Collège Glarean

Franco-German doctoral programme of Freiburg University of Music, University of Strasbourg and »Haute école des arts du Rhin« (HEAR)

Short presentation

Founded in 2020, the Collège Glarean (»European Doctoral College for Musical Interpretation and Artistic Research Glarean«) is the joint Franco-German doctoral programme of Freiburg University of Music, University of Strasbourg and »Haute école des arts du Rhin« (HEAR). The doctoral college enables doctoral studies in the field of artistic research, which are concluded with the academic degree of »Doctor of Philosophy« (PhD). The Collège Glarean is named after the Swiss musician, music theorist and polymath Henricus Glareanus, who lived in Freiburg in the 16th century.

The Collège Glarean is funded within the framework of the Franco-German University / Université franco-allemande.

Dates and events

Coming up

22nd, 23rd, 24th May 2025, »Illuminations«, concerts at the Festival aux Chandelles in the Alsace, France

26-27th June 2025, seminar in Freiburg

Archive

13-14th November 2024, study days »Artistic Research« at the Hochschule Luzern, Departement Musik, Programme (this file is not barrier-free)

27-28th June 2024, seminar in Freiburg, Programme (this file is not barrier-free), Concert programme (this file is not barrier-free)

26th January 2024, »Air'Rhena«, concert in the Art'Rhena on the Ile du Rhin next to Breisach Programme (this file is not barrier-free)

10-11th January 2024, seminar in Strasbourg Programme (this file is not barrier-free), Concert programme (this file is not barrier-free)

13th November 2023, study day »Artistic Research« at the Hochschule Luzern, Departement Musik Programme (this file is not barrier-free)

3rd July 2023, study day »Artistic Research« in Freiburg Programme

21st-22nd June 2023, seminar in Freiburg Programme (this file is not barrier-free), Concert programme (this file is not barrier-free)

11-12th January 2023, seminar in Strasbourg Programme (this file is not barrier-free), Concert programme 11th (this file is not barrier-free), Concert programme 12th (this file is not barrier-free)

15-16th June 2022, seminar in Freiburg Programme (this file is not barrier-free)

8-9th December 2021, seminar in Strasbourg

18th June 2021, seminar in Freiburg

Selection procedure

Modalities

The prerequisite for admission to the Collège Glarean is passing the selection procedure. As a rule, the selection procedure takes place annually in April/May, alternately in Freiburg and Strasbourg. In order to qualify for the selection procedure, applicants must have sent a »dossier de candidature« to the Directorate of the Collège Glarean by the indicated deadlines (doctorat-icmaccra-recherche.unistra.fr). The application can be submitted in German, French or English.

Further details on the dossier and selection procedure can be found in Anlage C of the study and examination regulations for the cooperative structured doctoral program of the »European Doctoral College for Musical Interpretation and Artistic Research« here in the Downloads area and on the website of the Collège Glarean.

Deadlines in 2025 (subject to change)

2 February 2025:
submission deadline for the pre-application declaration (specifying the artistic discipline, the preliminary research topic and the designated scientific and artistic supervisors)

from 2 February 2025 to 2 April 2025:
preparation of the scientific and artistic project with the scientific and artistic supervisors

2 April 2025:
submission deadline for the documents for the application file

18 April 2025:
jury decision on the pre-selection of candidates admitted to the artistic selection process

21 May 2025:
artistic selection process at the HfM Freiburg

28 May 2025:
notification of the jury decision to the candidates

from 28 May 2025:
in case of a positive decision, start of the admission and enrolment procedure at the Freiburg University of Music and/or Université de Strasbourg and/or HEAR

Interview with two PhD students of the doctoral program

Composer Meike Senker and flutist Kacper Dąbrowski are part of the first cohort to complete their doctorates at the Collège Glarean. In this interview from December 2021, they talk about what convinced them about the doctoral college, how they bring science and art together, and what advice they would give to other doctoral students. Click here for the interview

2024

»Binational promovieren«. In: ZAS Magazin issue 340 and online, 12.07.2024. https://www.zas-freiburg.de/binational-promovieren/

»Collège doctoral européen d’interprétation et de création musicales : conjuguer recherche et création artistique«. In: Savoir(s), 11.01.2024. https://savoirs.unistra.fr/campus/college-doctoral-europeen-dinterpretation-et-de-creation-musicales-conjuguer-recherche-et-creation-artistique

2023

»Un nouveau collège doctoral fait vibrer la musique et la science«. In: Voisins-Nachbarn, 17.11.2023.
https://www.voisins-nachbarn.eu/fr/rechercher/un-nouveau-college-doctoral-fait-vibrer-la-musique-et-la-science.html

2021

»Artistic Research im Grenzgebiet. Das binationale Doktorandenkolleg CDFA startet erfolgreich ins zweite Jahr«. In: Neue Musikzeitung (nmz) 12/2021, vol. 70. https://www.nmz.de/bildung-praxis/hochschulen-akademien/artistic-research-im-grenzgebiet

«Quand musique et recherche se jouent des frontières». In: Savoir(s) 42, p. 18, June 2021. https://applications.unistra.fr/unistra/visionneuse/Savoirs/42/18/