Application period

20.10. - 20.11. 2024  for the winter semester 2025/26

Entrance requirements

• Completion of a Bachelor degree of at least 6 semesters or a comparable degree
• Exceptional artistic talent

• Standard period of study: 4 semesters, 120 credit points

• Degree: Master of Music (M Mus)

All steps mentioned in the following must be taken within the application deadline of the respective study program. It is recommended that you apply as early as possible within the application deadline so that you can clarify any questions that may arise with our StudyGuide in good time.

1. Register and verify yourself (if you have not already done so in the past) in the Campus Management Portal of the UdK Berlin: https://my.udk-berlin.de
    
2. Log in to the Campus Management Portal (https://my.udk-berlin.de) and submit an application for admission to the desired degree programme there by the application deadline.
   Attach the following documents to the application for admission:
   ● Detailed CV in tabular form
   ● Certificate of university graduation (Information for an application with a foreign university degree can be found below)
   ● Bank statement as proof of payment of the fee of € 30 for processing the application (in case of transfer from abroad proof of payment) or turnover view (in case of online banking). Other proofs/receipts (such as transfer orders) are not accepted.
   ● Transfer students from other univercities must enclose proof of previous study and examination achievements. You can find more information here.
   ● Proof of language skills is not required.
    
3. Information on transferring the amount of  30 €  to the following account:
   Kasse der UdK Berlin
   Berliner Volksbank
   IBAN: DE 72 1009 0000 8841 0150 46
   BIC: BEVO DE BB XXX
   Reason for payment: 35/01036, degree programme, name, application number
   
   Berliner Volksbank eG
   Budapester Straße 35
   10787 Berlin
   Germany

   For foreign bank transfers:
   Please make sure that you pay all applicable transfer fees (OUR - sender pays costs) when making the transfer.
    

4. Upload during the application period a digital documentation of an own or mainly self-responsible artistic project (work sample; 10-15 min.) on the upload platform bemus. Accompanying texts are to be submitted in English.
    

   Possible file formats: pdf, mp3, mp4, mov
   Max. 2 GB per file, pdf max 500 MB
   no more than 8 GB in total, max. 10 files

   The  files must be named according to the following pattern:
   Surname_First_Name_Applicant_Number_Study_Content.
    

You do not yet have a Bachelor's degree at the time of application?

You have an international degree?

Are you an applicant from the PR China, Vietnam or India?

Are there any formal documents missing from your application? Find out how to submit them here.

The admission procedure consists of the pre-selection and the entrance examination. The applicants selected on the basis of the uploaded work will receive an invitation to the entrance examination by e-mail, which will probably take place on site at the JIB.

The entrance exam consists of the following parts:

• Audition (approx. 30 min.) with own/provided ensemble, mostly own compositions
• A spontaneous composition according to specification
• approx. 10 min. presentation with own or provided ensemble
• Play of a given theme (approx. 20 minutes) with musicians chosen by the admission committee
• Colloquium (approx. 10 minutes) on the submitted application and the digitally documented project. A project should be introduced and artistically and professionally explained. Furthermore the course and result of the project should be estimated.