Doctorate Dr. sc. mus.

The HfMT Hamburg's doctoral program Dr. sc. mus. (Doctor of Musicology) offers the opportunity to pursue either a scientific or an artistic-scientific doctorate. In contrast to the purely scientific dissertation, the artistic-scientific doctorate consists of an artistic project and a written dissertation.

Interested candidates should have completed a master's degree in music or musicology. The Dr. sc. mus. doctoral program is aimed at artists, musicologists, music theorists and music technologists who base their work in research or scientific disciplines as well as artistic disciplines. We are looking for artistic personalities who are able to work in accordance with academic standards and who are willing to critically and reflectively examine their own work.

The doctoral program is divided into four modules. Two of these modules should cover academic subjects that are related to the content of the doctoral project. The third and fourth modules are the dissertation and defense. The doctoral committee, representing different departments of the HfMT, meets once or twice per semester. An exchange between the doctoral students and the various specialist groups is intended to promote interdisciplinary work during the doctoral degree program. Regular colloquia promote the exchange between doctoral students and enable them to regularly present and discuss the progress of their own project in plenary sessions.

There is also the option of exchanging ideas with Dr. phil. doctoral students and benefiting from the diversity of the topics dealt with here.

The deadline for the complete application for the summer semester is December 15, (date of postmark if sent by post), for the winter semester May 15, (date of postmark if sent by post).

The admission requirements can be found at §4 of the doctoral degree regulations and Annex 1 of the study regulations.

Please note that with your application for admission as a doctoral candidate, you must also submit a written consent from the:first reviewer:in (and, if applicable, also from the:second reviewer:in ) , in which is informed of the willingness to supervise the dissertation. One of the first steps is therefore to talk to a potential reviewer who is willing and able to supervise the doctorate. 

Please refer to § 5 of the current doctoral degree regulations to find out who can be considered as a reviewer at .

Please submit your applications both as an online version (summarized in a pdf file!) by e-mail to the:chairperson of the doctoral committee and the:responsible person in charge and in paper form by post .

On the following page you will find the current doctoral projects as well as the completed doctorates of all subjects in the Dr. sc. mus.

If you have any questions about the application process and enrolment (Dr. sc. mus. and Dr. phil.), please contact: promotion@hfmt.hamburg.de