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MA Musikwissenschaft (Two-Subject Master) at Paderborn University

Paderborn University, Germany

Programme overview

Master's subject for scientific study of music in its whole range: music history and aesthetics, digital music editing and analysis, and questions on the cultural and social meaning of music, composition history and gender.

Faculty: Faculty of Cultural Studies (Fakultät für Kulturwissenschaften)  |  Duration: 4 semesters (2 years); 45 of 120 ECTS in the degree  |  Study mode: full-time; German-taught  |  Intake: Summer and winter semesters  |  Location: Paderborn, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany

What you will study

A share subject (45 of 120 credits) in a combination programme in which two subjects are studied.

Career pathways

The interdisciplinary master's gives well-founded scientific knowledge in the two chosen subjects.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Paderborn Two-Subject Bachelor in Musicology or a comparable professional degree of at least six semesters covering music history, harmony and analysis and musicological methods. Admission-free: no numerus clausus, so all applicants meeting the enrolment requirements are admitted.

Intake: Summer and winter semesters

Duration: 4 semesters (2 years); 45 of 120 ECTS in the degree

Apply through the official page: https://www.uni-paderborn.de/zv/3-3/formalitaeten

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