Application and Entrance Exams

Registration for the aptitude test for the winter semester 2025/2026 has already been completed.

Submission of the documents (by post)

Your application for admission, including the documents to be submitted, must be sent in paper form by 1 April 2025 at the latest. The postmark counts. Documents sent after 1 April 2025 will not be considered.

Please note

The incoming documents will be checked one by one and you will be informed promptly via the portal. Please check the portal regularly.  

Dates of the entrance exams

 2 June to 7 June 2025 (application deadline 1 April 2025)

Special date for Choral Conducting and Master of Church Music will take place on May 27, 2025.

Special date Elementary Music Education  will be held on May 27 and May 28, 2025.

Special date for major subject orchestral conducting will take place from 13 to 14 June 2025

Two steps are required to register for the entrance exam for the summer semester 2026:

Step 1: Online application

Registration for the entrance exam on the university portal is possible online from 1 November to 1 December 2025, 11:59 p.m.

Step 2: Submitting the documents (by post)

Your application for admission, including the documents to be submitted, must be sent in paper form by 1 December 2025 at the latest. The postmark counts.

Please note

The incoming documents will be checked one by one and you will be notified promptly via the portal. Please keep checking back there.  

For foreign-language applicants for the Master's degree programme in Music, admission requires proof of an official certificate of a passed language test type B1 CEFR (minimum level); see § 2a Enrolment Statutes

Dates of the entrance exams

23 February - 28 February 2026 (registration deadline 1 December 2025)

Special date for major subject orchestral conducting will take place from __

Special date for Choral Conducting and Master of Church Music will take place on __

Dates to be announced.

Please note:

The incoming documents will be checked one by one and you will be informed promptly via the portal. Please check the portal regularly.  

For foreign-language applicants for the Master's degree programme in Music, admission requires proof of an official certificate of a passed language test type B1 CEFR (minimum level); see § 2a of the enrolment regulations.

General Deadlines for auditions

• for winter semesters (study start October): 1 April
• for summer semesters (study start April): 1 December

Please note

• The Master's degree programme in Music, major subject Music Education, can only be commenced in the winter semester.
• For the polyvalent two-main subject Bachelor's programme in Music as an Artistic Subject (Music Teaching at Grammar Schools), the first semester can only begin in the winter semester, while university changers can also begin in the summer semester.
• For the Freiburg Opera Studio Information on how to apply can be found here Freiburg Opera Studio.
• In the Master's degree programme in Music, major subject "Orgel – Interprétation à l’orgue" and major subject „Orgelimprovisation – Improvisation à l’orgue“, an application must also be made to the University of Strasbourg (via the portal Mon Master) in parallel to the application to the Freiburg University of Music. For further information, please contact Prof. David Franke. Admission procedures for these majors only take place for the winter semester.

Formal Requirements for the Entrance Examination

• Completed registration form (PRINTOUT) including supplementary documentation
• Passport photo (please stick on the registration form)
• Complete, up-to-date curriculum vitae (in tabular form) with the essential information about the previous education and, if applicable, artistic activity
• Proof of payment of the registration fee of € 50 (not for FAB applications) to the following bank account:
  BW Bank Karlsruhe
  Account holder: LOK BA-WÜ / MHS FR
  Bank code: 600 501 01
  Account number: 749 55301 02
  Reason for payment: 9881663002730, Anmeldegebühr Aufnahmeprüfung (Please indicate!)
  IBAN: DE 02 6005 0101 7495 5301 02
  BIC: SOLADEST600
• High School diploma (if not in German: certified German or English translation)
• University/college certificates/diplomas (if not in German: certified German or English translation)
• Actual transcript of records
• For FAB applicants: current school certificate stating anticipated high school graduation
• For Bachelor of Music, Master of Music as well as Konzertexamen Freiburger Opernstudio applicants who are not German native speakers: certificate language test level B1; see § 2a of the Statutes on Enrollment
• For minors: statement of consent by legal guardians

The application for compensation for disadvantages is made informally by e-mail to m.wehrlemh-freiburg.de. The application must specify and justify the desired examination modifications relating to the entrance exams. The relevant evidence and supporting documents must be enclosed.