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• Completed application for admission (Download not available!)
• Proof of a university degree with a standard period of study of at least 6 semesters in the form of a certified copy of your graduation transcript and diploma or, if the degree has not been completed at the time of application, a current transcript. You may then deliver the graduation transcript at the time of your entrance exam or at the latest at your enrolment.
• USB stick containing relevant productions. CDs, DVDs, Blu-Rays and diskettes will not be accepted. At least one of the titles should also be submitted as a live video (either solo or with a band, maximum 200 MB).
• CV in tabular form
• Proof of required level of German language, at least level C1 according to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages, e.g. DSH exam level 2, must be supplied by the end of the first semester. (This is not necessary for German citizens graduated from German schools, those who have been educated in Germany or those who have a university entrance qualification from a foreign institution with German as the language of instruction.)

• Please note: For German citizens with foreign secondary school degrees, please contact: Regierungspräsidium Stuttgart, Abt. 7 Schule und Bildung, Anerkennungsstelle, Postfach 103642, 70031 Stuttgart, Tel.: 0711/9 04 40-700.

General

• The World Music programme is accredited by the Accreditation, Certification and Quality Assurance Institute ACQUIN.
• Students studying at the Popakademie Baden-Württemberg are eligible for BAföG funding.
• The application deadline for the start of the Winter Semester is 30 April (postmark deadline).
• The date for the entrance exam is announced on the WM Facts page.
• The beginning of studies is only possible during the winter semester.
• Here you can find the regulation of the Ministry of Science, Research and Art concerning the qualification for studying at the Popakademie Baden-Württemberg (in German).
• The admission to the Popakademie requires the acceptance of the valid usage regulations (in German).
• There are no tuition fees for domestic students obtaining their main degree at the Popakademie Baden-Württemberg. For international students and for those pursuing a second course of study, the universities of Baden-Württemberg are obliged to charge tuition fees.