The University of Music and Theatre Munich (German: Hochschule für Musik und Theatre München) is a public university of music and theatre in Munich, Bavaria. University of Music and Theatre Munich is Bavaria's largest specialist arts university, providing advanced education in performance, composition, conducting, ballet, theatre, pedagogy, music scholarship, media, and cultural communication. 1846 – Royal Conservatory of Music opens in Munich. 1867 – the institution was reorganised as the Royal Bavarian Music School. Instrumental performance, voice, opera, ballet, acting, musical theatre, composition, conducting, church music, jazz, folk music, music education, musicology, arts journalism, and concert design shape its academic profile today. The location matters: The Arcisstraße main site is linked to facilities in Luisenstraße, Gasteig HP8, Prinzregententheater and other Munich venues, linking students with orchestras, opera, ballet, theatre, broadcasters, festivals and cultural institutions.

The course portfolio as shown in this master file comprises 12 undergraduate entries and 14 postgraduate entries with subject combinations grouped under their parent degrees where appropriate. Examples of undergraduate offerings include Instrumental Performance, Vocal Studies, Composition, Conducting, Church Music, Jazz, with later entries covering School Music Teacher Education, Ballet, Acting and Music Theatre. Postgraduate study includes Instrumental Performance, Voice and Opera, Composition, Conducting, Church Music, Jazz to Arts and Cultural Journalism, Theatre and Dramaturgy, Meisterklasse. Each course remains a parent qualification, and specialisations are listed in the course entry rather than being incorrectly presented as separate degrees. Performance degrees are clustered with instrument families. Teacher education, Theaterakademie August Everding programs, academic master’s programs, the post-master Meisterklasse, and doctoral fields are still recognisable separately.

Admission is managed at the program level. Applicants will choose their specific program and then follow the current online pathway to submit recordings, scores, written work or other preselection materials, and participate in program-specific auditions, theory tests, interviews or stage assessments. Deadlines and language requirements differ for music, theatre, ballet, teaching and academic tracks. Before submitting, applicants should check the language of instruction, the semester of entry, subject prerequisites, the selection procedure and the document route. External evaluation, certified translations, APS documentation where applicable, or other proof of academic equivalence may be required for international school or university qualifications. Master’s committees may require module descriptions, portfolios, writing samples, professional experience, or interviews. Admission to doctoral study is separate from admission to a bachelor's or master's program and generally requires a viable research proposal, eligible supervision, and formal acceptance by the responsible faculty.

The regular bachelor's, master's, teacher-training and doctoral study has no general tuition and a published winter semester 2026/27 fee of €97. The post-master Meisterklasse is a special exception at € 2,097 per semester. Instruments, scores, auditions and production costs remain personal. These institutional charges do not cover rent, health insurance, food, learning materials, residence formalities, project costs or personal travel. If provided for by the relevant law or program regulation, special tuition can be applied in the case of continuing-education, distance-learning, joint, second-degree, or long-term study formats. 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 of admission.

Career preparation is reflective of the university’s subject mix and 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 help improve professional readiness.