Welcome to your exchange semester in Dresden!
Information for Erasmus Incoming Students
Application deadline for the academic year, the winter semester or the summer semester:
15 April
The online application is open from 1 March.
Application deadline only for the summer semester (only a very limited number of places is available!):
15 November
The online application is open from 1 October.
Please apply through EASY Mobility Online:
You will need to register as an applicant to your home institution. The International Office of your home institution will then review your application, nominate you and transfer your application to us.
Your application needs to include a link to media files with your portfolio (recording of around 20 minutes; for composition candidates two or three scores).
You will also need to upload the following documents:
- CV
- Motivation letter
- Transcript of Records
- Letter of Recommendation
- portrait photo in JPEG or GIF format
- language certificate for application in the teacher training programme
All applications have to be submitted through EASY Mobility Online by the deadline 15 April or 15 November. We ask you start the application too close to the deadline: there are steps that you need to follow to be able to confirm the final submission. Follow the workflow step-by-step, and finally, confirm submission.
We will not accept any applications submitted after the deadline.
To apply for an Erasmus study place, we recommend the following language requirements:
- German B2 for the study programmes Conducting, Coaching, Composition, Music Theory, Instrumental and Vocal Pedagogy, Singing
- German B1 for all other degree programmes
For students who do not have the recommended German language skills, English language skills of at least B2 are required.
To apply for an Erasmus exchange place in the Teacher Training programme, a German B2 certificate is required.
Proof of German language skills can be provided by the following certificates:
- TestDaF
- TELC
- Goethe certificate
- UNICert
- ÖSD certificate
We offer all exchange students the opportunity to take part in a German language course during the semester. The course takes place once a week during the lecture period.
The German language course is offered as part of the module "Language and Cultural Life in Germany". Students can earn 3 ECTS credit points per semester for this module. Credit points are awarded for participation in the German language course, attendance of at least 8 musical events and passing of an oral examination at the end of the German language course.
Further information can be found in the module description.
The dates of the German course will be communicated by the International Office before the start of your stay.
For accommodation in Dresden, you can apply for a place in a student hall of the Student Union Dresden.
The International Team of the "Carl Maria von Weber" College of Music in Dresden was founded to support the international exchange of students and to assist international students to become acquainted with their new home, Dresden.
Welcome to Study at the Dresden College of Music!