Application periods

15 October – 01 December for summer semester
15 March – 15 April for winter semester

Entrance requirements

• Bachelor degree in piano from UdK Berlin or an equivalent degree from another university
• Special musical talent
• for international applicants: sufficient German language skills (language certificate German A2 for application and language certificate German B2 for enrollment)
• Applicants who have completed a six (180 LP according to ECTS) or seven (210 LP according to ECTS) semester Bachelor's program must complete an appropriate adaptation program after passing the exam.

1. Register and verify yourself (if you have not already done so in the past) in the Campus Management Portal of the UdK Berlin: https://my.udk-berlin.de
    
2. Log in to the Campus Management Portal (https://my.udk-berlin.de) and submit an application for admission to the desired degree programme there by the application deadline.
    
3. When submitting the application in the Campus Management Portal, please upload a bank statement as proof of payment of the fee of
   30 € for processing the application as a PDF (max. 20 MB).
   For bank transfer from abroad: proof of payment.
   For online banking: turnover statement
   Other proofs/receipts (such as transfer orders) will not be accepted.
   
   Information on transferring the 30 € for participation in the admission procedure to the following account:
   Kasse der UdK Berlin
   Berliner Volksbank
   IBAN: DE 72 1009 0000 8841 0150 46
   BIC: BEVO DE BB XXX
   Reason for payment: 35/01036, degree programme, name, application number
   
   Berliner Volksbank eG
   Budapester Straße 35
   10787 Berlin
   Germany

   For foreign bank transfers:
   Please make sure that you pay all applicable transfer fees (OUR - sender pays costs) when making the transfer.
   
   More information about application fee could be found here.
    

4. All of the following application documents must be uploaded digitally to the bemus portal, only the language certificate can be brought to the exam.
   ● CV in tabular form
   ● Proof of Bachelor’s degree of a recognized university
   ● Copy of passport
   ●International applicants must also provide proof of their Germanlanguage skills: language certificate German A2 for application and language certificate German B2 for enrollment.
   You can find more information here.
   ● Transfer students from other univercities must enclose proof of previous study and examination achievements. You can find more information here.

   ● In addition to the formal documents, video recordings must also be uploaded digitally within the application period.
   Further information on the video recordings can be found on the website of the piano institute before the application deadline.

   The upload of all documents is done via the portal BEMUS https://bemus.udk-berlin.de
   
   Upload deadline: parallel to the application period (see application deadlines and requirements)

   Possible file formats: PDF (for formal documents), MP4, M4V, MOV
   2 GB per file, except PDF with 20 MB
   Maximum 8 files with a total volume of 12 GB

    

You have an international degree?

Are you an applicant from the PR China, Vietnam or India?

Are there any formal documents missing from your application? Find out how to submit them here.

Detailed information on the procedure and content of the
entrance examinations are provided on the website of the piano department:
https://www.udk-berlin.de/en/courses/piano/application-for-piano-studies/

Please address all your questions regarding the application 
and admission procedure directly to the piano department:klavier_ @udk-berlin.de