The Frankfurt University of Music and Performing Arts is a public university of music and performing arts. It is located in Frankfurt am Main, Hesse. The Frankfurt University of Music and Performing Arts is the specialist public university in Hesse for music, theatre and dance, combining artistic training, teacher training, management, scholarship and doctoral research. 1878 — Dr. Hoch's Conservatory opened in Frankfurt and established an influential predecessor tradition. The conservatory attracted important international teachers, performers and composers. Its academic profile today includes instrumental performance, voice, opera, composition, conducting, church music, music education, teacher training, acting, directing, dance, contemporary dance education, theatre and orchestra management, musicology, and dance studies. Location, location, location: The central Frankfurt campus and performance venues put students in touch with the city’s opera, orchestras, theatres, dance organisations, churches, broadcasters, festivals, schools, museums, and its internationally active Rhine-Main cultural economy.

This master file shows the course portfolio with 10 undergraduate and 10 postgraduate entries. Where possible subject combinations have been grouped under their parent degrees. Undergraduate examples include Instrumental Performance, Voice, Composition, Conducting, Church Music, School Music Teacher Education, later entries include Acting, Theatre Directing, Dance Postgraduate study includes Instrumental Performance, Opera and Voice, Composition, Conducting, Church Music, Chamber Music to Contemporary Dance Education, Theatre and Orchestra Management, Advanced Artistic Examination. Each course is still a parent qualification and specialisations are included in the course entry and not misrepresented as separate degrees. Instrument families are grouped under parent performance degrees. Theatre and dance qualifications, teacher education, management, advanced artistic programs and doctorates in musicology, music education and dance studies are separate.

Program-level admission controls are implemented. Applicants select the specific course, follow the current digital pathway, pay the advertized €50 application fee when applicable, upload recordings or written material, and participate in auditions, theory tests, hearing tests, interviews, movement or stage assessments. Applicants should check the language of instruction, semester of entry, subject requirements, selection process and document path before applying. International School or University Qualifications External evaluation, certified translations, APS documentation where applicable or other proof of academic equivalence may be required. Master’s committees may ask for module descriptions, portfolios, writing samples, professional experience, or interviews. Getting onto a doctorate is different from getting onto a bachelors or masters and usually requires a viable research proposal, suitable supervision and formal approval from the appropriate faculty.

Tuition fees are free for regular study. Contribution for the winter semester 2026/27 €399.78, including semester ticket €226.80. Application, audition travel, instruments, scores, recordings, production, insurance and living costs separate. These institutional charges do not include rent, health insurance, food, learning materials, residence formalities, project costs or personal travel. Special tuition may be applied in the case of continuing-education, distance-learning, joint, second-degree or long-term study formats, if provided for by the relevant law or program regulation. Funding may include BAföG for eligible students, the Deutschlandstipendium, DAAD and Erasmus+ mobility support, foundations, research employment or university-specific awards, but each funding application is assessed independently from admission.

Career preparation is a reflection of the subject mix of the university, not a guarantyd placement scheme. Internships, applied projects, research assistantships, employer events, language development, entrepreneurship services, international mobility and a thesis developed in cooperation with an external partner can all help to improve professional readiness.