The Carl Maria von Weber College of Music Dresden is a public university of music in Dresden, Saxony. The University of Music Carl Maria von Weber Dresden is a public specialist university of music, dating back to 1856, and offering instrumental and vocal performance, composition, conducting, jazz, new music, pedagogy, teacher education, and music research. Its institutional development 1856 — The institutional root of the university is established with the founding of a conservatory in Dresden. Instrumental, vocal, theory and composition training developed in tandem with the city’s court and civic musical life. Its present academic profile includes orchestral instruments, piano, voice, opera, composition, conducting, correpetition, guitar, harp, jazz, rock and pop, new music, music theory, instrumental pedagogy, school music, and musicology. The location is important because the Wettiner Platz campus and partner venues link students with the Saxon State Orchestra, Semperoper, Dresden Philharmonic, theatres, churches, schools, studios, festivals, and a city known internationally for orchestral, operatic, and contemporary music.

This master file is the course portfolio for 11 undergraduate entries and 13 postgraduate entries, subject combinations being consolidated under their parent degrees where appropriate. Examples for undergraduates are Bowed Strings, Winds, Timpani and Percussion, Piano, Vocal Studies, Composition, with later entries covering Jazz, Rock and Pop, Artistic-Pedagogical Training, School Music Teacher Education. Postgraduate study covers Bowed Strings, Winds, Timpani and Percussion, Piano, Vocal Studies, Composition, Orchestral Practice, Music Theory, Meisterklasse. All courses are still a parent qualification, with specialisations being recorded in the course entry, rather than misrepresented as additional degrees. Bachelor's, master's, State Examination, Meisterklasse and doctoral awards are kept separate. Instrument families and pedagogical profiles are merged under parent degrees instead of being treated as separate qualifications.

Admission control at program level. Applicants must fulfilll the program-specific submission requirements, recording, portfolio, language, theory, ear-training, interview or live audition requirements via the current online portal; admission to the Bachelor and State Examination is usually restricted to the winter semester. Applicants should check the teaching language, entry semester, subject prerequisites, selection procedure and document route before submitting. 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 require module descriptions, portfolios, writing samples, professional experience or interviews. Admission to the doctoral program is independent of admission to the bachelor’s or master’s programs and normally requires a viable research proposal, eligible supervision and formal acceptance by the responsible faculty.

Usually there is no tuition fee for standard degree study. The semester contribution for winter 2026/27, including student-services, student-body, Germany semester-ticket and bicycle components, is published at €359.91. Statutory exceptions and personal artistic costs may apply. 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 may be provided for continuing-education, distance-learning, joint, second-degree, or long-term study formats. Funding (e.g. BAföG for eligible students, Deutschlandstipendium, DAAD and Erasmus+ mobility support, foundations, research employment or university-specific awards) is available, but each funding application is evaluated separately from admission.

Career preparation is in line with the university’s subject mix and is 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.