Applications for these degree programmes are only accepted via our online application portal.
Applications for the first semester of an undergraduate degree programme are generally only possible for the winter semester. You can apply for the undergraduate Master's degree course in Drama from 1st - 30th November of the previous year for the winter semester of the following year. Applications for the Master's degree programme in Musicology are accepted from 1st - 31st May.Here you will find information about our application procedure, the various application dates and deadlines and the terms of admission and study requirements.
Detailed information on the DAAD programmes and funding opportunities can be found directly on the DAAD websites.
Your contact person is Dr Ute Fries.
Your contact for the coordination and development of international relationships and contacts is Sebastian Clever. He is also responsible for the ERASMUS+ programme.
- for lectures
If you would like to attend lectures or group lessons in large groups (number of participants: 15 or more!) at our university, please submit an application for guest auditor status to the Student Secretariat, Grassistraße 8, Room 113, by 28th February for the summer semester and by 31st August for the winter semester.
Please use the registration form for guest students. You can choose a maximum of 5 lectures from the current course catalogue. Please contact the lecturers of your chosen lectures to obtain their consent. A fee of €50.00 is charged for guest lectures. Students of Leipzig University are exempt from this fee if they present a current certificate of enrolment. Guest students without individual lessons are not members of the university and are not entitled to practice in the buildings of the Leipzig University of Music and Theatre.
- in individual lessons or small groups
Guest student status with individual lessons/small groups is possible for a maximum of 4 semesters. During this time, you are enrolled as a student at our university and are obliged to pay the semester fee to the student union. Furthermore, a tuition fee of currently € 750.00 per semester is charged. To be accepted as a guest student with individual tuition in a desired major subject, you must pass an entrance examination.
Please register for this entrance examination via the online application portal. The normal application periods apply. You are free to choose the examination programme. If you have any questions, please contact the lecturers of your chosen specialisation.
Applications for the "Mendelssohn Orchestra Academy" are made directly via the Gewandhaus Leipzig
Chamber music lessons as part of the Orchestra Academy take place at the HMT Leipzig. There are two ways for you to utilise the connections to the HMT:
- as an enrolled student, i.e. you enjoy all the benefits to which students are entitled (Germany semester ticket, membership of the Leipzig Student Union, rehearsal authorisation at HMT, use of the library, access to all HMT IT services) or
- as a guest student: at the HMT (use of the library, access to all HMT IT services).
You will receive more detailed information after your admission to the Orchestra Academy.
The HMT offers particularly talented children and young people the opportunity to study in the Special class for talented youngsters (NFK).
After passing the entrance examination, they are enrolled at the HMT as NFK students, receive preparatory lessons of the main subject instrument, music theory, harmony and counterpoint training and other compulsory and optional subjects and are thus supported in their artistic development. An age limit is set at the age of 20. Applicants must not yet have completed their A-levels (exception: they are currently doing voluntary service).
Further information on the HMT's young talent promotion class can be found in the regulations for Special class of talented youngsters. Applications for the NFK can be made via the online application portal during the specified application periods.
Do you have questions about the course, lecturers or the organisation of your studies?
Please contact: zfn@hmt-leipzig.de
The Centre for the promotion of talented youngsters looks forward to meeting you!
The secondary audition enables students who are already enrolled at the Leipzig University to enrol at the HMT. This is possible free of charge for two study programmes.
- Teacher training programmes Grundschule resp. Sonderpädagogik / Grundschuldidaktik
You can only apply via our online application portal for the summer semester. - Musicology
In order to enrol you as a part-time student at HMT, we need the following information from you by email (ines.schmied@hmt-leipzig.de) by 31st January for the summer semester and by 31st August for the winter semester:
-Surname, first name
-Date and place of birth
-Street, house number, postcode, town/city
-Phone number, e-mail,
-Year, place, district of university entrance qualification
-Degree sought at Leipzig University
You will then be registered as a secondary student at HMT Leipzig and will receive your access data as an applicant at HMT Leipzig after this registration. With this application account, please log in to our HMT Campus immediately, confirm the admission offer and go through the online enrolment process. You will be provided with upload fields for further documents (e.g. enrolment application, copy of ID, certificate of enrolment for the upcoming semester at Leipzig University).
After your enrolment application has been processed by the Registrar's Office, you will receive your final account (XX99XXXX) for students and your student e-mail address. This will give you access to HMT-eMail, moodle, WLAN. In moodle, you can register for the desired lectures.
You will receive your student ID by post. Please understand that we are unfortunately unable to provide you with rehearsal rooms at the HMT for capacity reasons.
To re-register for further semesters, please send us a certificate of enrolment from Leipzig University for the coming semester by email by 31st January for the summer semester and by 31st July for the winter semester. If you do not re-register, you will be automatically de-registered at the end of the semester (summer semester: 31st August, winter semester: 28th February).
Your contact person for enrolment/re-registration at HMT Leipzig is
Frau Ines Schmied Tel. 0341/2144 625 eMail: ines.schmied@hmt-leipzig.de
It is possible to complete a doctorate a swell as a habilitation in the doctoral subjects at the HMT. You can do your doctorate/ habilitation in these subject areas:
Doctoral students will also have the opportunity to complete a doctorate as part of a graduate programme. Further details can be found in the doctoral degree regulations, the habilitation regulations and the university's graduate programme regulations.
Promotionsordnung (aktuelle Fassung v. 13.03.2019, die alte Fassung finden Sie unter Downloads - Ordnungen)[42.9KB/pdf]
Habilitationsordnung[158.7KB/pdf]
Ordnung Graduiertenstudium[26.7KB/pdf]
- Gesang, Streich- und Blasinstrumente
Im Seminarunterricht werden Kinder, Jugendliche und junge Erwachsene durch Studierende der Hochschule in Instrumentalfächern, Gesang und Musiklehre unterrichtet. Der Unterricht beginnt zum Wintersemester und wird für ein Jahr erteilt. Die Ausbildung ist gebührenfrei und findet in der Regel immer dienstagsnachmittags statt.
Sie können jederzeit einen [Antrag auf Seminarunterricht] stellen. Die Kontaktdaten finden Sie auf dem Formular. Mit diesem Antrag kommen Sie auf eine Warteliste und wir melden uns per eMail, wenn wir neue Seminarschüler:innen suchen. Der Antrag behält für ein Jahr seine Gültigkeit, möchten Sie länger auf der Warteliste bleiben, reicht eine kurze Mail mit einer Aktualisierung Ihrer Kontaktdaten.
Im Sommer finden für einige Fächer kleine Vorspiele oder Vorsingen statt, um die Eignung bzw. den Stand der vorhandenen Fertigkeiten festzustellen. Dafür bekommen Sie rechtzeitig eine Einladung per Mail.
- im Fach Klavier
Möchten Sie sich für Unterricht im Fach Klavier bewerben, ist es unbedingt nötig ein Klavier für Übungszwecke zur Verfügung zu haben. Die Anmeldung dafür findet über diesen Link statt. Bitte füllen Sie das Online-Formular aus und senden es ab. Weitere Informationen bekommen Sie direkt von Herrn Prof. Pohl.
