A fee of 50 Euro is charged for processing your application for admission. Please transfer this amount to the following bank account when you submit your application:

Ostseesparkasse Rostock
IBAN    DE35 1305 0000 0201 0189 34
BIC      NOLADE21ROS
Purpose:   "application number, last name, first name"

Please send us a proof of transfer (bank statement, bank payment slip) for your own safety.

for all courses with final degree Bachelor of Music

• Ear Training (written exam)
• Music Theory (written exam)
• Music Theory (oral exam)

The examination requirements for the compulsory subject piano are regulated in § 10 of the aptitude test regulations of the Rostock University of Music and Theater.

Compulsory subject piano: In a 10-minute practical exam, two works of different stylistic epochs are to be played.

List of exemplary works:

• Bach: Notebook for Anna Magdalena
• Bach: Little Preludes
• Mozart: Salzburger Tanzbüchlein
• Schubert: Eccossaisen
• Schumann: Album der Jugend
• Bartók: Microcosm II and III

There are special regulations for the degree courses B.M. Composition, B.M. Music Theory, B.M. Répétiteur Opera and Musical Theatre as well as B.M. Orchestra Conducting regarding the required piano skills, please refer to § 9 of the aptitude test regulations.

Applicants for the degree course Pop and World Music with classical Music majoring in Piano or Guitar may choose Singing/Vocal Training compulsory subject insted of Piano. 

In a 10-minute practical exam, two works of different stylistic epochs are to be performed. Basic skills have to be demonstrated.

The examination requirements for the compulsory subject Singin/Vocal Training are regulated in § 10 of the aptitude test regulations of the Rostock University of Music and Theater.

Music Education Courses start only in the winter semester. Please apply from 1 March to 1 May.

If you decide to study music education (for secondary school/high school or drama in education), you will have to study another subject in the Faculty of Philosophy at Rostock University.

Depending on the form of education and the subject you choose, you will have to register at Rostock University in time or submit an application if student numbers for your chosen subject are restricted. Passing the aptitude test at hmt Rostock will make admission to the university easier, as this automatically admits you to a prior selection process.
Further information about the "Education/Teaching" course at Rostock University.

Information provided by
Mrs. Dörtje Peters, Student and Examination Administration, room M1 03
fon +49 381 5108 220
fax +49 381 5108 201
doertje.peters@hmt-rostock.de
Office hours: Mon-Fri 08.30 am to 11.30 am | Mon, Tues, Thurs 02.00 pm to 3.30 pm

We do not charge course fees. However, you will have to pay a contribution of € 204 each semester. This covers the costs of the semester ticket, student services and the student council.

Studying at hmt – this means intensive learning in a creative atmosphere at one of Germany’s most beautiful university buildings, the Katharinenstift in the heart of Rostock’s old town. We offer ideal conditions for a successful course of study in music, theatre or music education.

• Intensive support and flexible structures
  A good university course has to be based around the requirements of the student’s future artistic or educational career. Along with a challenging course of artistic training, the university consequently sets great store by practical experience and variable study structures which take changing requirements in the student’s future profession into account.
• Professional conditions
  With more than 300 public events a year, the university offers you many opportunities to give public performances in professional conditions: we have a concert hall and theatre with a full stage and an orchestra pit which can be lowered, a chamber music room, an organ room, sound studios, a multimedia studio and a well-stocked library.
• International flair
  Our students come from more than 40 different countries. The university itself also has an extensive network of international contacts, and offers its students opportunities for cultural encounters and exchange throughout the world.