Tuition fees and costs
All students must pay a semester fee (administrative costs and the Studierendenwerk fee) when they enrol, re-enrol or when they take a leave of absence. If additional tuition fees are incurred, you will receive a separate tuition fee notice. (Exception: contact studies; here ONLY the tuition fees must be paid, no semester fee).
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Enrollment after Winter Semester 2017/2018
- Tuition fees for international students
Beginning with the Winter Semester 2017/2018, international students who are not citizens of an EU/EFTA country must pay a tuition fee in the amount of €1,500 per semester.
This applies to the Bachelor, consecutive Master, and state examination programs.
- Tuition fees for a postgraduate degree
Students who are taking up a second or further course of study in an undergraduate course (Bachelor or State Examination course) or in a further (also consecutive) Master after completing a university degree within Germany, must pay a tuition fee in the amount of €650 per semester (second program fee) beginning with Winter Semester 2017/2018.
- Tuition fees for a postgraduate Master's degree:
For the following postgraduate Masters programs, a tuition fee in the amount of €650 per semester will be charged:
Chamber Music | Song Interpretation | Opera | Vocal Ensemble | Performance | New Music | Music & Movement | Music Education | Conducting | Ensemble Direction | Class Music-making | 3rd and 4th Stage of Life | Orchestra | Extended Music Education | Musicology
Fees per Semester
| Enrollment after WS 2017/18 | |
| Bachelor/Secondary Education (Schulmusik) and consecutive Master programs | €1,500 - only for Students from countries outside the EU/EFTA |
| Second study program (Bachelor or Master) for students from Germany or EU/EFTA | €650 |
| Enrollment after WS 2018/19 | |
| postgraduate/non-consecutive Master programs according to the bylaws | €650 |
| Post-graduate Konzertexamen | €1000 |
| Doctoral studies | - |
| Contact Studies (artistic) | €1,400 Summer Semester | € 1,600 Winter Semester |
| Contact Studies (artistic-pedagogical and musicological) | €500 |
| Youth class | €420 SS | € 540 WS |
| Guest Student | €102 |
| Administrative Fee | €80.00 |
| Student Union Contribution Fee | €58,60 |