Master of Arts Music Therapy
Master's program in Music Therapy in Friedensau (GER)
Perhaps you already work with people professionally and are a music enthusiast? Do you already have a Bachelor's degree or comparable first degree in music, psychology, education, medicine or a related social science or humanitarian subject? Would you like to expand your professional field of application and work therapeutically or preventively? Would you prefer to study alongside your current profession and test your new skills in internships? Then our advanced training course is right for you.
Profile of Music Therapy in Friedensau (GER)
With us, you will study in three block weeks per semester on a special campus in the countryside. In addition to the theory and practice of music therapy, you will complete three internships during your studies. The block weeks are very intensive, also in terms of group interaction. At the same time, the campus opens up a different world that allows you to immerse yourself in the study experience beyond everyday life and perhaps also in the swimming lake in summer. You can go for a walk in the forest during breaks when you're not busy in the modern library. The accompanying academic subjects will enable you to write a Master's thesis with an empirical study at the end, for example.
In our small study groups, there is plenty of room for individual opportunities to set your study focus and to be supported in your personal development as a therapist. This is one of our focal points. Here you will study in an environment of people who value personal encounters. Lecturers and students form a community that is characterised by appreciation and solidarity as well as enthusiasm for music and its diverse applications in therapy and prevention. A unique focus in the way we practice music therapy on the course is RMT - Regulative Music Therapy. This is a concept developed by Christoph Schwabe that embeds listening to music in a therapeutic process.
With this course, you will acquire a Master's degree in Music Therapy. This will enable you to work in many professional fields.
Professional profiles
Music therapists with a Master's degree work in the following areas:
medical, clinical, inpatient
adult psychiatry, child and adolescent psychiatry, neonatology, geriatrics, oncology, psychosomatics and psychotherapy, hospice, rehabilitation, pain therapy, etc.
socio-educational/educational
schools, facilities for people with disabilities, children's and youth homes, social and curative education centres, recreational educational facilities, creative workshops, etc.
counselling and preventative
spiritual care, self-help groups, migration and addiction counselling, crisis intervention, spas and health resorts, salutogenesis
outpatient
freelance work in own social and/or psychotherapeutic practice
teaching and/or researching
music therapy, methodological-didactic or methodological work in training or research institutions
Program content
Three block weeks per semester at the university, internships and supervision can be arranged individually.
- Music therapy (introduction, theory and practice; 40 ECTS credit points)
- Music therapy internships (3 internships; 20 ECTS credit points in total)
- Psychology (10 ECTS credit points)
- Health sciences (10 ECTS credit points)
- Scientific methods (15 ECTS credit points)
- Ethics (5 ECTS credit points)
- Master's thesis (20 ECTS credit points)
Detailed descriptions of the individual teaching specialisations can be found in the module handbook.
