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Music - Piano Mainz University

Degree

Master of Music

Standard period of study (amount)

4 semesters

Location

Overview and admission

Study Type

graduate

Admission semester

Summer and Winter Semester

Area of study

Instrumental Music

Target group

The goal of the Master's degree course is to provide adequately pre-trained students with the intensified artistic skills, technical command of their instruments and career-related competencies that they require for a musical profession.

Annotation

Applications are submitted via the student registrars office of the University of Mainz \; Registration for the aptitude test at the University of Music. If the Bachelor degree certificate is not available by the application deadline, but at least 135 credit points can be demonstrated: Submit a certificate of study and examinations and the average grade achieved so far. (This certificate must be issued by the relevant higher education, original or officially authenticated copy). After enrolment, the diploma must be submitted. If the degree was obtained abroad: officially authenticated copy of a certificate of recognition (responsible: Student Service - Admission International).

Admission modus

Local admission restriction

Admission requirements (Link)

Admission requirements

Bachelor's degree in Music, or a degree from a university in Germany or abroad, to which there is no significant difference. Pass the aptitude test (see https://www.musik.uni-mainz.de/studium/bewerbung/). For applicants who have not obtained their university entrance qualification at a German-speaking institution or a degree in a German-language course, proof of sufficient German language skills (comparable to level A1 CEFR) must be provided. This evidence is provided either by submitting appropriate test certificates or by talking to the examination committee as part of the aptitude test. If this proof is not provided at the latest when the course begins, the admission expires.

Lecture period

  • 14.04.2025 - 19.07.2025
  • 27.10.2025 - 14.02.2026

Application deadlines

Summer semester (2025)

  • Application deadline for Germans and inhabitants
    Expired
    Participation in the lottery procedure for Master's degree programmes (winter semester 01.08.-31.08; summer semester 01.08.-31.08): https://www.studium.uni-mainz.de/losverfahren Please also note the earlier registration deadlines for the aptitude test in the respective subjects.
  • Enrollment deadline for Germans and foreign students
    Expired (Universitywide deadline)
  • Deadlines for International Students from the European Union
    Expired
    Those who have obtained their higher education entrance qualification abroad should have their certificates recognised early on via the Student Services (https://www.studium.uni-mainz.de/anerkennung). The request for recognition should be submitted six to eight weeks before the respective application deadline, as the certificate of recognition must be enclosed with the application.
  • Deadlines for international students from countries that are not members of the European Union
    Expired
    Those who have obtained their higher education entrance qualification abroad should have their certificates recognised early on via the Student Services (www.uni-mainz.de/incoming). The request for recognition should be submitted six to eight weeks before the respective application deadline, as the certificate of recognition must be enclosed with the application.

Winter semester (2025/2026)

  • Application deadline for Germans and inhabitants
    01.04.2025 - 15.05.2025
    Participation in the lottery procedure for Master's degree programmes (winter semester 01.08.-31.08; summer semester 01.08.-31.08): https://www.studium.uni-mainz.de/losverfahren Please also note the earlier registration deadlines for the aptitude test in the respective subjects.
  • Enrollment deadline for Germans and foreign students
    15.05.2025 (Universitywide deadline)
  • Deadlines for International Students from the European Union
    01.04.2025 - 15.05.2025
    Those who have obtained their higher education entrance qualification abroad should have their certificates recognised early on via the Student Services (https://www.studium.uni-mainz.de/anerkennung). The request for recognition should be submitted six to eight weeks before the respective application deadline, as the certificate of recognition must be enclosed with the application.
  • Deadlines for international students from countries that are not members of the European Union
    01.04.2025 - 15.05.2025
    Those who have obtained their higher education entrance qualification abroad should have their certificates recognised early on via the Student Services (https://www.studium.uni-mainz.de/anerkennung). The request for recognition should be submitted six to eight weeks before the respective application deadline, as the certificate of recognition must be enclosed with the application.

Languages of instruction

Main language

German

Further languages

English

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