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The Popakademie Baden-Württemberg is an higher education institution and competence centre for the music and creative industries and their pop cultural scenes. By focusing its study programmes on popular music - in economic as well as artistic terms - it offers an academic education that is unique in Germany's public university landscape. Numerous successful careers of musicians and creatives have been founded here.Parallel to its function as a teaching institution, the Popakademie Baden-Württemberg, as a competence centre, realises numerous projects in a regional, national and international context.
News
12. November 2025
Popakademie renames major field of study
The Popakademie Baden-Württemberg is renaming the Mediterranean/Middle Eastern Percussion specialization in its Bachelor's degree program in Global Music in Percussion with immediate effect _ _ _
11. November 2025
Regional pop music promotion in Baden-Württembergto be significantly expand
The Popakademie Baden-Württemberg is expanding its successful RegioNet program. The state's share will be doubled to around €200,000 with funds from the POPLÄND initiative of the Ministry of _ _ _
10. November 2025
Popakademie mourns the loss of Matthias Holtmann
The Popakademie Baden-Württemberg mourns the loss of former SWR presenter Matthias Holtmann. He worked as a lecturer at the Popakademie for many years: in the early days, he was responsible for _ _ _
