Public notices

• Studienrechtliche Bestimmungen
  (Beschluss des Senats vom 02. August 2022) (PDF)
   
• Richtlinie für das Berufungsverfahren gemäß § 98 UG 2002 an der Universität Mozarteum Salzburg
  (Beschluss des Senats vom 20. Jänner 2012)
   
• Richtlinien für Habilitationsverfahren
  (Beschluss des Senats auf Vorschlag des Rektorats vom 17. Juni 2016)
   
• Frauenförderungsplan
  (Beschluss des Senats auf Vorschlag des Rektorats vom 13. Juli 2016)
   
• Arbeitskreis für Gleichbehandlungsfragen
  (Beschluss des Senats auf Vorschlag des Rektorats vom 13. Juli 2016)
   
• Richtlinie für das Berufungsverfahren gemäß § 99 a UG an der Universität Mozarteum Salzburg
  (Beschluss des Senats auf Vorschlag des Rektorats vom 17. Mai 2019)
   
• Gleichstellungsplan
  (Beschluss des Senats auf Vorschlag des Rektorats vom 17. Mai 2019)
   
• Generelle Richtlinien für die Durchführung, Veröffentlichung und Umsetzung von Evaluierungen
  (Beschluss des Senats auf Vorschlag des Rektorats vom 29. Mai 2020)
   
• Wahlordnung des Senates
  (Beschluss des Senats auf Vorschlag des Rektorats vom 17. Dezember 2021)
   
• Richtlinien für akademische Ehrungen
  (Beschluss des Senats vom 11. März 2022)
   
• Wahlordnung des Universitätsrats
  (Beschluss vom 8. Juni 2022)

Rectorate Resolution of 22nd October 2025

Overarching Quality Objectives:

• Joint responsibility (Shared leadership)
• Respectful and appreciative cooperation (principle of equality)
• Culture of friendliness, fairness, solution-oriented approach
• Lively discussion of values and constructive reflection
• Culture of sustainability
• Diversity, integration and inclusion
• Individual and collective motivation and competence for the continuous development of the university in teaching, advancement and appreciation of the arts, research, Third Mission and administration
• Efficient, quality-oriented use of resources

Quality Objectives in the Areas of Arts / Research / Pedagogy

• Freedom and responsibility in the dynamic between individual and society, between reflecting on the past and cultural heritage, and shaping the future
• Excellence in teaching at the highest international level
• Outstanding artistic and academic research with international visibility and impact
  Strong social relevance through artistic and academic research, and through engagement with society (Third Mission)
• A commitment to the future: the continual development of the university as an educational and cultural institution dedicated to nurturing artistic and academic talent to the highest standards – fostering competence, international dialogue, and competitiveness

Quality Objectives in University Administration

• Process optimisation: efficiency, traceability, and accountability
• Transparency and an effective reporting system
• Team spirit, loyalty, open dialogue, and permeability between departments

The Mozarteum University Salzburg’s self-conception and the quality objectives that guide its activities are grounded explicitly in the §1 of University Law (UG 2002).

Understanding of quality
in (art) university teaching

The Mozarteum University Salzburg is committed to a vibrant teaching and learning culture. This preserves academic freedom, offers students and teachers a wide range of creative freedom and sets high standards in terms of professional quality, commitment and personal responsibility. The university promotes a qualification profile for students that is developed in the best possible way through research- and EEK-oriented teaching, among other things.
Teaching and learning oriented towards the development and exploration of the arts is based on artistic practices, the reflection and integration of current artistic insights, and the direct promotion of independent, innovative artistic creation. This goes hand in hand with research-oriented teaching, which integrates research-based learning, the incorporation of the latest scientific findings and the early promotion of independent, innovative scientific work.

Teaching at the Mozarteum University Salzburg is based on the following principles:

1. Integrity and responsibility: honesty, fairness, commitment, trust and goodwill (see also the Code of Conduct as the applicable ethical and academic guidelines of the university)
2. Academic freedom: promotion of critical thinking, open discussion and diversity of opinion
3. Reciprocity of teaching and learning – both processes are dynamic and influence each other
4. Continuous negotiation and further development of innovative teaching, learning and examination formats
5. Versatility and virtuosity in media, techniques, technologies and formats
6. The university and teaching as a safe space in a community that embraces diversity, variety and inclusion. It creates safe conditions for responsible, anti-discriminatory interaction and for experimental, creative work.
7. Innovative, transparent and fair feedback and examination culture.
8. Participation and a planetary understanding of broadening perspectives, which thrive on an international student body, taking into account the sustainability strategy.

In addition, other aspects contribute significantly to the understanding of quality in art university teaching, such as

• Mediation between students,
• Intersubjectivity,
• Gaining knowledge,
• Performance and competition in the sense of strengthening resilience.

