Artistic practice and performance

Courses leading to a Bachelor's degree

• Conducting (B.Mus.)»
  Options Orchestral conducting, Choir and ensemble conducting
• Voice (B.Mus.)»
• JazzRockPop (B.Mus.)»
• Joint Bachelor's degree course, major subject Music (B.A.)»
• Church Music (B.Mus.)»
• Pianoforte (B.Mus.)»
• Composition (B.Mus.)»
• Musical Performance (B.Mus.)»
• Musical Performance and Education (B.Mus.)»
  Options Instrument Teaching, Elementary Music Education, Rhythmics
• Media Management (B.A.)»
• Popular Music (B.Mus.)»
• Education for Special Needs (B.A.)»
  Music as subsidiary subject

Courses leading to a Master's degree

• Chamber Music (M.Mus.)»
  Options Pianoforte, Lied Interpretation, Ensemble
• Church Music (M.Mus.)»
• Conducting (M.Mus.)»
  Options Orchestral conducting, Choir and ensemble conducting, opera correpetition
• Composition (M.Mus.)»
• Conducting Children's and Youth Choirs (M.Mus.)»
• Higher Secondary Teaching Qualification (M.Ed.)»
• JazzRockPop (Performance) (M.Mus.)»
• Keyboard Instruments (M.Mus.)»
  Major Subjects pianoforte, piano duo, harpsichord, piano forte, organ
• Media Management (M.A.)»
• Media and Music (M.A.)»
• Musical Performance (M.Mus.)»
• Musical Performance and Education (M.Mus.)»
• Music Research and Music Education (M.A.)»
• Music Theory (M.Mus.)»
• Voice, concentration for free lance singers (M.Mus.)»
• Voice, Opera concentration (M.Mus.)»

Courses leading to a "Diplom" degree

• Acting»

Further Courses

• Junior Music Studies»

Supplementary courses

• Doctorate in Musicology
• Solo Performance Class / postgraduate programme

Courses leading to a "Diplom" degree, accepted up to seventh semester

Registration in one of these "Diplom" courses is only possible for students transferring from other universities into the 7th term. To register to one of the following programms of study please contact the Student Registration Office: hmtm@hmtm-hannover.de

• Musical Performance / Artistic Training in Music»
• Foundation course, Voice / Professional Operatic Singing»

Length of courses, degrees awarded

There are a various Master's degree courses designed to build on any of the courses listed above, so that anyone already holding a Bachelor's degree can pursue postgraduate studies for a Master's degree at the HMTMH. In addition, there are some interesting new areas of study such as conducting children's and youth choirs or theory of music. Bachelor's courses last eight semesters, Master's courses four.

Teacher training courses

• Music teaching for schools (former course) = Music as major subject in the "Joint Bachelor's Degree Programme"
  The Bachelor's degree in two subjects (major and minor subject) offered jointly with Leibniz University Hanover is not exclusively a teaching qualification, but it entitles graduates to enrol for the Master's degree course for a higher secondary teaching qualification. For information on the whole range of subjects offered under this Joint Bachelor's Degree programme, please visit www.uni-hannover.de
• Education for special needs with music as minor subject
  Students following the Bachelor's degree course in Education for Special Needs at the Leibniz University Hanover can choose music as their minor subject.

Length of courses, degrees awarded

Bachelor's courses last eight semesters, Master's courses four.

Academic courses

• Media management
• Media and music
• Music research and music education/communication

Length of courses, degrees awarded

There are courses in media management leading both to a Bachelor's and to a Master's degree. In the other two subject areas, only Master's degree courses are offered. Academic Bachelor's courses last six semesters, Master's courses four.

Applications and Admissions

Students can begin courses at the University of Music, Drama and Media Hanover only at the start of the winter semester.

Admission to courses at the University of Music, Drama and Media Hanover is on the basis of an assessment procedure in the course of which the student must demonstrate his or her particular artistic aptitude.

Dates of admission examinations

Course in Acting: 15 October 2011 - 15 January 2012 (postmark to serve as proof of posting date)
Courses in Media Management and in Media and Music: 16 April 2012 - 15 June 2012 (postmark to serve as proof of posting date)
Master's Degree Courses for the Higher Secondary Teaching Qualification and in Education for Special Needs: Applications are to be addressed to www.uni-hannover.de/de/»
All other courses: 1 February 2012 - 15 April 2012 (postmark to serve as proof of posting date)

Financial assistance and other aspects of studying

There are a constantly growing number of scholarship schemes which provide many students with financial and material support, thus facilitating their studies and improving the conditions under which they can live and work.
Studying at the HMTMH means both contact and exchange with like-minded people and the creation of important networks in one's own professional area which extend far beyond the University itself.

Important addresses and persons to contact

Hochschule für Musik, Theater und Medien Hannover
(University of Music, Drama and Media Hanover)

Immatrikulationsamt (Registrations Office)
Hindenburgstr. 2-4
30175 Hanover
Germany
Phone: +49 (0)511 3100-7223/-7224
Fax: +49 (0)511 3100-7200

Email: beate.roch@hmtm-hannover.de
Email: ursula.schreiber@hmtm-hannover.de

Further information on courses, applications and deadlines for applications»