{"id":172671,"date":"2023-11-30T12:50:01","date_gmt":"2023-11-30T11:50:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.studium.uni-mainz.de\/musicology-ma\/"},"modified":"2026-07-30T09:11:01","modified_gmt":"2026-07-30T07:11:01","slug":"musicology_ma","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.studium.uni-mainz.de\/en\/choosing-your-degree-program\/courses-offered\/musicology_ma\/","title":{"rendered":"Musicology MA"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/jgu-base-pageheader>\n\n\n \n<\/jgu-base-anchornavigation>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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The ability to play an instrument or multiple instruments is strongly recommended. A sound knowledge of music theory is also required.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Prior to the start of the master\u2019s degree program, you should make an appointment with the academic advisory office<\/a> in the department of musicology.<\/p>\n\n\n<\/jgu-base-heading>\n\n\n\n

Proof of a bachelor\u2019s degree with at least 60 credits earned in musicology<\/a> at a higher education institution in Germany, or proof an equivalent higher education degree that does not differ significantly. Qualifications that were not part of the bachelor\u2019s degree program may also be recognized.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We expect you to have sufficient active and passive proficiency in an additional modern foreign language for you to read specialist literature, or have taken the qualifying examination in Latin (Latinum).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you have not yet received your bachelor’s degree certificate by the application deadline<\/strong>, but have earned at least 135 credits in your bachelor’s program, you must apply by the set deadline with a transcript (issued by your university) of all coursework and exams completed to date, including your average grade to date.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Applicants who have not obtained a university entrance qualification at a German-speaking institution or a degree in a German-speaking course must provide proof of sufficient German language skills. These must correspond to level DSH-2 of the “German Language Proficiency Examination for Admission to Higher Education for Foreign Applicants” and must be demonstrated by the end of the first semester after enrollment at JGU.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n

Good to know: The legally binding basis for selection, admission and enrollment is the text of the entrance requirements as specified in Section 2 of the currently valid examination regulations<\/a> and, where applicable, in the appendix.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n

You can find more information in the examination regulations<\/a> (in German).<\/p>\n\n\n<\/jgu-base-accordionitem>\n\n\n \n\n

As a part of the master\u2019s programs with a selectable focus area<\/a>, you can pursue the master\u2019s degree as<\/p>\n\n\n\n