Registration for the entrance examination takes place via the application portal Muvac - for information, see 'Registration for the entrance examination' (above).
Link to the registration deadlines
Link to the examination dates
Candidates may only register at one location, either Central Region (for Salzburg and Linz) or Western Region (for Innsbruck). Multiple registrations at different locations are not permitted and will be cancelled.
When registering in the Central Region, candidates must specify their preferred location (Salzburg or Linz) in the application in the above-mentioned registration portal.
Documents required for online registration
- Curriculum vitae in tabular form with photo
- Letter of motivation (approx. one DIN A4 page)
- School leaving certificate (e.g. Matura, Abitur, A Levels...) or last school report
- (final) certificates as well as examinations and transcripts of records of all previous artistic and/or pedagogical studies
- Proof of German language proficiency, if applicable
Form of the documents
- The documents can be uploaded as PDF in the application form.
- If the documents mentioned are not available in German or English, an official translation must also be submitted.
The entrance examination
Partial examinations must be taken in the following areas:
- Artistic major
- Compulsory subject piano (if not artistic major)
- Singing for music teachers (if not artistic major)
- Aural skills (sight singing)
- General musical ability (music theory and aural skills)
- Participation in a musical-communicative project
- Mastery of the German language (at least level B2) for all students whose first language is not German.
The examination requirements are regulated in the guidelines; information on the German language certificates accepted can be found HERE.
Material to prepare for the Music Theory and Aural Skills examination can be found HERE.
The various partial examinations listed above all take place within the entrance examination period for teaching degrees in music and instrumental music, with the exception of some auditions in the Artistic Major, which are held during the same session as the auditions for performance studies, depending on the instrument. Candidates are advised to check the examination dates to establish whether this applies to them.