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    Application

    Instructions for your application

    Application period

    summer semester 2026

    Applications for the summer semester 2026 are possible from 01.10. - 01.11.2025

    Please check here in September 2025 to see which application options will be open for the summer semester 2026.

     

    Entrance exams for Meisterklasse:
    06./07.01.2026

    All other entrance exams:
    08.01. - 14.01.2026

     

     

    Application period

    winter semester 2026/27

    Applications for the winter semester 2026/27 are possible from 01.03. - 31.03.2026

    The Entrance exams will take place from 01.06. until 12.06.2025.

    Please Note

    Bachelor's and state examination courses can only be started in the winter semester.

    All courses of study have no age limit.

     

    Application for exchange studies

    Information on how to appy for exchange studies at College of Music Dresden you can find here.

     

    Tuition fees

    Tuition fees may be charged for the study programme. Please find out in advance whether this applies to you.

    Tuition fees have to be paid, for example, by students who are not EU citizens and have not obtained their higher education entrance qualification in Germany or who have not been granted a permanent residence permit for Germany.

    Tuition fees may also be charged for a second degree programme.


    Please refer to the fee regulations under §5 (in German only)

    Here you can find out about scholarship progammes (in German only)

     

    Semester fee

    All students must pay a semester fee each semester. This includes, among other things, the semester ticket. Further information can be found here.

     

    Application fee

    All applicants have to pay a processing fee

     

    Entry Exam & Language Requirements

    Artistic Specialisation

    Preparatory courses for the entrance exam

    Nebenfach Musiktheorie und Gehörbildung

    The Center for Music Theory offers preparatory courses for the entrance exam in music theory/aural training (minor subject) at the HfMDD.

    Music Theory/Aural Training:

    Written test with music theory (approx. 30 min.) and ear training (approx. 30 min.) components to demonstrate the following skills: 

    • Basic knowledge of General Music Theory (keys, scales, intervals, triads, four-part chords and inversions),
    • application of basic knowledge of general music theory and harmony (analyzing and writing simple endings and fundamentals of the basso continuo),
    • aural grasp of intervals, scales, triads, four-part chords, inversions, melodies, rhythms, instruments.

    The written test will take place each day at around 17:00.
    Information about the exam

    You can download sample exams here:
    Klausur Musiktheorie PDF
    Klausur Gehörbildung PDF

     

    Für Bachelor Jazz/Rock/Pop, Chordirigieren und Komposition gelten andere Prüfungsbedingungen, diese finden Sie auf den Aufnahmebedingungs-Seiten des jeweiligen Faches.

     

    Consultation

    Questions & Answers

    Advice on questions relating to the subject is provided by the respective deans of the subject area.

    Fakultät I

    Fakultät II

    Questions regarding application procedures and study planning will be answered by the staff of the Student Secretariat.