Assessment / Examination

Usually, candidates must pass a special entrance examination. Every institution prepares its own requirements for each type of study programme. It includes:

·      a written test from the basic music science,

·      Music exercises (musical ear, rhythm, music memory, solfeggio)

·      playing the piano or

·      playing another instrument with a piano accompaniment (obligatory),

·      singing without accompaniment.

The final Bachelor examination includes:

·      an oral exam of the disciplines of curriculum – music theory and history,

·      defence of a Bachelor thesis (min. 30 pages).

The final examination at the end of the Master studies includes:

·      state finals in Pedagogy and Psychology, and in Music and the methodology of teaching music (which are oral examinations),

·      defence of a Master thesis (min. 50 pages).

The title of the qualification is:

·      University – BA, MA,

·      Academy – BA of Arts., MA of Arts.

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