultural sector and communication.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Admission: no admission restriction (no NC). A recognised higher education entrance qualification (Hochschulzugangsberechtigung) is required; foreign qualifications are checked via anabin. No pre-study internship is required. Applicants with a foreign entrance qualification must also meet the German-language proof requirement. Application deadlines for winter semester 2027/28 are not yet published. An aptitude test is required for Musikpädagogik as a main subject.

Intake: Winter semester

Duration: 6 semesters (3 years), 180 CP

Apply through the official page: https://www.uni-giessen.de/de/studium/bewerbung

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