German Research Institutions

The Hanover College of Music and Drama numbers among the most renowned artistic academic universities in Germany. Around 360 teaching staff – including numerous internationally recognised personalities from art, education and academia – are actively engaged in training around 1,500 students. The balance between music, acting, education and scholarship, the commitment to excellence, both in elite solo performance and wider training, forms the core of its ethos.

Recognised top-level research

In 1978, the Hanover College of Music and Drama was the first music university in Germany to be granted the entitlement to confer doctorates and habilitations. Today, it has a strong artistic and academic profile, from which all its courses benefit. The Institutes of Journalism and Communications Research, Music and Gender, Music Physiology and Musician's Medicine, of Musicology and for Music Education Research and the European Centre for Jewish Music showcase the college’s strong research capabilities. Academically, the Hanover College of Music and Drama is known for its highly specialised institutes, some of them unique in Germany, and impressive collections and publications that define new directions for the discipline.