The Mozarteum University Salzburg recognises students not only as learners, researchers or artists, it also strives to provide the best possible conditions and support for the personal development and maturation of its students into independent, socially engaged, creative and competent individuals who are able and willing to contribute ‘responsibly to the solution of human problems and to the prosperous development of society and the natural environment’ (§1 UG).

Understanding of quality
Development and exploration of the arts (EEK)

The development and exploration of the arts involves gaining knowledge and developing methods using aesthetic and artistic rather than scientific processes of knowledge acquisition, with artistic activity representing the essential means for this and being understood as an intrinsic part of the research process. This involves combining information and reflection with one's own artistic experience and intuition.

‘Information’ refers to a culturally and historically grounded spectrum of experience related to the respective artistic practice, combined with an understanding of aesthetic positioning and contextualisation. This also includes engagement with relevant scientific sources and discourses.
‘Reflection’ refers to the critical questioning and reconsideration of both one's own artistic practice and the practice of others.

The Mozarteum University promotes the visibility and critical reflection of EEK within the institution and in dialogue with external institutions. The following perspectives serve to support profiling and further development and to improve understanding of the institution's intentions and orientation:

• Discursive: intensive examination of essential current issues
• Cooperative: with outstanding and challenging partners, in projects, in encounters
• exploratory: opening up new, including interdisciplinary, areas
• integrative: together with people from society who are not at home in the professional field of art and culture
• competitive: in the sense of a motivating and inspiring comparison of ideas, concepts, productions, performances (especially competition: internal, international, locally and worldwide)

Artistic practice can also include or merge with mediation, documentation, critical discourse and other processes. In this sense, the development and exploration of the arts can be understood synergistically.
The Mozarteum University Salzburg understands artistic research as part of EEK – similar to how scientific research can be described as an intrinsic component of science. EEK requires a suitable environment in which it can be discussed academically, profiled and developed further on an interdisciplinary basis.
The Mozarteum University Salzburg provides the framework for EEK to be analysed, documented and its processes published; it promotes an intersubjective context and critical discourse.

Understanding of quality
Research

The Mozarteum University is committed to an honest and fair research culture and to the fundamental principles of good scientific practice.
Freedom of research and the associated plurality of methods are the indispensable foundations of good scientific and artistic practice. In particular, the synergies between scientific and artistic research approaches that are particularly evident at an art university offer the potential to adapt and transform methods in different research settings in a reflective manner.

In addition, the following applies:

1. Process orientation and results orientation are the poles around which research revolves. Research management and quality assurance enable their review and integration into overall university practices within the structure of the art university. Research is understood as an organic part of successful cooperation at the art university.
2. Transversality and forms of co-creation offer formal guidelines that have a de-hierarchising effect and can activate strengths cooperatively. They intertwine established areas, enable the overcoming of disciplinary boundaries and challenge visible and invisible models of power and hierarchy.
3. Fundamental relevance, intersubjectivity and comprehensibility of research in terms of process, method and dissemination.
4. Inclusivity, diversity and sustainability as essential principles in the design and implementation of research.
5. Prudent, forward-looking handling of research data of all kinds and a constructive-critical reference to social and technological developments.
6. Reflexive handling of the methods, technologies and questions of positioning used both within the university and in relation to international research communities.
7. Digitality is taken into account across the entire spectrum of topics and critically constructive reflection – also in the sense of support in all phases of the respective res

The concept of active criticism is a central element of the researcher's self-image. A constructive-critical perspective on deep historical and traditional developments forms the basis for future-oriented research activities.
The interaction of the elements described above guarantees an open, agile and cooperative research culture, which is both a prerequisite and a condition for the participation of society as a whole and the strengthening of democracy.

Understanding of quality
of the administration of the Mozarteum University Salzburg

Values
Our actions are guided by respect, impartiality and tolerance. Treating each other with respect requires integrity, always respecting the values and professional opinions of others and allowing for different points of view. In line with the principle of goodwill, mistakes are seen as opportunities for further development.

Openness
Personal contact, good accessibility, transparency in administrative processes and comprehensible decision-making procedures form the basis for successful cooperation between all departments at the Mozarteum University Salzburg. Accordingly, everyone works in and around an open-minded environment that is receptive to new developments. Proactive action combined with a culture of open dialogue promotes the high-quality development of the university.

Dialogue
Meeting on equal terms is a matter of course. What we have in common, our shared responsibility for the prosperity and further development of the Mozarteum University, connects us and bridges the different areas of responsibility and competences. In challenging situations, solutions can thus be worked out/developed/found through goal-oriented cooperation. 

Flexibility
Freedom of action supports agile and flexible administration, especially when dealing with current challenges. The potential and ideas of all employees are highly valued.