Application at the Institute of Music
Application
Welcome to the application page of the Institute of Music.
Dear applicants for a place in the Music Education B.A. degree program with the specializations Jazz, Classical, Musical and Pop at the Institute of Music of Osnabrück University of Applied Sciences.
The application phase for starting your studies in the winter semester 2026/27 has ended. We would like to thank all applicants and look forward to welcoming those of you who will begin your studies at the IfM in the winter semester. For everyone else, we hope that you have found a suitable place or an alternative elsewhere.
The next opportunity to apply for a place will be for the winter semester 2027/28. Applications are expected to be possible from March 1 to April 25, 2027 via the application portal of Osnabrück University of Applied Sciences.
The entrance examinations are planned for the period from mid-May to early June. We will publish more detailed information on the individual examination dates here at the beginning of March 2027.
The examination dates for the 2027 entrance examinations will be published here from March 2027.
For orientation, you can still view the 2026 examination dates here:
Here are the examination dates by specialization and instrument in detail. You will receive the exact registration times with your invitation to the examination by email.
| Application period for the online portal | |
March 1 to April 26, 2026 (valid for the Jazz, Classical and Pop specializations) March 1 to May 3, 2026 (valid for the Musical specialization) | |
| Jazz specialization: | |
| May 18, 2026 | Drums |
| May 19, 2026 | all wind instruments, piano |
| May 21, 2026 | Guitar |
| May 26, 2026 | Bass, vocals, composition |
| Classical specialization: | |
| May 18, 2026 | Piano, percussion |
| May 20, 2026 | Strings, vocals, guitar |
| May 21, 2026 | Wind instruments |
| Pop specialization: | |
| May 18, 2026 | Bass, keys/piano |
| May 19, 2026 | Guitar |
| May 20, 2026 | Drums (last names A–O) |
| May 21, 2026 | Drums (last names P–Z) |
| May 28, 2026 | Producing (round 2) |
| May 28, 2026 | Vocals (last names A–K) |
| May 29, 2026 | Vocals (last names L–Z) |
| Musical specialization: | |
| May 31 / June 1 / June 2, 2026 | Musical (round 1) |
| June 3, 2026 | Musical (round 2) |
| June 4 and 5, 2026 | Musical (round 3) |
Don't forget: Please make sure to apply by April 26, 2026 (for the Jazz, Classical and Pop specializations) or by May 3 (for the Musical specialization) via the application portal of Osnabrück University of Applied Sciences.
We charge a processing fee of €30 per specialization, which must be transferred at the same time as the application is submitted. If you wish to apply for several specializations (e.g. Pop guitar and Jazz guitar), you must transfer the processing fee according to the number of chosen specializations to the following account:
Hochschule Osnabrück,
IBAN: DE52265501050000615690
BIC: NOLADE22XXX
at Sparkasse Osnabrück
Reference: applicant name (last name, first name), KST: 70150020
The processing fee is non-refundable. This also applies if the application is rejected, if you do not attend or if you withdraw from the entrance examination. For applications for several specializations, the administrative fee must be paid according to the number of applications.
The examination requirements of the individual specializations can be found on the following pages:
- Jazz
- Classical
- Musical
- Pop
In addition to applying to the Institute of Music, you must apply to uni-assist by May 31 at the latest to have your entry requirements checked there (note the application dates!).
This also applies to applicants from German-speaking countries abroad. Your registration for the examination is only complete with both applications!
To study at the Institute of Music, it is essential to have sufficient knowledge of German (e.g. Goethe Certificate B2), without which successful participation in the academic courses (education, didactics, psychology, musicology, etc.) is not possible.
Please note the new language certificate requirements for proving your knowledge of German!
For advice and further information on the degree program, please contact the specialization coordinators and the staff of the Institute of Music (ifm-eignungspruefung@hs-osnabrueck.de), or take a look at the collection of frequently asked questions (FAQs).
If you have passed, you will receive a notice of admission from the Student Office after the entrance examinations, which you will find in the document inbox of the application portal of Osnabrück University of Applied Sciences. You will be informed by email when the notice has arrived.
First, you must register as an applicant with your personal data and email address in the online portal of Osnabrück University of Applied Sciences and create an account. You will then receive your login details by email and must change your password after logging in for the first time.
To find the Music Education degree program in the portal, enter the following data:
Then select the subject Musikerziehung (Music Education), click on „Suchen“ (Search) and then on „Bewerben“ (Apply) in the window that opens
Further details of your application (university entrance qualification, vocational training, internships, previous studies and other information) are requested step by step. You only need to state your desired specialization (Pop, Jazz, EMP, Classical, Musical) and your instrument later in the application process.
During the application period, you can save your application at any time and continue, correct or change it later using your login details.
You can only submit your application once you have completed all the information. After that, you can no longer make changes online.
We will only request proof of the information provided separately if you are offered a place. No paper is required in the application process anymore.