Cooperation between ZHdK and the Leopold Mozart Centre at the University of Augsburg
Zurich University of the Arts has been cooperating with the Master’s programme in Clinical Music Therapy at the University of Augsburg since 2011.
Students in the MAS Clinical Music Therapy programme at ZHdK participate in the Workshop for Music Therapy Research in Augsburg in either their 6th or 8th semester.
The workshop is considered an instruction unit in the Theory of Music Therapy module or the course on Research and Development.
Within this framework, students may also present Master’s projects that are either in progress or have been completed. Additional courses taught by the instructors from the workshop are also held together with students from Augsburg.
Freiburg − Vienna − Zurich research network
Since 2012, there has been a regular exchange of information on research projects that focus on music therapy with children and youths in an educational context. The goal here is to create a cross-national catalogue of the design and methodologies of such studies, and to implement joint projects over the long term.
The training and Master’s programme at ZHdK is part of the “Working group on music therapy training programmes in the state-run/state-accredited tertiary area” (Arbeitsgemeinschaft Musiktherapeutischer Ausbildungen im staatlichen/staatlich anerkannten Tertiärbereich (AMA)). It brings together the following state-run and state-accredited degree programmes in the German-speaking area (D-A-CH):
- Master’s programme in Music Therapy and Doctorate in Music Therapy, Leopold Mozart College of Music, University of Augsburg
- Master’s programme in Music Therapy and Doctorate in Music Therapy, Berlin University of the Arts
- Master’s programme in Music Therapy, Friedensau Adventist University
- Bachelor’s programme in Music Therapy, Medical School Hamburg
- Master’s programme in Music Therapy and Doctorate in Music Therapy, Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg
- Bachelor’s and Master’s programme in Music Therapy, SRH Hochschule Heidelberg
- Master’s programme in Music Therapy for Empowerment und Inclusion, Technical University of Applied Sciences Würzburg-Schweinfurt
- Bachelor’s, Master’s and Doctorate programme in Music Therapy, University of Music and Performing Arts, Vienna
- Bachelor’s and Master’s programme in Music Therapy, University of Music and Performing Arts Graz
- Bachelor’s and Master’s programme in Music Therapy, IMC University of Applied Sciences Krems
- Training and Master’s programme in Music Therapy, Zurich University of the Arts
The AMA aims to develop, promote and expand study, teaching and research in music therapy degree programmes at university level.
Contact details of AMA spokesperson:
Josephine Geipel, Mail
MAS Doctoral programme
Graduates of the MAS in Clinical Music Therapy at the ZHdK fulfil the requirements to apply for a doctorate on a music therapy topic at the following universities:
- Leopold Mozart Centre, University of Augsburg
Contact: Prof. Dr. Hans Ulrich Schmidt - University of Music and Performing Arts, Vienna
Contact: Prof. Dr. Dr. Thomas Stegemann - Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg
Contact: Prof. Dr. Eckhard Weymann
International list of habilitations and dissertations in music therapy
Since 2011, the Department of Music Therapy at the University of Augsburg has maintained a list of dissertations and post-doctoral theses on music therapy and music medicine topics. This was initiated by Professors Dr Hans-Helmut Decker-Voigt, Dr Tonius Timmermann and Dr Hans Ulrich Schmidt. In cooperation with the various study and research centres for music therapy in the German-speaking countries as well as the professional associations, the completed qualification theses from almost two centuries are listed chronologically and the topics, authors and supervisors of the current doctoral projects are compiled. The list can be viewed here.