Master's Programm Composition

REQUIRED DOCUMENTS

For all external applicantsfor the Master's Programmes the following applies:

In the course of the required online application we need the following documents in time to the application deadline, in order to be able to forward your documents to our Dean of Studies for checking the equivalency of your preliminary studies:

• Your Bachelor's Diploma Certificate telling your academic degree (on your University´s letter paper and with your University´s stamps/seals and signatures)
• Official German (English is also OK) translation* of the Bachelor's Diploma Certificate
• Your Bachelor's final examination Certificate (on your University's letter paper and with your University's stamps/seals and signatures)  
• Official German (English is also OK) translation* of the Bachelor's final examination Certificate
• Your Transcript of Records (Diploma Supplement / Academic Record / complete list of all subjects that you have passed, the credits/semester hours and grades on your University´s letter paper and with your University´s stamps/seals and signatures)
• Official German (English is also OK) translation* of your Transcript of Records / Diploma Supplement / Academic Records / list of subjects

Please also pay attention to any required diplomatic legalization* of your documents!
^{*  Information sheet from the Welcome Center}

Only after the Dean of Studies has confirmed the equivalency of your preliminary studies you will be notified for the entrance exam.

PREREQUISITES

For graduates of the Bachelor's Programme in "Composition and Music Theory" at KUG the following applies:

Students who have graduated from the Bachelor's Programme in “Composition and Music Theory” at KUG will be admitted to the appropriate Master's Programme if they have completed the subject area in the Bachelor's Programme that has a related emphasis:

• Completed BA Composition and Music Theory with the emphasis Composition -> MA Composition

• Completed BA Composition and Music Theory with the emphasis Music Theory -> MA Music Theory

If this is not the case, then admission to the Master's Programme is also only possible after it has been judged positively that candidates have met the qualitative admission requirements.

ENTRANCE EXAM

IMPORTANT: For the Master's Programme "Composition" and "Composition-Musical Theatre" you have to submit 3 representative scores as well as your curriculum vitae in advance and in time to the respective application deadline!

Only after your work has been judged favourably and the equivalency of your preliminary studies has been confirmed by the Dean of Studies, you will be notified for the placement colloquium!

The placement colloquium is made up of the following parts:

• Submission and presentation of original compositions (Master's Programme Composition and Composition-Musical Theatre) and/or original music theory analyses (Master's Programme Music Theory) plus oral discussion about this work with the exam committee

• Demonstration of practical musical abilities

Here you can find the entrance requirements.

The test of qualitative admission requirements is based on the content of the Bachelor's final exam (see curriculum) and represents a review of what is required at this level. The external applicants have to prove that they have the artistic potential to meet the demands of the particular Master's Programme they want to study.

In the course of the colloquium it will be determined, if necessary, which courses the candidate still needs to complete from the Bachelor's Programme in “Composition and Music Theory”.

Admission to the Master's Programme Composition – Musical Theatre is without exception only possible after it has been judged positively that candidates have met the qualitative admission requirements.

ADMISSION

Please mind: After passing the entrance exam you are not automatically admitted to the Degree Programme – the enrolment has to be carried out in due time via e-mail! See also "First steps to becoming a student"!