Admission stopped! Neuzulassung gestoppt!

Program will be closed for new students.

The new president of UdK, Prof. Hilgert and his cancelor, Ms Prechtl-Fröhlich, announced on Tuesday, 13th of January 2026, that the "Ongoing Education Institute" (ZIWT) including the 3 master programs will be closed! The internationally renowned Master's programme in Sound Studies and Sonic Arts must stop accepting new students. All current students can finish their master in the next years. Teaching will go on as usual. We are protesting against this decision and we call on the president and deans of the UdK to enable prospects for the SoundS degree programme within one of the faculties.

Official statement of the university: 

Sound Studies and Sonic Arts läuft als Masterstudiengang aus 

Am Zentralinstitut für Weiterbildung und Transfer der Universität der Künste Berlin bestehen seit vielen Jahren drei weiterbildende Masterstudiengänge: Musiktherapie, Leadership in digitaler Innovation sowie unser Studiengang Sound Studies and Sonic Arts. 

Die UdK Berlin befindet sich aktuell in einem Prozess der strategischen Neuausrichtung, in dem ihre Weiterbildungsangebote strukturell neu geordnet werden. Diese Entwicklung geht einher mit veränderten rechtlichen und organisatorischen Rahmenbedingungen. Insbesondere macht die Anpassung der universitären Strukturen an das novellierte Berliner Hochschulgesetz eine Neuordnung der Weiterbildung erforderlich. 

Vor diesem Hintergrund laufen alle bestehenden weiterbildenden Masterstudiengänge aus. Der Studiengang Sound Studies and Sonic Arts nimmt ab sofort deshalb keine neuen Studierenden mehr auf. Für alle aktuell immatrikulierten Studierenden stellt die UdK Berlin sicher, dass das Studium in einem angemessenen Zeitraum zu Ende studiert werden kann. 

Im Auftrag der Hochschulleitung 

www.udk-berlin.de/universitaet/universitaetsleitung/

Sound Studies and Sonic Arts is being phased out as a master's programme

For many years, the Central Institute for Continuing Education and Transfer at Berlin University of the Arts has offered three continuing education master's programmes: Music Therapy, Leadership in Digital Innovation, and our Sound Studies and Sonic Arts programme. 

The Berlin University of the Arts is currently undergoing a process of strategic realignment, in which its continuing education programmes are being structurally reorganised. This development goes hand in hand with changes in the legal and organisational framework. In particular, the adaptation of university structures to the amended Berlin Higher Education Act necessitates a reorganisation of continuing education. 

Against this background, all existing continuing education master's programmes are being phased out. The Sound Studies and Sonic Arts programme is therefore no longer accepting new students with immediate effect. The Berlin University of the Arts will ensure that all currently enrolled students can complete their studies within a reasonable period of time. 

On behalf of the University Management 

https://www.udk-berlin.de/en/university/university-management/